Boy or Girl?

Exactly a week from today, we will find out if we are having a son or a daughter. (Hopefully, if the baby isn't shy or sleeping). I've read to drink apple juice 30 minutes before the appointment to wake the baby up so s/he becomes more active and more likely to display the goods! The ultrasound will also be 4D, so the quality will be the best we could possibly receive.

So I want to take this week to prepare myself mentally for the possibility of a son or a daughter. I think the reason I "prefer" a girl, is because....I am a girl! I've been a little girl. There is still that child inside me. So I feel like I would know more about what I am doing if I was to raise a daughter. I can understand and relate to a girl.
I know nothing about little boys. I've never been a little boy. I was a total girly girl as a child (my little ponys, anything pink or purple, dolls and playing house, you name it), so I don't have the added confidence to raise a boy had I been a tomboy myself.

But I realized today that the point is, we are having a child. And regardless of gender, this little boy or girl will be totally different than any other child I've ever met. We'll soon be greeting a wonderful little soul into this world.

Alex said he would prefer a girl too, but I think it's because he REMEMBERS being a boy (maybe more specifically a teenage boy, and that scares him!) He would also like to raise a handy girl capable of woodworking and building. But Alex is so into nature, machines, and tools. I think he would have more fun raising a boy who would most likely share those same interests. They say gender based toys and ideas are forced upon children, but I don't agree. I think you could TRY to dissuade a girl from playing with dolls or a boy from playing with cars as hard as you could, and they would still gravitate towards those items. It's genetic DNA. That's not to say that a little boy might not enjoy playing with dolls (my brother played house with me all the time and had several boy baby dolls that he loved) or a little girl might not enjoy playing with legos. But I'm sure if you peeked into the play rooms of a little girl vs a little boy, you would find the majority of toys would be gender based. Alex wouldn't relate very much to a pretty pink princess surrounded by dolls. But he would make it his goal to introduce his hobbies and interests to her life.

And what about those sayings "Mama's boy and Daddy's Girl". It would be equally rewarding to raise a wonderful little gentleman or a lovely little lady. And we are so lucky and blessed to have this opportunity.

So next week Monday, we will see what our future entails!