Ok, so to preface this blog, I have 3 beautiful children. 2 awesome boys ages 12 and 8 and a little not quite 2 year old diva. Reminiscing back on how my boys were as babies I started to come to a realization...there IS a huge difference between boys and girls beyond anatomy, and it kind of scares me. Now remember this is strictly non-scientific and based on 2 year olds. And is completely satirical. I love all 3 of the unconditionally.
Toys - The boys would play with anything they could get their hands on. Especially if it makes noise. If they couldn't figure it out they would move on to the next thing and go back to it later. If we showed them how to use it the just ignored us and went on to the next thing. Size didn't matter, color didnt matter, everything they owned was strung all throughout the house (and 6 and 10 years later that still hasnt changed but thats a whole nother story).
Now my daughter on the other hand is very meticulous about what she plays with. She wants to know how everything works and if she cant figure it out she will shove it in our lap as hard as she can to make us show her. Size does matter to her, the bigger and heavier it is the more she likes to throw it at us to show her how to make it work. She will however, put her toy away after she is done using it and go on to the next one.
Ok and the only similarity I could find between the two was that she didn't really pay attention to us either when we showed her how to do it.
People - My boys were very outgoing. They would talk to people in the grocery store, at the restaurants anywhere there were people they would talk. They didn't care as long as mom or dad was around
My daughter on the other hand wont talk to anyone she doesn't know. She is very shy...until the person walks away. Then she will talk up a storm. But if that person turns around and acknowledges her her head is back in my arms.
Television - I thought there would be a HUGE difference in what the kids preferred and I was right . My boys actually liked the Arthur and educational cartoons like that. My beautiful daughter on the other hand prefers the Justice League and the animated Transformers. (personally I think my boys had a little to do with that)
Reading - The boys love it when I read to them. My daughter takes off with the book and looks through it herself.
Dressing (or undressing) my boys were avid exhibitionists. They would take off after getting their clothes taken off. They had no care for humility. They would show everyone their stuff at age 2. My daughter....well ok she likes being naked too. I think my kids have issues.
Now to the conclusion, my boys are grown and pretty self sufficient aside from the "Whats for dinner and where are my socks" But looking back on their baby years I'm thankful they were so easy. But envisioning my daughter (who's 3 favorite things to have at once are a broken cell phone, her purse and my car keys) in the future, I think I'm hosed.
