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what can i look forward to having a boy?

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luluzulu · 03/04/2011 21:45

just a bit of fun. i want ideas, and happy stories etc... a little glimpse of what it will be like. we have no other children so he is our 1st and i really want to make the most of every possible experience.

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ShowOfHands · 03/04/2011 21:50

You could ask 'what can I look forward to having a child and the answer is the same.

I can't put it into words that express the sheer magnitude of having a child. You get to know this wonderful, unique person that you love in such a fierce way that you will be floored by it at the strangest of moments.

It is exasperating, exhausting, hilarious, humbling and wonderful. Sometimes all at the same time.

walesblackbird · 03/04/2011 21:52

Little boys are lovely! I have two little boys and a daughter and they're very different.

Littly boys need their mummies. Little girls need their independence! Little boys are lazy and are quite happy to sit back and allow mummy to do it all for them.

Little boys are cuddly and are mummy's boys. Little girls (well my little girl) will cuddle for 5 minutes before deciding that there's something that needs doing and off she goes. Because little boys are lazy (chilled?) they just assume that anything that needs doing will be done by someone else!

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luluzulu · 03/04/2011 22:00

oh thanks for the quick replies. i'm just getting so excited now as i'm due soon and looking forward to starting life as a family.

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MavisEnderby · 03/04/2011 22:00

Erm with 7 year old ds...Football,Harry Potter,not flushing the toilet after having being asked a million times,hugs,saying "I can't remember" when you ask him what he has done at school,noisy playdates,randomly strewn Lego,hit and miss teethbrushing unless you stand over him,occasional temper tantrums,love of maths and science,zany humour,and a million zillion questions where you thank the Lord for Google:)

QuintessentialShadows · 03/04/2011 22:01

My 5 year old boy IS love. He loves to hug, he loves to cuddle, he will sigh and say "oh mummy you are so beautiful" and "oh mummy your belly is so nice and soft and I like to rest my head on it". He will say "mum, for breakfast I want cheerios with strawberries, rasberries, blueberries, milk, and a biiiig hug".

He will also climb high up without fear. He will cycle down the road without looking neither right nor left, he will ski down hill with a mad grin lifting one leg in the air at the time shouting "wuuuuhuuuuuu". And he will cry bitter tears if he thinks the world is unfair.

My 8 year old boy is as lovely, but a little more restrained. He will look at his little brother, shake his head, look at me with mischievous eyes and chuckle "that brother of mine". And he will go over and hug him close, lift him up, and spin him around.

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silver28 · 03/04/2011 22:05

It's amazing. As I'm sure having a girl is too.

I secretly didn't want a boy as all my friends had girls and I only have a sister and nieces. Didn't know what to do with a boy.

now I'm so glad I got a boy. He's so lively, so much fun. If he'd been born a girl he may have been just the same, I'll never know.

23balloons · 03/04/2011 22:05

Love your description Mavis. I can second a lot of it too. Depends on the boy of course though mine = lots of energy but lazy too. Love running & sports, as well as Maths & Science. I had my neice stay for Christmas & couldn't believe how different it was to have a girl in the house. Boys are much much much easier (at least in my experience). :)

exoticfruits · 03/04/2011 22:06

Boys are very loving.
Be prepared for lots of energy, lots of enthusiasm, lots of mud! It is very physical.

ShowOfHands · 03/04/2011 22:06

I know plenty of boys who aren't mummies boys and plenty of girls who are very, very cuddly and attached to their Mums. Just in case women expecting girls are reading this and thinking 'bugger, no cuddles and she'll prefer her Dad'. It's an oft wheeled out stereotype and generally you'll find that children tend to love their Mums. Some are physically demonstrative, some not. And not all boys are lazy either. Just like not all girls are princesses.

My dd loves Ninja Turtles, Marvel comics, tractors, dinosaurs and digging for worms. She is also the cuddliest person in the whole wild world who seems extraordinarily attached to me. I used to worry about having a 'girl'. I don't like pink, princesses, bitchiness or hairstyles you see. But it turns out that's all bollocks.

Littlepurpleprincess · 03/04/2011 22:08

"mum, mum, mum, mummy, mum, muuuuuum!"

"Yes DS?"

"I love you"

mankyscotslass · 03/04/2011 22:09

You will be peed on when changing his nappy until you learn to quickly drop a wipe over his willy when you are changing his nappy.

Both my boys are affectionate, but so is DD.

everything is done at 100mph, he never stops!

smartyparts · 03/04/2011 22:11

Absolute devotion - little boys adore their mums! They are very good at compliments & cuddles and are simple souls=easy to please.

LOVE my boys!

WillYouDoTheDamnFanjo · 03/04/2011 22:12

I have a DD and a DS. They are a little different, probably due to personality rather than gender, and who knows whether it's nature or nurture, certainly not something I can fathom however hard I think about it...

However, I hadn't ever really seen men as vulnerable/sweet before I had DS. Now I look at all sorts of men and think "Aw, someone probably snuggled you once."

DS is also very cuddly, more so than DD was. He is always reaching up for cuddles, smooching me and wrapping his chubby arms around my neck and saying "Aaaah!"

On a very practical note, if you opt for blue clothes, washing a lot of light blues and whites together makes your whites whiter!

notnowbernard · 03/04/2011 22:13

both my dds are very affectionate and love a cuddle up on the sofa

They are gorge

ds also loves me but I suspect atm it's my breasts that are the driving force

latermater · 03/04/2011 22:14

I only had sisters and nieces, plus a daughter, when DS came along. He is now nearly six. Lots of the above rings bells, plus:

he gets amazingly passionate about things which interest him (currently star wars, reptiles, mythical beasts, moshi monsters) - DD doesnt seem to be gripped by things in the same way
he has appalling and sudden bouts of shouting, screaming and rudeness when he perceives some unfairness/frustration/opposition to his own plans etc (better now than a year ago though) but doesn't do sulking - the cloud passes over and all is well again.

WillYouDoTheDamnFanjo · 03/04/2011 22:14

not saying DD wasn't affectionate - she was, but in other ways - stroking hair, holding hands, sitting close.

turnipvontrapp · 03/04/2011 22:15

millions of cuddles every day!

ShowOfHands · 03/04/2011 22:22

I have a friend who likes to remind me that I can never know what it's like to have a truly affectionate child who thinks I'm the centre of the world because I don't have a boy. And it hurts. She used to do it when I was pregnant. But under the guise of 'well never mind, at least with a girl you'll get a quiet child... until she's a teen and turns into a rabid bitch ha ha ha'. And it really bloody hurt.

Thankfully, dd is the most loving child I know. She is currently curled up on my knee, watching Narnia, one hand stroking my cheek, the other locked round my waist and every now and then she murmurs 'love you'.

It's my personal bugbear. Like when people tell mothers of boys 'oh well they're only yours till they get a wife, girls are yours for life'. What a bloody insensitive thing to do. I suppose what winds me up is that it's always a comparison. Not 'my boy is a cuddly, funny, bright whirlwind' but stated as 'boys are more x than girls but girls do y more'.

turnipvontrapp · 03/04/2011 22:30

Spending every saturday morning at the side of a football pitch if they are football crazy like my 3.

EllAEllO · 03/04/2011 22:42

My DS is totally exhausting.
Runs everywhere, falls over a lot, growls a fair bit, takes things apart...
But also, like QuintessentialShadows' DS, does the "mummy you're beautiful" thing (to make up for it!)

"oh mummy, you're so lovely let me stroke your hair"
"your tummy is so so soft, I want to cuddle it all day" (backhanded compliment!)
"I love you mum, and your face- you look like the Gruffalo with a poisonous pimple" (another one)

Boys are fab. As are girls.

notanumber · 03/04/2011 23:57

I have one of each and after intensive research I can reveal that the differences are: baby boys pee in your eye, baby girls pee everywhere. That is all.

DioneTheDiabolist · 03/04/2011 23:59

Having a Bear Cub in your family. Affectionate, loving, physical and really strong. With a love of wrestling, asking for affirmation and giving compliments.

OrangeBernard · 04/04/2011 00:12

With boys its all about balls. Both kinds!

ColdHeartedBitch · 04/04/2011 00:28

Ah the constant obsession with the willy. It starts at a very young age too.

No one has mentioned the stick collection or the stone/rock collections. ALWAYS empty out the pockets otherwise you will be constantly wondering if your washing machine is on the way out because it is making a hideous noise.

Climbing, everything and anything.

bugs and beasties - learn to love them now

And an obsession for random bits of mind boggling plastic tat going by weird names such as bayblades, backugan, etc etc all coming with cards which give the guise that they are supposed to conform to do some sort of game thing that tbh you could probably live you life quite comfortably never figuring out what the hell they are on about when descending in to game language. Until the point when you are expected to join in and declared rubbish because you werent actually listening to the endless game talk

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