From the nonstop movement to the near-universal obsession with cars, here are 20 things we wish we’d known about raising a boy.
20 things no one told us about raising a boy
When you have a girl, you know that you can always fall back on your own childhood memories to guide you as a parent.
Boys don't stop moving
From the moment they come bouncing into your bed at 5:30 in the morning until they pass out at bedtime, boys go.
Clothes shopping is easy...and cheap!
Leggings, tights, dresses, skirts, blouses, bows, headbands, ballet flats, sandals, sneakers, ruffle-butt diaper covers - the list of possible adorable
You'll love watching him play with his dad
Even if you're not married to a sports nut or a real guy's guy, your heart will melt the first time you see your man as much as toss a
The penis comparisons start early
Chalk it up to the cave man instinct, but boys play with their penis practically from birth. (And those baby erections?
You'll learn to love Lego (...if you secretly don't already!)
When you find out you're having a boy, sometimes there's a part of you that mourns all the imaginary tea partie
Being rough is innate
Boys are physical. There's the jumping off furniture, the rolling on each other, the 'hug' that turns into a full-body running tackle.
You'll want to mould him into a stellar boyfriend
You may think you've birthed a baby boy, but you just gave the world another man.
The goofiness starts early
There will be days when you watch your son with his friends and you just won't get it.
Even the nicest boys love guns
No toy guns in your house? No bad-guy shows? No cowboy dress-up gear? It doesn't matter.
You'll learn not to compare your son to girls
Watch a girl the same age as your nonstop ball of energy sit quietly and use glitter glue for 45 minutes and you may want to cry.
Star Wars takes over sooner than you'd expect
A kid in your child's nursery class (the one with the two older brothers) will see it and then the obsession spreads like chicken pox.
You'll be making a few trips to Emergency
There are boys and there are coffee tables and these two things often add up to stitches.
Pee will be everywhere
On the floor. Behind the toilet. On the wall. All over the seat that they neglected to lift up.
Sports obsession can be hardwired
Even if you refuse to dress your baby in any of the 'Daddly's Lil' Premiership Footballer' onesies and outfits you inevitably get as baby g
You'll struggle with gender roles
Even if you consider yourself super open-minded, you might surprise yourself when gender lines get blurred.
Boys sometimes need to hug it out
We're not quite sure when the male aversion to spooning and snuggling occurs, but we're here to say: They are not born that way.
You will throw a ton of clothes away
Here's a catch to the super-streamlined clothes shopping that comes with boys - your son will rip through the knees on khakis, cords, jeans and yes,
Boys love their mums
It's said that boys are more work up front than girls are - with all their jumping off couches, running from dawn to dusk and the number of things that get broken o
And then there's the dirt...
Soccer training. Playing in the garden. Collecting worms. The activities young boys tend to favour happen to be a little on the dirty side.