The last part, the punch, that’s amazing haha.
My husband comes from a family of all boys, much to his mum’s efforts in a girl. I’d always seen myself as a girl mum but knew the odds were stacked against me with hubbies genes. And bam, boy mum, I am! I would love if the next were a girl, but as you have written, as long as they are healthy and happy that’s all I can ask for. Maybe I’ll have a boy who wants to soak his feet with a facemask on along side me, who knows!

yes a lot of what is written is so dam true… u bet

Great article you make some very good points.

uhhh fart jokes ARE funny….really funny lol

Happy and healthy is important; I have seen very little difference between boys and girls; both genders like Lego, jokes and playing.

Yes I think we can get obsessed about the gender thing. I think if we have healthy children then what’s more to need. I have a friend having her 3rd boy in a few months and my daughter is sad for her “but she would like a girl Mum”. Yes I’m sure she would like a girl but she is just as thrilled to be having another boy. My family has 1 boy and 1 girl and I can definitely see there would be some advantages to having the same sex (I grew up with just 1 sister so 2 girls).

I am very grateful to have been given the chance to raise both boys and girls – but if it hadn’t worked that way, I’d still have been grateful to be given the chance to raise any child of any gender.

Great to read this – I have friends too with all boys and they say they too often get ‘don’t you wish you had a girl’ they say no 3 children and a husband is plenty LOL. I wonder how I would feel in the same situation. I have a boy and a girl and often get oh your so lucky well done – um thanks I think … LOL

Great perspective, you’re blessed with your boys and they are blessed to have you as their mum!

what a fantastic perspective, loved reading

I think people are sometimes a bit too obsessed with the whole gender thing! As long as they are happy and healthy babies I say!

I get this completely, I have one of each and there was nothing more terrifying than the moment I found out my son was getting a little sister. All that extra worry, all that pink! I was in a complete state of panic for the next 5 months.

Thanks for sharing great article and as long as they are healthy that’s what matters in life.

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  Exactly right, health is the most important thing.

healthy baby is more important than a gender, thank you for sharing this

As long as children are healthy we should be grateful, not take them for granted, and think of those not so lucky
I know one family with 4 boys and the question was continuosly asked “are you going to try again?” Her respnse was “one’s body can only take so much”. Another family had 5 girls. They were healthy and that was all that mattered to them..

We’ve been blessed with two boys and one girl. Precious as she is, little Miss is as much work as both of her brothers!

Thanks for this great read, I enjoyed reading it.

All you should ever wish for is happy healthy children, some parent would give anything to have that.

Congratulations on your boys, you sound like a proud mum

your articles are always so interesting