I struggle to get excited about boy-stuff, lego starships and the like. And Thomas is a feckin' train, FGS. How exciting can that be?

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As I've got 4 boys I need to get into this stuff.

Come on all you mothers of girls. Make me with your play experiences.

BTW. Lest anyone accuse me of gender stereotyping, I do have a ragdoll in a highchair that DS3 (2) likes playing with.

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Oh I know exactly what you mean....and it only seems to get worse as they get older (Power Rangers....what's all that about??).

But is the girl's stuff any more interesting?

(sorry, I see you were looking for answers from Mums of girls not fellow mums of boys).

I was SO happy when I found out I was having a girl. Boys stuff is tres dull. You have my sympathy. Could you get them into gardening or something, then at least they could grow you flowers or veggies?

I live my life against a constant commentary about Daleks...but my neices don't obsess about anything more enticing, tbh.

Another mum of boys here, lol.

Still, and living up to the gender stereotype, tis great when DH takes them off to do boy stuff, hehe.

And no Barbie and v little pink, lol.

i love boys stuff, way more building and creative toys.

tbh dd is very into cars and stuff and i can't wait to buy her and ds one of those workbench thingies with all the spanners and screws

girls stuff is way worse trust me, all neon pink that gives me a migraine!

I think I secretly want one of those model head things that you can do the hair and make-up for. I didn't get one in the 70's and DAMMIT I want my turn.

Maybe I should just go and buy one?

i got one in the 80's and it was a crap toy believe me!

Dd (20 months) is very sweet with her dolls just now. Loves siting on my knee when I'm drying my hair as likes the draught from dryer - brushing mummy's hair is painful as mainly tends to hit me with the brush rather than drag through hair IYSWIM.

I'm glad and i think in this you can count your blessings too, that she is too young to hanker after Bratz stuff or those stupid overpriced Lelli Kelly shoes that they keep advertising during kids tv just now. Secretly hoping she'll never be a pink frilly girlie girl. At the moment she loves kicking a ball around in the garden, general rough and tumble, jigsaw puzzles, mega blocks, toy cars and Mr Potatoe head!

girls' stuff is dull!

Trains are cool. I can't wait til ds2 is big enough for me to spend hours "helping" him build brio train tracks. It is such a challenge trying to use all the pieces

only have one ds..and really love his toys..though he likes kitchens and handbags too atm...

hate pink with passion and cant stand barbie so am glad
...roll on scalectrix is all i can say..

maybe we can do a swap bubble?
I can send you a head in the post, hair a little matted and full of purple eyeshadow, but I keep trying to throw it out and DD keeps on retrieving it.

One thing that may put you off girly stuff- Barbie and shitting dog?!?

3 million pieces of rubber clothing and Polly Bleedin' Pocket.
Hama beads (groan)

too many teeny bits.

DD had Thomas and track - I love it.
I want some Knex.

ds1 is very boy-ish in his tastes (now!). best thing is is I get to watch Star Wars a lot, which is better than a lot of films, and he's very into the army, so I'm going to introduce him to Where Eagles Dare tomorrow - have tried to think through the film and don't think it's too gory. I love it and he'll love the planes/army trucks/soldiers! Power Rangers I can't stand, but at least everything's not pink?!

Oh and she's due a baby brother in around 6 weeks and as she's got quite a lot of stuff already we're viewing it as a perfect excuse so invest in "choo, choos" - loves Thomas the tank, a garage and a few other bits that we've not got round to buying yet. Also when we go up to the attic for the moses basket in a couple of weeks we're going to dig out the scaletrics set which she'll love and is prob just about big enough to manage now with some help. The longer the pink obsession stays away the better!

Just wait until you get to Power Rangers etc. You'll be missing Thomas ... believe me.

lego bionicle looks like a nightmare unless your boys are really organised

i find it easier to just let me sons get on with it, but i was a bit of a tomboy so can join in with alot of it!

What do little girls, say.... 2 and 7 (the same age as my middle two) like?

I read a piece about Emma Thompson and she was saying how she'd shown her seven year old daughter how to put perfume onto pulse points etc.

I don't even wear pefume but I'd like to be able to show someone how to wear it.

I think I've got a bit of girl tonight after my, frankly, lacklustre peformance this evening with the lego.

Well I only have 2 boys, but I do have one of those heads (and wish ds2 would only use his make-up on it, not mine) as well as a Barbie Hot Tub Party Bus and several Barbies (as well as Ariel etc). I did despair slightly when he asked today if he could have a Stephanie (Lazytown) dress - he already has the wig, handbag, bangles etc.

Personally I could live with Lego and Knex very easily. Am hoping that we go more mainstream when he starts school in September.

LOL, I wanted one too!!

My boys are just 3 months and 17 months, Grandad bought older son a workbench and it's fab! As well as various tools and bits it also comes with a mobile phone and he copies DH who can usually be spotted with either phone or tool in hand. I enjoy watching him drilling/hammering everything and anything. DS has an obsession with plug sockets so we drilled a socket box to his storage unit and he thinks he's all grown up now cause he can mess around with it without being told off. A recent good buy was a plastic tea set from Woolies - he loves it and we sat round the table yesterday drinking pretend tea until he got bored and fired plastic cups across the room shouting 'ohhhh done' [all done]
A cousin of mine had SCALEXTRIC when i was a kid and i LOVED it, can't wait to start all of that with the boys but do not follow DH's passion for sci-fi, particularly stuff like Dr Who, Starwars, Spiderman etc..am sure the boys will 'get into' that thanks to DH.
I think if i had a little girl i'd spend a lot of time reliving my childhood.

hatrick. You're not helping my issues here.

What I find depressing is how many boys toys seem to dissolve into numerous bits everywhere. I'm sure that girls toys may be similar but I'm fed up of trying to assemble some lego set or other to find that we're missing a vital piece. I have a "pink" ds2 too, but it doesn't seem to matter quite so much when some part of a dolls outfit goes missing.