Are boys harder than girls?

[BibBabBob]

My gran said to me on the phone the other night- "of course boys are far more tedious than girls." Gran had 3 girls and 1 boy so she had some experience. I have one single beautiful little boy, and have found things incredibly hard. I never feel like the poor lad is happy and when he gets a cold he seems to be like a lot of men I know- gets a "man's cold". I know that parenthood is supposed to be hard but I'm interested to hear what other peoples experiences were of raising boys v girls?

So the consensus is that some boys are hard and some boys are easy, and the same with girls. Think I probably knew this already. The male race can be quite baffling sometimes but then I guess they say the same about us women.
Hunkermunker- yes i'm not sure what gran meant by tedious!
Hermyke- thanks for your comments. It hasn't put me off having any more but i think dp is not too keen on the idea unfortunately. I'm hoping in a year or two he may have forgotten what its like now (assuming it will get better!)

My DS has been very difficult in comparison to my DD. I think it is down to different personalities though than gender differences.

i am one of 7 kids.
My mum says she would rather bring up 10 boys for every girl she has had to bring up!...and that girls are 10 times harder.
i have one of each...and i have found the boy harder so far...but i suspect the girl has yet to find her feet!

I have three boys, with very different personalities.

The biggest difficulty is when other people comment "ooh three boys, how do you cope, that must be tough?" Erm, no, having three children (one child sometimes) is tough.

Conversely also bugs me when other people say boys will be boys to excuse their behaviour. No - as far as I'm concerned it's still naughty!

My DS has been a nightmare compared to my DD, but I think it's down to his personality more than anything. I think that boys can be noisier and more physical in their play than girls, but that's not always harder, iykwim.

The ear-splitting squealing and shrieking from my neices drowns out DS every time.
However
We all bring up our children as the individuals they are - I'm not sure any of these generalisations help at all - and I suspect that 'words of wisdom' like your grans just perpetuate a load of old sterotypes!

my ds is a much more laid back baby that dd was at the same age, he's 9.5mths. he's happy, smiles all the time, doesn't cry much, dd was moody. the thing i struggle with is he's physically very strong and changing his nappy is like a wrestling match. since he started crawling, he hates lying on his back.

I've got 3 girls aged from 11 down to 4, and have always found them to be 'easy' compared to the sons of friends, in other words, quieter and less prone to hitting things with blunt objects.

HOWEVER... once they reach about year 5 (aged 9 or 10) all that changes and it's payback time.

No, it's total bunkum. Got a boy and a girl. They both have their challenging characteristics.

I am told that teenage boys are generally easier than teenage girls

Havent got to that bit yet though so dont know about that.

Depends on the child I imagine. But if you are talking in stereotypes, then dd is a bit of a tomboy!