To be irritated by a mother of two girls telling me that as a mother of two boys I'm going "to be busy".

[SpiderWilliam]

Is parenting girls really such a doddle? Surely she is quite busy herself. She was a nice lady at the swings, and it was an idle comment. However, it really saddens me that so many people seem to have a downer on male children.

I would say it is the other way round anyway! lol...

I have 2 older girls and an 18 month old DS, and I can honestly say that yes, parenting my girls was a doddle, and parenting DS is rather challenging....

Not sure how this mother of only girls can know what boys are like to bring up though.

It was just small talk.

You are going to be busy after all. Any parent of two will.

No, 'tis true. Girl babies come out of the womb and then sit down and make daisy chains and sing sweetly for the next 7 years. Boy children run out toting guns and hitting people.

Fact.

maybe she's referring to the mess they make

Oh, and I have two boys and a girl. The boys are a piece of cake, DD is so bloody complicated (and she's only 5)

She's in for a shock!

I have 3 dc's: ds1 21, ds2 19 and dd 4.5. My dd is much harder work than the boys. She's more demanding, and although she does play nicely alone, would much rather play with me. She always wants to be cake making, doing make up and other pinkness, when the boys were just happy with a footy in the garden.

Majority of my friends think girls are much harder too.

Oh, I do love her to bits though, even when she's a monster .

Maybe she had brothers?

the person with the hardest parenting job that I know of has 3 girls under 5. The person with the easiest has 2 boys with a 4 year gap.

Other way around in this house.

2ds 1dd

guess it depends on the child.

PS, I am female. I was a nightmare hyperactive baby and a thousand times more work than my brother.

yes yabu

you are easily irritated?!

Perhaps she meant you'll be busy, as I am with 2 children. Honestly, some people would find an argument in an empty room.

Maybe she meant because you have 2 children, as she does, regardless of gender?

Mothers with just girls tend to get the comment that the teenage years will be difficult. it is just small talk either way.

I only have boys and although i dont have girls having once been one and know just what girls can be like i am very happy just to have sons :o

I am pregnant with my first - a little boy. I too have noticed the downer on baby boys which makes me quite sad TBH. There seems to be far more posts on forums about people being upset if they find out they are having a boy instead of a girl - I don't really get it. Surely a baby is just a baby and your children will grow up to be individuals anyway?

My DD was an awful lot easier to look after than DS is. But she is nearly 12 now and a bit of a PITA a lot of the time, so it all evens out!

I have one of each. DS was three times the work of DD......until they became teenagers....

There was a slot this morning on Daybreak about this. Consenses from all parents ringing in was boys easier than girls.

I have a DS who is easier than friends dd's.

Not sure how true it is without one of each myself to compare that have been parented the same way.

She was making small talk. That's all.

I have two boys and a girl. I have heard odd sweeping statements about both. I pay no more attention than I do when I ask them how they are and they say 'fine thanks' ?

I assume general smiley chit chat not a sworn affirmation that they are free from illness or affliction.

Seriously you are so over thinking it!

I will readily accept that I am both over thinking it and probably easily irritated at the moment (sleep deprivation).

Happy to see from the various replies that people have a mixture of experiences with boys and girls.

spider women I know what lack of sleep does. It makes me very snappy!

However I've got 2 boys (14 and 11) and it does get a bit relentless!

Actually scrap my post..... 19 yr old ds2 is easily more hassle than 4yr old dd! He's driving me nuts now .