Girl OR Boy

[BaDaBing]

Hi there :D

As some of you may already know my dh and I are considering having another bub. We would really love a baby girl but ALL of our friends have girls and they say to me "why would you want a girl, they can be little witches, worse than boys!"

I don't know if I believe this, I know my boys especially my 3 year old can be a hand full at times but I haven't really seen much of this in any little girls we know. I'm sure they have their days but I just don't know if it would be comparable to boys.

So I am interested do you think boys or girls are easier to raise?

Sharn

[diamonds22]

I don't think it would have much to do with gender, rather the child’s temperament/personality.

My mum had 3 girls and I was an absolute horror..and yet my sisters were angels:confused:

[mim]

I voted that boys were easier.
While I love my DD, and am thankful everyday to have her, she is way more of a handful than my DS!
But maybe as diamonds said it comes down to personality rather than gender.
Good luck!

mim xxx

[bronny-jane]

well i voted girl, cause i only have girls and am expecting another:D

[mum33]

everyone tells me girls are harder to raise. but one of DP's friends who have a girl said that they are easier. girls mature faster than boys apparently.

[iluvmeboyz]

i vote for boys cause i have two of them and they are gems thye can have there moments but i love them to bits all the mothers i know that have girls thye are little ****s lol they want boys lol

[cmd'smum]

Hi All,

I agree with Diamonds, I think its the child's tempermant/personailty. Also, we tend to forget that they will grow and mature and so will their personailites.

At the end of the day, I just feel blessed that I am lucky enough to be able to have a child :yes:

[Fairyfloss]

I have to agree with you cmd'smum and Diamonds I don't think it has any thing to do with a child being a girl, or a boy, just their personality.

[MrsMiggins]

I voted girl, but then I have only so far raised a girl and only so far for 7.5 months!

I have based my vote on the fact that I grew up the only girl of 3 kids and I was the only sibling who:


Didn't write off my parents' cars (one brother on more than one occasion!)
Didn't need to be picked up from the police station (both brothers on more than one occasion!)
Didn't trash the house having friends over while my parents were away
Didn't need to hide my report card, or intercept the mail in order to head off disciplinary letters sent home from school!


My brothers now are both lovely people, but they certainly gave my mum & dad a hard time growing up!!

[melbryan]

I vote boys cause all I have had to deal with is a boy so far and he has been full on to any girls I have ever observed. I do agree his personlity is very out there which makes him very boisterous. Most of the hard work he has brought on is mainly because of his personality. I'm hoping my next one is a little quieter.:thumbsup:

[mollyandkurtsmum]

I voted boys I have a 7 year old son a 5 year old daughter and a newborn son. I love my daughter to peices and thank my lucky stars everyday that I have her but gee wiz shes a handful.

My boys are soo cruisy and easy and boys tend to settle arguments without to much hassel girls are the complete opposite (well mine is) . And WOW when they get to school they are like little teenagers in 5 year old bodies they are gross (but lovely lol) My son would never hurt anyones feelings or intentially upset anyone , hes doesnt care what anyone wears or how they do their hair but my daughter is forever commenting on so and so who wears ugly shoes or whats her name that has boy hair its awful!!! It cant be the way ive raised her because other wise Kurt would be the same.

But then again maybe calling her princess since the da:rolleyes: y she was born could be my bad ???????

[BlessedWithBlue]

I vote boys, but then i already have two of them and although they are a handful at times they are the sweetest little boys and so easy going:D My df's mum would agree too lol she had 4 boys and a girl and the only one that ever gave her trouble was her only girl lol but then my mum thinks girls are so much easier, she had 2 girls and a boy and thinks my brother is a major handful. So i totally agree it's a personality thing:thumbsup:

[CJJHRA]

girls and pms... hmmmm pass LOL Not looking forward to it, cause I know what I was (am) like

girls are b!tchy and bossy and manipulaative, boys are up front and loud boys LOL girls give dirty looks and play mind games, boys just punch it out, well thats what I have found. I know my DD is only 2, but I can see already shes going to be a little cow!

[Wondermum]

I personally believe that all children are individuals and have their own characteristics and personality. Girls can be just as challenging as boys! Just remember siblings whether they be boys or girls grow up together and learn from one another, the bad and the good! Being a day care mum has definatley clarified this 'gender behavioural mystery' for me.

[~Emmylou~]

I've only got a girl (expecting a boy though) but in comparison to my friends son's I notice that my daughter even at 18 mths is much more in tune with both her emotions and others than my friends boys. She can read us like a book. Last night she was playing with the oven and I got down on her level "supernanny" style to tell her no in my firmest mummy voice.....and she leaned over and kissed me! BRAT!
So yes I think little girls learn which buttons to push VERY early in life :laughing:

[mim]

Most of the cousins on my mother's side are little boys, and they are little DEVILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!:devil6:

They leave the seat up after they go to the toilet, and their mums cover up about the terrible 2's they had (and say it was 3):mad: .

KFP

Hey, my DD leaves the toilet seat up, in my house it's not just a boy thing :rolleyes: .

[mumma_jessy]

I have 1 of each and so far the girl is much tougher, and to be honest everyone i know who has both says that the girl was the hardest, when they were younger babies at least.

But in saying that it does depend on personality too...

If you want a girl, which i think secretly every woman does, then give it a try, if you get another boy i'm sure you won't be disappointed anyway!

If you are gonna try for a certian sex i'll reccommend the "choosing the sex of your baby" book by Dr Shettles, we used it to conceive our girl and she was the first in DP's side of the family for 6 generations!!

[Shellfish]

I am sure that girls can be a handful but (and I can say this because I haven't had any children yet;) ) I think both sexes are difficult at different stages. I am sure it's great to have either but I like a daughter and there is a saying -
A son is a son until he gets a wife but a daughter is a daughter for all of her life..I look at my husband and I and it certainly rings true!

[~EmsMum~]

id say both are just as equally hard to raise

[Imgoingnuts]

I agree BND. I cannot vote on this one (I have two of each) as both gender have their joys and heartaches, both have tears and laughter. My kids at various times excel and then crash. I'm stressed and exhausted (wouldn't change anything though) and it is very evenly balanced as to which child (or gender) produces the most stress.:p :laughing:

[Hokey Pokey]

MM can't comment as we only have girls, but I have heard they are as hard as each other :laughing: