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To ask what are the best things about having a little boy?

353 replies

KeplerYellow · 06/06/2017 14:51

I'm almost 30 weeks pregnant and really excited to be having a boy. I am however getting a bit scared about the whole giving birth part, so trying to focus on the bigger picture. I would love to hear how great it is to have a son to help me concentrate on the positives.

OP posts:

Mumzypopz · 06/06/2017 15:49

The cuddles mine gives me are to die for. I wanted two girls but got surprised by a boy and i wouldn't change it for the world.

MrsELM21 · 06/06/2017 15:51

Oh they are lovely, mine (6) at least is so kind, really fun, hilarious and loves his mama, yes they are bloody loud & full of energy but I honestly don't understand people who are so desperate for a girl, I really think you're missing out if you don't have a boy!

Changednamesorry · 06/06/2017 15:51

so OP wants to hear all the lovely things about having a little boy.....she doesn't need a load of sniffy "same as having a little girl" tosh. it's not the same. there are lovely thingsoft about bother and frankly given the amount of SMOG propaganda that goes on I'm delighted this thread exists.
I have 2 boys. they are both darlings. my older one wrote "I loves mummy very much by (HisName) ' on an etch a sketch yesterday. he is a wonderful kind and affectionate older brother to my smiling baby boy.....and recently I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. my baby had to sleep in the cot (we always coslept but then I started to get morning stiffness and felt it was no longer safe to cosleep) . he was 3.5 months old when this happens Ed and responded by sleeping 9 hours straight in his cot every night with no fuss hero. My older son stock to changing the baby's nappy in the morning (without me asking him to) because "your hands hurt mummy ". So. the list goes on honestly but I think sons are fabulous and there's toss all wrong with a thread celebrating them

Changednamesorry · 06/06/2017 15:53

oh yeah soz 4 typos! I'd blame the arthritic hands but that would be a lie as they have improved a lot with Meds! I'm just clumsy

Dandandandandandandan · 06/06/2017 15:55

I completely agree - there are threads for pointing out that they are the same. And there are threads where someone is excited about her first baby and can't wait to meet him!

Changednamesorry · 06/06/2017 15:56

OH. no episiotomy with either, 2 stitches with the first, no stitches with the second 8lb4, 54cm and 8lb2,52cm respectively. births longish , 7hours and 16 hours) and ouchy but not traumatic in the least. both took to breastfeeding easily.....my fanny is fully intact. HTH

Catsick36 · 06/06/2017 15:57

I've got a girl and two boys and they are all fab. The two yr old boy saw his sister (she's 18) in her prom dress and said she was a princess heartmelt!

waitforitfdear · 06/06/2017 15:57

Ok so my Boyd could pick me up and carry me out of their bedrooms as teenagers when I pointed out the mess!!!

The girls can't!

Satisfied

Pssssst!! Boys are awesome

waitforitfdear · 06/06/2017 15:58

Aw cat how sweet

CowParsleyNettle · 06/06/2017 15:59

Mine is 2.5 and absolutely HILARIOUS, he's loving, wild and slightly mad but honestly I couldn't wish for a sweeter thing. Wandering over saying "big kiss please mummy" makes it all worthwhile. Also I seem to have inadvertently produced a super polite child (no idea how, he's more polite than me!) and little old ladies always melt when he says "bantoo lady" without being prompted :D

Oh and DIMPLES!

LauraMoon · 06/06/2017 16:00

I have two boys and a girl and my boys are much much more affectionate with me than my lovely DD.

So I think there is something in it. My 14yo still comes for cuddles, and my 5yo is never off me...

Flyingprettycretonnecurtains · 06/06/2017 16:01

They are very huggy.
You can persuade them that the moon is made of green cheese should you so wish
Food is an important motivator - trips out for breakfast always works as a carrot.
Keep them exercised and busy until aged 18. Then you are home and dry
When older, they carry your bags, lift heavy objects and generally look after you (whilst leaving loads of mess,,)
What you see is what you get. They wear their hearts on their sleeves and can be very vulnerable. They don't mask things as successfully as girls so easier to 'read'.

I have two boys. They are fab.
Birth - when I was giving birth to DS2, there had been awful flooding in Bangladesh and some poor woman had had to give birth up a tree. I reckoned that if she could manage that then I could manage in a modern hospital with a fab midwife. It's really odd what comes into your mind but that sustained me and neither births, though lengthy and borring, were that bad.

bigbuttons · 06/06/2017 16:03

Boys are great, girls are great. There is nothing special about having a boy, there is nothing special about having a girl.
They are kids.
Some boys are quiet, some are noisy, some are sporty, some are affectionate, some are needy, some are independent, some are fat, some are thin, some test all boundaries, some do not, some have loads of energy, some prefer to sit still.
Some girls.... are exactly the same as some boys.

I have three of each and couldn't possible generalise about my sons, they are all so different, as are my daughters.
I hate these silly generalisations.

Coddiwomple · 06/06/2017 16:03

they are so cuddly! They are so much more loving, with hugs and kisses and cuddles.

They are also staying little longer, and much more straightforward.
They seem to be less into quiet activities, both my girls and boys had identical bruises from playing, climbing, falling etc.. , but at least my girls would paint/play with stickers/draw etc.. for long periods of times. My boys never.

They are also a lot cheaper to dress, because there's a lot less choice than for girls. I don't like it, but it is cheaper.

Boys say you are so pretty. What's not to like?

bigbuttons · 06/06/2017 16:06

I also don't get the they are not the same as girls and I know this because I have 2 sons. No you have a sample of 2 sons-hardly empirical evidence.
OP you are having a wonderful baby. Focus on that rather than preconceived ideas about gender.

ShowOfHands · 06/06/2017 16:08

Your baby will be an individual. A wonderful, unique, marvellous bundle of joy.

My ds is sensitive, dramatic and a bit anxious. His sister is straightforward and a breeze in comparison.

There are no facts about the character of boys or girls but it's almost certain that you will love your boy like nothing else on earth.

minionsrule · 06/06/2017 16:08

I only have a ds who is 12 now. Love his funny, slightly rude now, jokes. Cuddles to die for and i can talk to him about my two sporting passions, footy and cricket.
He doesn't want designer clothes, yet, and like me he hates shopping!

sunnyshowers · 06/06/2017 16:09

I ve dd and twin boys. Dd is wonderful, independent living and really great. The boys are just so unconditionally fI'll of love towards me. I can see their eyes light up when they see me even if I'm gone only 5 mins or 2 hrs.

They are just so full of love.
Boys are simpler than girls can be. They "get over" things quicker and they don't think the complex emotional thoughts my dd does. (My dd is a pre teen..that's that explained lol...and one of my favorite people ever)
Never dreamt id love 3 people this much....never thought I was capable.

Big plus on boys. ..wayyyy easier to change their nappies...girls bits need a lot more attention. .boys wipe and go. Its a small thing but I found I'd rather do the 2 boys than 1 girl.

MsHopey · 06/06/2017 16:10

I'm 31 weeks pregnant with my first baby, also a boy. I had wanted a girl, just because being a woman I figured certain bit's would be easier. Very happy with a boy now as ofc I already love my little one. But just like OP I am petrified of the birth, so something nice to concentrate on is muchly appreciated xx

sunnyshowers · 06/06/2017 16:10

Loving. ..not living. ..she's mature for 11 but still at home. (Might let her move out when she's 40)

CBeebiesaddict · 06/06/2017 16:10

I only have DS so nothing to compare against but he is so so loving. Constant cuddles and kisses :) He is a mass of energy which is pretty exhausting but so funny with it. He is 16mo :)

Ragwort · 06/06/2017 16:10

As the mother of a teenage boy doing GCSEs I will make no comment .

Also hate all the generalisations - and any comment regarding 'mummy's boy' is seriously off putting - I assume those are made tounge-in-cheek otherwise these are the future MILs from hell .

megletthesecond · 06/06/2017 16:12

They're the same as girls. Except they can wee outdoors with less faffing.

waitforitfdear · 06/06/2017 16:12

yes never get this boys are more affectionate crap.

Some are some arnt.

I have 2 of each and they are all totally different and some more buggy than others but gender has bugger all to do with it.

grasspigeons · 06/06/2017 16:13

I enjoyed seeing the world through new eyes which of course would have happened with a girl too. Neither of my boys are particularly sterotypical but I got to learn all about tractors, trains and some 'boyish' things I didn't do in my own childhood.

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