Please tell me all about your gorgeous boy babies!

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Hoping not to get flamed as this is mainly lighthearted!

So we found out yesterday we're having a baby boy! We already have two girls and a boy (joint DD and two lovely DSC).

I remember once reading that boy babies are often harder to settle than girl babies due to increased testosterone and reduced seretonin levels compared to girl babies. I wouldn't usually buy in to this kind of stereotyping and I know every baby is different but on reflection in considering our own personal experiences, as well as those of friends and family, it seems that boy babies are often a little more whiny and fussy than the girls.

I'm abit anxious as I loved the baby phase with DD and coped well in spite of various health problems, but I'm thinking would I have enjoyed/coped as well with a very difficult to settle baby like some of my friends have experience, and as DP experienced with DSS!

I'm so excited and we have already been looking at clothes, nursery ideas, and names, so as the icing on the cake I'd love to hear some reassuring experiences from mummies of lovely chilled happy non colicky boy babies to add to my excitement and shush some of my anxieties! ❤️🥰😂😍 xx

I've got an older boy and even though he's now 13 (almost 14) and towers above me he will always be my baby and he's my world

I've never heard that about boys being harder to settle.

I was worried about having a stereotypical boisterous boy but at 2.5 years old he's the most gentle kindest little person I've met. He never ever likes to leave anyone out and makes sure everyone included in his silly games.

As for getting settled down, he surpassed even my expectations this week at his new preschool - when he fancies a nap, he's just been heading over to the cosy area himself and just laying down to sleep!

Try not to go in with any expectations and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised

Aww loving reading these posts! I really love the idea of raising a lovely young man too and having this amazing man in my life that's not DP! Xxx

I have 4 sons, lovely boys, hard work sometimes but honestly an absolute joy and I am completely blessed with each one. Congratulations on your lovely baby boy and enjoy him when he comes.

I don’t believe sex plays a part in what a baby is like, it’s mostly down to their in built temperament. Interestingly though, the 3 girls in my antenatal group were overall ‘easier’ (no feeding issues, slept longer, less crying) than the 4 boys as small babies: 2 of the 4 boys were none sleepers and the other 2 (my DS being one of them) were just really, really unsettled. The boys are so far, much much easier toddlers, so swings and roundabouts. The only thing I’m sure of is that it’ll all change, very few people get through 18 years of parenting without a difficult patch (or ten).

Definitely individual. I have a boy, with an older girl. Baby boy is now 14 months and just gorgeous. So so loving and funny. We adore him. He doesn’t sleep well but neither did my daughter so who knows! He’s a very different character to his sister, more chilled and more sociable. More active physically and less interested in words etc.
I love having a boy (and a girl!), I’m sure you will too.

My toddler DS is amazing. He is super chilled and happy (i mean, the odd tantrum excluded!). Always been pretty easy to feed and settle etc. the most loving little thing
I have 2 nieces, and in laws are always amazed at how easy DS is compared to how they were!

My nephew is adorable. Loves cuddles and kisses, sleeps for 12 hours a night,always chuckling and eats like a lovely little piglet

I have 2 boys and they are polar opposites.
Ds1 was 7 weeks early but was a chilled and relatively easy baby minus a few medical issues. He's 5 now and is an absolute nightmare (likely has autism and adhd) but his is also wonderful when he's calm
Ds2 is so clingy, won't sleep on his own and was also prem but very very sick unlike his brother. However he is kind, helpful, likes everything just so and overall very sweet.

I have DD then DS. DS woke up frequently at night but was basically always chilled and smiling. With DD we used to have to pace around in the evenings, whereas DS just wanted to be fed.

(DS is nearly 3 now and not always quite so chilled anymore! Still always wants to be fed though!)

DS was a great baby, he would wake every 2 hours to feed, but he would feed, burp, change, and go straight back to sleep. To be honest as a newborn he was fab. However....he was walking by 10months, and his temper and frustration came well before the terrible twos 😂

He's still a drama llama now, but I think that's more him, than being a boy.

My little boy was the most difficult baby on earth but worth every bit of it ♥️

Op I don't know of my boy is an exception but he's the most relaxed, easy going human being I've ever met (the rest of us in the family are nervous wrecks most of the time so I don't know where he's getting it from).

I don't want to jinx it because we've got another 6 months in the baby stage but He's never been colicky, sleeps well at night and will happily entertain himself for ten minutes or so. The exact opposite of DD. At the same time he loves interacting with people and is super smiley. You just have to look at him and he slowly breaks into this beaming smile. The only time he cries or fusses is when he's very tired or hungry and even then he'll just do low level whine for ages. Plenty of time to get everything ready if you have to for whatever.

He is very affectionate as well and has just started kind of trying to hug back DD when she cuddles him.

By the way I've heard the exact opposite, ie that boys are much easier kids not just as babies but also later. And when I was pregnant I was told repeatedly that boys are a lot more affectionate then girls. U couldn't really believe that anyone could be more affectionate or loving than DD bit even at just six months he seems to be especially with DD. It's lovely to see them together.

Have a good pregnancy and all the best v

My boy baby was far easier than the girls!
Slept like a dream and was so chilled out.

My baby boy was, and still is at 15 months, very placid, good natured, calm, and sleeps well. He’s an absolute bloody angel and I Iove him to pieces. He was easier to settle than my daughter was at the same age.

Now he’s toddling it’s more challenging as he’s a relentless explorer and challenger of his environment, and everything in it. His appetite for new things to see, do and conquer is lovely but exhausting - my daughter never did that. He’s also a hundred times more affectionate and loving than my daughter which really surprised me. She’s always been an independent soul so it’s amazing to have a wee boy holding his arms up for a cuddle, and patting my arm. He’s a delight 🥰

Literally never heard this. I have 2 boys.

Thanks everyone. Will lap up the affection! He'll need to be affectionate with three older siblings wanting cuddles! 😍

My baby boy is now taller than me and almost 14. He's is and always has been the most chilled out, loving , kind individual. My DD is also wonderful, but definitley more demanding as a baby. And now if I'm honest.

Really I’ve never heard that about boys? Everyone said the opposite to me that boys are so much more chilled than girls which was true for me and my kids (2 boys 2 girls)

I have a son and he is the happiest child ever. My daughter was a content baby but he was a happy baby, very smiley very interested in the world and rarely cried. Even when he had chicken pox at 14 months he was cheerful. He's 4 now and is still very affectionate and wants cuddles and giving me kisses. He has a wonderful sense of humour and awe about the world. His old nursery said he was a very jolly little boy right from being a baby with them and that's absolutely a great way to sum him up.

My boys now 12 and 14 are abolutely fab and aside from some sleep issues which were fairly standard were lovely bright happy babies. They loved a cuddle and from the get go preferred cuddling up with a teddy and a book to being rambunctious although both with a streak of resilience that seems a bit testosteroney but defensive to outside shite not attacky if that makes sense. Now it's gaming teddies and books and baking apparently now? They still love a cuddle too. x

Definitely got a dream baby boy! He's the best, so easy and chilled.

I have two girls (13 and 3) so have been just a girl mum for a long time, my eldest girl was a pretty happy baby and youngest girl was the complete opposite, a lot of crying and not settling.

I now have baby boy 4.5 months and he has just been so happy and chilled especially in contrast to his 3 year old sister , sleeps amazingly at night and I honestly was apprehensive about having a boy after so long with just girls , I suppose it's just the change but I adore him obviously, completely head over heels in love just like with my girls , he may even be my favourite .

My boy baby slept soo much better than my girl baby. He was much more laid back and now they are 14 & 11 he’s much more cuddly.

I only have a boy so don't have any experience with girls but can't imagine sex has much impact on sleep/collic etc!

My baby boy is 11 weeks old and very placid, been sleeping pretty much through the night since 9 weeks (23:00-05:30 and then goes back to sleep from around 06:15-10:30). I generally feed or rock him to sleep, he isn't a baby you could put down "drowsy but awake" but it's fine. No reflux issues thankfully.