Its a Boy

[endlesslove]

I had a scan on Saturday and found out little one is a boy. I am sooooo happy and over the moon.

The problem is, I have never been around baby boys and children. Family all girls and this is my first. What I would like to know is, to those mums to boys, what are boys into, what are boys like, for older mums what kind of relationships do you have with boys.

Seems an odd request, but just want to know what to roughly expect! I know girls are very different. I am not at all worried, just want a fun thread about boys!!!

As a mum to a boy, what is different to a girl?

Its going to be very fun and I cannot wait for his arrival in August.

You know what...i had a dd first and when pg 2nd time around i found out i was having a boy, felt quite apprehensive because obviously i was used to girls but ds is a little love!

With me it was the old "will i love another as much" too, but even more as he was a boy! i just couldn't see myself with a lad, but he is so funny and sweet and incredibly sensitive! and so different to dd, who has always been so independant.

Boys are very lovable (i am not saying girls aren't!)

What a lovely thread - I´m expecting a boy (first baby) and am also from a family with lots of girls. It really is lovely to read all these nice things that mums love about their boys and makes me even more eager (as if that was possible) to meet my little one.

the gender stereotyping made me laugh - my friend´s lo (2.5yrs) loves, loves LOVES ´washing´ all the plastic cups and plates in the house so my friend bought him his own drying tray so he could ´wash´ in the bowl and stack it all up, dry it and then do it all again. He also plays with any other kitchen item he can get his hands on. They decided to buy him a little kitchen, feeling very right-on and all that, walked into ELC and he ran to a garage with cars shouting CARS CARS CARS CARS! would not take the slightest interest in the mini kitchen so they bought him the garage instead. you can only try...

I think its a pain trying to get nice bright boys clothes. I love dressing both my DD and DS in bright funky clothes, but it is much easier to find them for girls. Also hard to find boys tops etc without slogans/trucks/snakes etc on them. I have bought a few 'girls' clothes for DS (plain bright colours, not pink or flowery!) and he wears a lot of hand me downs from his sister.

I agree that boys are very affectionate! (although DD is affectionate too, but not to the same extent)

Don't be bamboozled by sterotypes!

My eldest (5.5) is a boy and he is ultra sensitive, kind, a little worrier a homebird and just a lovely chap. My DD (2.5) is equally as lovely but she is far more boisterous, aggressive, energetic and more of a handful than her older brother

DS does like typical boys things like Power Rangers and space ships and the like but so does my DD and equally she likes babies and tea parties, and so does her DB

I've actually had a bit of a set to with the Head Teacher at DSs school as the boys tend to engage in rough physical play which I feel is inappropriate and her opinion is that boys don't use their imaginations so she is not going to stop them playing Power Rangers and the like. Talk about stereotyping boys like that!

WestCountry, how frustrating!

I used to be a nanny, and once took the kids to their primary school concert. All the girls did wonderful, skillful, colourful dances (which they had been taught by their dance teacher) and then there was the boys dance, where they all stood there looking foolish and stamping their feet and clapping (and this was the 'dance' they had been taught!). I felt really embarassed for them, but this was what the school thought they were capable of.

cat and westcountry, those stories are shocking! 'boys don't use their imaginations!' oh so boys never grow up to be writers, artists, philosophers, or inventors then. My ds does nothing BUT use his imagination!

Also agree cat about it being really hard to find bright clothes for boys. Get really fed up with seeing sludge green/brown/dark blue. Boys are so beautiful and really look gorgeous in nice bright colours. In fact though that's a complaint about ALL kids clothes now, the girl's clothes are brighter but only because they are ALL pink!

yes, its not that easy to find girls stuff either. Next and Vertabudet are sometimes good (although not at all impressed with this seasons boys stuff), and there is an Australian brand we get our rellies to send over. Asda seems to have some fun bright, non-pink girls stuff atm, but all the boys stuff is blue/khaki/grey.

(sorry for the hijack endlesslove!)

boys are loving and snuggly and soo tactile
they vary in boyishness
they smile after an argument - unlike girls!
mine are the lights of my life

I have two lovely boys of 7 & nearly 4. They are totally different personality wise - DS1 is very shy & sensitive. He loves picking me squashed daisies at school, which he tells me are as pretty as I am!
DS2 is a live wire who keeps us all entertained. He gives the best kisses!!
One thing they do both have in common is that they are very affectionate & loving.

As for boys clothes - I never have any trouble finding lovely bits for my boys. I love shopping for them!

Congratulations on your baby boy.

I've got two boys and one loves army things, power rangers, guns, lasers, star wars, running (but used to love pink and wearing nail polish and putting face cream on). Isn't into cuddles and never has been. Rolls his eyes and tuts if you threaten to hug or kiss him - and he's only 5...

The other is squishy and cuddly and loves soft toys - goes to sleep surrounded by them. He loves drawing and painting and playing imaginary games - lots of picnics with the soft toys. He cuddles, hugs and kisses us all the time and he's nearly 3.

They're like chalk and cheese and I adore both of them - I love boys!!

Not sure what you mean by wow factor?

As for toys, they're MORE fun, IMO - I can't wait till my boys are old enough for the really fun stuff - all the construction stuff, marble runs, domino rally, scalextric - ohh, I love it!

Congratulations - boys are fab - very affectionate, funny, just great!

I haven't bought any clothes for a while for DS but Debenhams and John Lewis often have nice bits, they are a bit more expensive but I buy in the sales. I get his fleeces in Gap because in Spring/Summer they generally do bright colours although as a rule I prefer clothes without logos.

And Cat and SSU, it is one of the reasons (there are many others...) why I am trying to transfer my DS to another school!!!! I cannot accept that my DS has to get roughed up at school because 'that is what boys do'

Boys rock! I've got two and they're just adorable. DS1 (16m) loves things that go, and points out every bus that goes past as if he's never seen one before - soooo delighted to see the world. He also loves snuggling up with his books on the sofa and scribbling on big bits of paper. He climbs up things and falls off things and gets up and climbs up them again. He loves remote controls and porridge and a plastic helicopter and bubbles. And this morning he had a whale of a time pushing a toy pram up and down my pal's kitchen.

DS2 v small and just a wee snuggly bear. Where is ladytophat? She's got heaps of boys and sounds v loved up at the moment

Agree with all about the sludgy clothes though. We have tons of hand-me-downs from DS's cousin, most of which were bought from ebay - oshkosh, gap, boden etc, and lots of bright colours. John Lewis also good and vertbaudet look quite good.

midnight, I so agree re the climbing thing, forgot about that! Ds seems hard wired to have to climb anything!

Also, boys seem to have an innate memory for knowing all sorts of cars, it used to amaze me when ds would pipe up from the back of the car, with the name of every car we went past, and he wasn't even two then! This little voice would go "oooh, Wauxhall! oooh, ford! ooh, weedubyu!" Encyclopedic memory for car badges comes fitted as standard with boys