Tell me about your wonderful boys please

[thehockeyandtheivy]

Well I had my 22 week scan today and as some of you know I was desperate for a girl. It is a BOY! I am surprised but also surprised that I'm not at all disappointed. I saw my wonderful baby in there how could I wish him to be anything different from himself, he looks wonderful.

I still have some thought adjustments to do as I was convinced he was a girl and don't have much experience of boys (I have a dd already) I also only had a girls name. Can you please tell me about what your ds's are like and how wonderful they are. only good things about boys will do please, is it different from having a girl? how are they special to you? etc.

You'll make me very happy to hear about them. Thanks

(((Little boys in dungarees)))

LOL janos, a very sociable 13month old sofa eh!

My ds is the sweetest thing, gorgeous and much more interested in clothes than either of his sisters. Never fails to comment when I'm wearing something new.

Very sensitive and loving -- when I used to drop him off at nursery all the little boys used to engage in competitive displays of mummy love ('love zhu, mummy') while my dds never even bother to turn their heads to honour my departure.

Boys are great! And I speak as one who was told at the 20 week scan I was having a girl, so his arrival was by way of a surprise.

I can't resist posting this:
My D(F)S

hmmmmmmmmm

I hate these type of threads

hmc, your ds sounds just like my ds3!

hockeyandivy - I've got 3 boys - what can I say, they are marvellous and wouldn't swap them for the world. Of course - whatever we get we are utterly blessed. I honestly don't knwo why people get all worried about having one orthe other.

Thanks Janos - great pics - looks very cute. Can't wait to see what mine looks like now.

I LOVE these kinds of threads, its not often we get to boast about our children without other parents thinking we are arrogant - keep it up!

it doesnt matter what you have!

all children and babies are gorgeous and individual.

don't mind boasting threads but not one sex v another

right have parped myself

as you were

I will boast about my DS at every possible opportunity, no encouragement needed ;-)

I have 2 wonderful boys AND one wonderful girl

I fogot to mention how good-looking and intelligent my 2 boys are

I have 4 boys and they are all adorable. They are silly, funny, annoying, quirky, irritating, lovable, affectionate, hyper, cuddly, boisterous and excitable. They fight together but they entertain each other too. They are all mummy's boys and I love it. I have one dd too so I get to do the girly things like shopping and hair dying too!

Worst thing about boys is standing on a windswept football pitch every Sunday mornign when I'd rather be tucked up in bed!

I have 3 boys and a girl and was the opposite to you in that I wanted boys. I was overjoyed to learn my second baby was a boy (my first was a boy too). I remember the moment of learning his sex so vividly!

But I understand your worries about having a boy because you are obviously used to having a girl and feel you understand them completely. All I can say is, it won't take you a moment to adjust to being the mother of a boy when he is born. Even though I wanted boys more than girls, I was still thrilled to have my dd and enjoy knowing what it is like to have both sexes. It made me feel like an all round expert! I always remember the first time I was able to talk to someone about "my son" and then later when dd came along, I was able to talk about "my daughter" - like newly weds who deliberately refer to their "wife/husband and I" It is really exciting being able to use those words for the first time. Try thinking about "your son" inside you now! It is bound to make you feel warm inside.

Don't listen to anyone telling you boys are harder work than girls (or easier for that matter!) All boys are different. My ds1 was (is still, god help me!) a dreadful fiddler, always had his nose in everything and nothing was safe from his fingers. He was physically advanced but socially behind - typical boy. Then I had ds2 and he was the most complete angel of a child you could ever wish for until he was about 4. (he is 8 today BTW!) He never put a foot wrong, never was naughty, never was aggressive or violent - still isn't. He is sensitive and cries easily - a real softie. He was quite advanced physically but completely different to his brother socially - talked in full sentences at 18 months when ds1 didn't speak at all until 26 months, made friends easily, loved cuddling his mum and cuddly toys.

Ds3 is more like ds1, but even he likes dancing with his big sister so there is that softer side to him that neither of his brothers has.

Every child is unique and full of little characteristics that you will love and be proud of the moment you identify them. Don't worry!

QSE - -in my house the sunday morning thing will be dh's job

I have a 21mth old DS (and am pg with no.2, but don't know the sex). He is wonderful, so affectionate and gentle, he moved me to tears in Tesco's carpark the other day when he hugged me so hard and gave me a massive sloppy kiss. He is funny and clever and always running/climbing, but he is also very much a Mommy's Boy.
I wanted a girl first and was convinced I was carrying a girl and so was shocked when DS arrived, but I can honestly say I have never felt nor received love like this, he is amazing and just the centre of my universe.
I am in tears again now...bloomin hormones!

I have a dd and a younger ds and that is the best kind of family imo. OK, he's a bit more boistrous than she ever was, but he's also more affectionate. Other than that they are unbelievably similar - everyone comments on it.

iota - sadly with our two older boys playing for different teams we both have to get up and take one each to their respective matches, although it's usually me who has to take the younger 2 boys with me too. dh insists as he is official photographer he can't possibly handle the little ones as well!

QSE -- oh no I hadn't thought of that - miine will both have to play for the same team ( I guess it's an age related thing? so maybe not) [sigh]

I've got a nearly 5yr old ds1, 2.5 yr old dd and 4 month ds. Ds1 is a lovely little boy (if I say so myself) - he has always been incredibly smiley and friendly, affectionate and loving. He's becoming quite sensitive to others' feelings now and gets quite choked by the James Blunt Goodbye My Lover song. Bless. Of course, there are days when he is a ball of fire and completely full on with mahem and mischief, but mostly he is funny and good company. As for ds2, I'm utterly besotted as he is such a smiler and chuckler, lord knows what's going on in his little head. Dd is delicious too, of course, but this is a boy thread, so I'll leave her for another time.

No Beetroot, it is her second, she already has a girl. I think she is just feeling nervous because she feels she knows girls and doesn't know boys, but I think that feeling will evaporate the minute her son is born, don't you?

Ds1 (5) told me the other day that I didn't need to worry about the new baby coming because he understood that it would be fragile and need to be looked after gently and he would do all the looking after himself...[that'll bring a tear to yer eye emoticon]