Wanting a baby girl so bad it hurts--advice?
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Differences Between Girl Babies/ Toddlers and Boys....
Comments (11)I don't think the walking or quick-learning has anything to do with being a girl. All children are different. I have two boys who are as different as day and night. My oldest was very physically advanced, crawling at 5 months, pulling up at 6 months (his little legs would wobble and shake as he FORCED himself to inch along the furniture), cruising (fast! - literally running down the hall with one hand on the wall) at 8 months. But he wouldn't let go and walk until 10 months. My youngest, who didn't walk until after his first birthday, is much more of a dare-devil. The younger son is the one that climbs any and everything. We have to inventory his bumps and bruises every Monday so daycare will know what happened at home. Little did I realize that those early years would so accurately reflect their personalities. My oldest is very determined and very self-controlled, but is not a risk taker. He doesn't like to disappoint anyone. My youngest is much more footloose and fancy-free. He doesn't give a flip what you think of him. My boys are 5 years apart and the younger child regularly plays with his brother and his older friends. He is as tough as nails! I don't think he will ever lack for self-esteem. I also worried (unnecessarily, but that is what moms do!) about their intelligence. My oldest just *knew* things. He just seemed to know colors/shapes/numbers/letters with zero effort. My youngest didn't pick up those things nearly as fast. I thought my oldest was normal so I was shaken by my youngest's lack of interest. The younger child started talking very early and got a lot of attention for being a "talking baby", but in my mind, he really couldn't "do" every much. When DS2 started attending preschool, he shone. He can memorize any story and repeat it word for word. Finally I had an Eureka moment. My oldest is a visual learner to an extreme. My youngest is a auditory learner. Neither is better than the other. They are just different. I always say that God sent my younger son to teach me humility. I thought I had this parenting thing figured out ... WRONG!...See Morenew baby girl
Comments (9)Thanks! Who knows, I myself had a baby such long time ago so I forgot how it was, I am thinking now I was probably crazy too. OSD is generally moody, (both SO and BM are, it is a known fact:)), so it escalated during pregnancy. She drove SO and her DH nuts with cold/hot treatment LOL But baby is healthy and just beyond cute. :) We haven't seen her yet (just pics), her BM went there, then dad will go in few weeks. I can't take time off work now....See MoreBaby Girls in China.....
Comments (9)I couldn't even finish reading some of the articles-too disturbing and unthinkable. My friends are adopting (either from Korea or China) and it's unbelievable the amount of paperwork and TIME involved. We're talking YEARS of waiting from start to finish. Obviously you don't want them giving children to just anyone, but there is such a need and a supply of loving couples here. The saddest thing I'd ever read was about an orphanage where a journalist visited where none of the children cried. He thought something to the affect of "wow, that's great, they are so well behaved" but he was corrected. The children don't cry anymore because no one will come and help them. They've just given up... pretty powerful...See MoreHelp with 12 yr old girl gift. S.A Angel Tree so want it to be good!
Comments (51)Yes, I did briefly (and now even more) worry about overspending on one. At my local S.A tree they have sibling tree cards together. My gal Natie was not a combo. So, Tina, should I just not give the wish list part (camera or skates) but give the rest to my girl? Not give poor little Natie these very cool skates? Boo hoo. Really though, I have spent enough. Or, should I take what I have to the gift Tree volunteers, show them what I've got and ask if it should be split? Edited to add: strangely there were mostly boys left on my local angel tree. I'm wondering if it's because their wish list had some expensive things on it. Not much under $140. I know this because my squeaky butt husband was standing at the tree looking stuff up on his phone and then being embarrassingly loud about it. Or, maybe people just prefer to buy for girls? I did ask the volunteers about the many boys on the tree and she did say that every year they have all been taken up by givers. I'm thinking with all the money in my area of Florida combined with the large percent of snowbird wealthy retired people that angel tree kids around here tend to get overspent on. I do think it's a bit more normal. My husband along with others does a toy drive every year and just off that one place three large truck loads of toys will go out. There are hundreds maybe thousands of such toy drives in my county. Mtn, I have always in the past just given money to different causes at Christmas. This is my first time actually getting a kid, a kid with a name and sizes and wants. It's so very addicting!!! In fact it's even more than that as I'm an empty nester. I don't have any kids to buy for and that bites....See Morechristy2828
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