to be jealous that my best friend has just had a.........

well two of my boysain't getting wives (one sn and one gay) soI'm ok there

and the other tewo (and indeed the gay for a DH / DP) have been instructed to marry orphans.

i try not to treat DD any differently from DSs, and i purposely don't dress her up like a doll (usually trousers & t-shirts as they're practical) but get the sense from mums with all-boys that I am somehow missing out on a big opportunity if I don't make her into a little pink frilly doll. she's a person and not there to fulfill some need in me.

ellabella - plenty of vile "my mother" threads too.

Squirdle, so sorry to hear about DS1. I have a similar experience except my first child was a stillborn DD and I have gone on to have a DS, so I do sometimes get pangs of girl envy. I think that it's only because I think "that's what I should have had" not because of gender stereotyping whatnot. I hear so much girl lauding and boy bashing - plenty of it on this thread - and I totally don't subscribe to any of it. Particularly the Son is a son till he finds a wife claptrap. Parental relationships are what you make of them - FWIW we are both closer to DH's family than we are to mine.

I always seem to pop on to these threads - think I may have some Ishooos to deal with (am pg and no idea if this is a boy or girl - maybe I'll be cured either way if baby can be born alive and the surgeons can rectify its urgent health problem so we can take him/her home)

When you read some of the vile AIBU threads that MNetters start about their MILs you can understand where the awful "a son's a son til he finds a wife" saying comes from . Of course, it doesn't have to be that way and I hope you lucky mothers of boys keep your sons close for always - just keep grabbing cuddles off them no matter how big they get!

I have one DD and don't want any other children. Those of you who say little girls are less loving than little boys couldn't be more wrong!

And it's not a crime for a little girl to be feminine, like pink and fairies and ballet! She's great fun and energetic and gutsy - she just can't resist lipgloss

Oh, Peachy, has Bas got a curl! Fab! You'll have a perfect matching set!
I had a man quote me that "Son is a son till he gets him a wife" thing in our local shop and I really could have punched him!
Also I stopped going to a particular barber because the woman behind the desk kept going on about "trying for a girl" in front of my boys! They may be boys but they are neither deaf nor insensitive!

Actually, you can add nearly 2 years onto that!!

Hey, you can add a year on to that. How come it updates the children ages, but not mine Not saying I don't like it

Who me, a baby?

thanks peachy!

Squirdle your ds's are beautiful - proper blonde!

You are a BABY!

Thanks Tiggy! I do try but I am so rubbish! Think I've always been one of those who prefer the quiet area on the playground! Either that or snogging behind the coatpegs! Ridiculous as I'd still prefer that even when I have to go out on playground duty now!!! Just wish we had more male staff!!! LOL. That testoterone has a lot to answer for and I really wouldn't swop them for anything! And as I said earlier like squirdle I'd never try for a particular sex it would have to be because I wanted another baby... come what may!

Yes I know, the amount of people who said about DS3 'Ooh I bet you'd like a girl this time' 'Oh what a shame he wasn't a girl'

He's perfect..a little monkey, but perfect

oh they are cool boys squirdle

and great pics ria

ds1 nbowwears a cap at all times (well most) and a leather jacket so looks more like Gok Wan (think thatsthe idea) than my curly haired littlie but ds4 has a curl growing so might beanother lol....

squirdle peoplealwayssay stupid things

'is this one ok' (meaning hasds4 got autism likeds1 and ds3)

'were you sad its not a girl' pardon? can you pre-order,i missed that!

ignore them

imagine having 5 Squirdle

the grimaces when i tell people they are boys is sooo far from my own image of my life

Yes peachy, yours are gorgeous. I think mine are beautiful too...esp DS2. He had very blonde, very curly hair until he was 4 and could have passed easily for a girl...as a lot of people mistakenly thought he was!

OlaMamas - your boys didn't learn their rough play from anywhere - it's called testosterone! Trying to suppress it doesn't work. I know, I've tried. Rejoice in the testosterone!

I think it just hits a nerve with me as I am constantly being asked when I am going to try for a girl. Firstly, I would never try for a girl...it would be a baby/addition to our family and seciondly, I don't want any more children...thankyou very much

peachy i remember yours

i dont forget lovely boys!

yes mineare beautiful- all curly hair and big eyes

if i could access my old Peachy name idshow you but my reg bit is not working

I have two lovely DDs and had a lovely DS this past November.

All three are cherished and loved equally, but it is pretty cool having a wee lad now, too.

Squirdle squeeze those little boys and shout 'my boys'

Big boys are fab too my 16 year old has been dreamy throughout!

i really embrace my little people in a way i never thought i could ( i wanted girls)

i love what i have been given so so much and feel in a very 'buddhist' sort of way that this was what i was meant to have

dont buy the 'too pretty to be a boy' bit either

my boys are BEAUTIES

squirdle [hugs]

fwiw i dont think any of us would swap our ds's forall the money on earth,it's just a yearning for what never was- a girl: dh feels is too old for more children now, so my pinkness is unrequited LOL

Ok, sorry, I wasn't reading properly, just scanning

Not sure anyone mentioned thugs... just boys enjoying boyish play!