Pregnant with Baby boy....

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Really some advice on how to handle an issue that is slowly creeping in, or maybe its a non issue and I'm over thinking.

Pregnant with a (long awaited for my inlaws) baby boy after 2 DDs.

I'm already feeling abit..weirded out by some of the comments that's been made about him being a boy and I don't know if this normal as I didn't experience it with my DDs.

Comments about how things need to be Blue, that it's different this time round because it's a Boy, how he needs football kits, footballs and how he's going to beating up his siblings because he's a Boy.
How he will love football because he's a Boy. I overheard my MIL ask my husband what we are going to do if he wants to play with dolls? DH replied with 'well, he can' and she made a little laugh.

I'm really not sure how to go about this. Every comment ends in 'because he's a Boy' I find myself thinking...'and?'

Our DDs have always had, I guess gender neutral toys. Babies, dolls, Cars, ninja turtles, Disney toys, dolls houses, prams, kitchens, trains, MLP...you get the idea. They played and watched what they liked.

We are raising our son exactly the same.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it normal?
How can I curb the comments or reply? He's not even here yet and I'm already worrying about the pressure on him and us being 'A BOY!'

Tell them you are calling him Miranda..

We had it the other way round. How lovely to have a girl after boys. In the end every time someone mention the sex of baby. I said having chatted to the boys about it, they thought the baby might not like it if they felt we had a preference/cared. Worked a treat. I never managed to stop the comments on my bump size though and how it looked like there was room for two in there .
Congratulations and all the best.

Ignore it?!

I have a boy and those comments fall on deaf ears tbh

Yup, I have an LB and we got all the comments about blue and football. My DH and I hate football and that, so we're not going to ram it down his throat. Luckily, I like the colour blue, hate pink though, so if I'd had a girl I would have avoided it.

If my son wants to play with a football or a doll I really don't care. As long as he's having a good time.

Fuck that toxic masculinity bullshit.

Ignore

I am pregnant with a boy and getting a lot of 'you don't know what you are in for', 'boys are wild/don't sleep'. It's like they haven't met my dd. She is usually playing in mud/up a tree.

Sounds like your DH has the right attitude as his response to the question about your DS playing with dolls was perfect! Your own thoughts of 'and...' to the 'because it's a boy' comments are also fine.

I have a 5 week old boy, first baby in both families, and thankfully we reallt didn't have to put up with this at all but it would annoy me a lot. As others have said I think you just need to ignore.

We even managed to avoid the baby blue clothes gifts and mostly got colourful things (lots of dinosaurs though)

This is why we're not telling anyone that we've found out the sex. Put off the sexist assumptions as long as possible!