I've been distant...nothing personal, but I want to be back. What's happened since my last post??? Oh yeah, I had a baby! Another girl. She is 7 months old now and adored by all in the house...right down to the dog. Poor Shelby...another baby who likes to pull on jowls. It's her own fault. If she didn't stick her face in the baby's to lick off whatever goodies where missed by the washcloth, she wouldn't get her jowls grabbed.
So what do you get when you have 3 girls?? An onslaught of "So, ya gonna try for that boy?" Am I the only one who thinks this is a horrible message for our children? Sorry girls, you weren't good enough so we had to try again to get one with a Y chromosome. Or how about the message to the youngest child? We only had you to see if we could get a boy, but we kind of had to keep you. But when you're pregnant all these people come out of the woodwork with, "Oh, it doesn't matter what the baby is as long as it's healthy." Apparently, that is only the case UNTIL the baby is born. After the birth it seems to matter a LOT what the baby is. Even my oldest is chiming in.
her: "Mommy, I want a little brother."
me: "Why?"
her: "Because, I don't have one."
me: "We don't have a cow either but that doesn't mean we are going to get one for the back yard."
her: "MOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
So what do you think? If you only have boys or girls, what do you say to those who put their 2 cents in about pro-creating until you have the opposite sex? Does not having a child of the opposite sex bother you? Do you love it? Share your thoughts.
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My mom who had three girls and then a boy had to deal with this all the time! She didnt care about the sex, but after having my brother she got lots of "NOW you can stop having kids since you have a boy.." Goodness! And now that i just had a girl, everyone tells me "you have the perfect family, a boy and a girl" um, okay... I dont understand the obsession with having to have one of each! We are planning on having one more even if it ruins our "perfect family" ! So i understand your rant! :D
Hope you are doing well! :D
So true Diana!! I bet your mom doesn't say anything to anybody else about what kids they have. Whatever you have next, I bet people say to you, "Well, you'll have to try for another so s/he gets a brother/sister, too." ay yi yi
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