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[batteal]

OK, news: For those of you on my friends list who don't know this already (pretty much everyone whom I have not seen in awhile, i.e. most of you), I AM LIEK TOTALLY KNOCKED UP AGAIN. It's cool. It's Another Boy, due in early January. See, look, I'm doing better with keeping folks updated: this time around, you get to know about the baby before

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[staceid]

Congrats!

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[batteal]

Thanks!

[keelyvh]

Woo Hoo! Congratulations!! :)

As a mother of two girls, I thought for a while I might like a boy... A singer, half asian... *smiles* But, two girls is nice too. Then you don't have to learn something new. You've been there and it goes easier the second time around. *winks*

Enjoy your remaining months and I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

[batteal]

Thanks!

Yeah, at least with a second one of the same gender, it should be kind of familiar territory. Of course, who knows, this one could be completely different.

[keelyvh]

Very true. Number two has been keeping us on our toes. Even though she's a girl... she's a little Lucincia. It is very scary. The only thing she is lacking at this point is his witty repertoire. Her jokes are all repeats at this point. *laughs*

[livingdeadpan]

the world probably doesn't need a Sara 2.0

Heh!

Congrats!

[hoshisabi]

Well, this way the two boys could end up with similar interests. I know when I was growing up, I always wished my little brother was just a bit older so that he could have been a buddy.

And how do girls get like that: peers. For every parent that tries to teach their daughter to not be like that, she runs into a gaggle of friends that force her to be like that. It's really really depressing to watch. I remember being picked on in school, but for the most part, I only feared direct confrontation from people who were very obviously "not my friends." There were a few people who would switch sides on me... But, watching my own daughter, it seems like the alliances switch when some mysterious invisible die is cast. I know I only hear my daughter's side of things, but some of what I hear is amazing. It made me glad that I never had to endure being a young girl.

Re: Congrats!

[batteal]

I'm mostly talking about whiny, demanding little girls who expect to get their way all the time and can't handle it when they don't. I see them like that by age 4 and earlier. While some amount of whining, pouting and tantrum-throwing may be par for the course in that age range, some of 'em are bad. It's gotta be at least partially the parents, I'm sure, if not entirely.

But I do see little kids picking up bad habits from each other from an early age. It's up to the parent to try to put that shit in check, pronto.

Re: Congrats!

[hoshisabi]

Oh, that's either the parents or I just got really lucky. Boys work the same way, just a different set of problems.

One of my coworkers noticed that it may have also been the gender of the parent noticing the trains of the opposite gendered child. She remarked that she would always catch her daughter managing to get away with the most ridiculous stuff with her husband, but then her husband would be really hard on their son. She had guessed that you're more perceptive of the danger signs of your own gender, so you know how to stop it earlier.

... then again, this may all just be armchair psychobabble. Heh, who knows?

[giyota]

Congrats!!!! You know, with a 2nd boy, you can re-use lots from Jake...

We've kept just about everything, so that when we have #2 (maybe we'll try later this year/early next) we've got some stuff already.

[batteal]

Thanks! Oh man, we have soo many boxes of stuff left over from Jake. I was half hoping to be able to sell/donate most of it and pick out girl stuff, though!