Dreaming Pink Opposites Due Winter 2013/14

[EmmyRoo]

GeCon - brilliant idea! I'd suggest a separate thread though maybe, as this is kind of a general opposites thread, rather than a failed pink sway thread, so we have a few ladies who are having another DD after swaying for a DS, it might be hard for them to see pics of lovely boy clothes.

I get so annoyed in shops when there are 2 rails of boy things and then about 30 rails of girl things! I know girls have dresses and skirts as well as trousers, dungarees, shorts etc that boys also have, but come on, they don't need THAT much more space! I am so over blue as well. I think I'll need to get a few new things too cos a lot of my baby stuff is stained or worn out, and I think I'm going to set myself the challenge of trying to find things that aren't blue! It'd be great to see photos of other people's boy purchases though, it'll help us all get a bit more excited I think.

Mabel and Myrainbowgirl you are SPOT on with how I feel about handling my boys. They can be ok on their own, but together they are a nightmare, winding each other up and being naughty, so that when I'm out with them both I just feel like everyone is looking at me thinking "OMG, look at her, she's having another kid and she can't even control the ones she's got!". I am so reluctant to yell at/threaten/discipline them in public, cos I'm scared of other people's attitudes and how awful it can look, but that means I spend all my time hissing angrily at them and trying to drag them about without looking like I'm dragging them about, iykwim?!
The thing is though that yes, our boys are very hard work just now, they are (in my case) 6 and almost-4 years old, OF COURSE they're going to be hard work! They are balls of energy who are still learning how to be decent human beings, it's hard for them to behave ALL the time! I don't think people who tut or criticise see the longer-term picture, they won't be 6 and almost-4 forever, one day, sooner than we think or want, they will be young men and with luck, by then they'll be really nice, decent, good, kind young men who everyone will envy us for having produced! Lol!
One of my dealing-with-GD strategies is to focus on how my troubles with behaviour etc should be over in a few years, whereas those with girls AND boys will also have troublesome boy toddlers, but just when their boys are growing out of that phase, their girls will start hitting puberty (which is ALOT sooner now than it was when I was a teenager!) and they'll be into a whole new world of trouble. We just have to sit tight ladies and one day the hard stuff will be over and we can reap the reward of our lovely boys.

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[GeCon]

EmmyRoo, you are right, I just took it from the title of this thread, but there are TTC Blue Opposites on here too now, so another thread would probably be better.

Any suggestions where to put it?

[2lovelyboys]

I soooooo hear you ladies both on the discipline and the clothes.

I have always been strict with DS1 (2.5yrs old), DS2 (13 months) is now starting to get cheeky so I'm having to guide/steer him away from naughty things but he thinks its all funny and a game, while this is fine as he I still young the problem I'm having is DS1 then joins in the game, is difficult to discipline then both but age appropriately, I don't want DS1 to think DS2 is getting off lightly, need to work it out before DS3 arrives or it may be a circus with my boys running riot!

I'm going to start buying new bits for DS3, the boys aisles are very depressing, inspiration is a good idea!

[2lovelyboys]

I soooooo hear you ladies both on the discipline and the clothes.

I have always been strict with DS1 (2.5yrs old), DS2 (13 months) is now starting to get cheeky so I'm having to guide/steer him away from naughty things but he thinks its all funny and a game, while this is fine as he I still young the problem I'm having is DS1 then joins in the game, is difficult to discipline then both but age appropriately, I don't want DS1 to think DS2 is getting off lightly, need to work it out before DS3 arrives or it may be a circus with my boys running riot!

I'm going to start buying new bits for DS3, the boys aisles are very depressing, inspiration is a good idea!

[Dreamofpink]

Gecon, I did set up this thread for dreaming pink opposites as there was quite a few of us at that point. However, I've no problem with TTC blue opps joining as I doubt there's a thread and there just aren't as many blue swayers as pink swayers it seems. Your idea for sharing clothing ideas is great though! I really hate how the girl aisles dominate the whole clothing sections in shops too However, there are some very cute boys clothes around.

Mabel, welcome to our thread Sorry to hear that your ds2 has been playing up for you. I've met some pretty horrendously-behaved little girls too, so I don't like to class boys as naturally naughty - high-spirited, yes! He'll grow out of it and it does get easier. My ds2 is 6 months older than yours and can be very contrary at times! Are you in the UK too? Is this your last baby for definite? The little cardi set sounds so cute, have you got any pics of it to share?! I love babies in knitted cardi's, hats, bootees etc!

2lb, that's a lovely attitude to encounter! You're very lucky. You can't help but be excited then, when someone else is for you! Your friend sounds like a very special person. I'm glad your anomaly scan went well. How's the exercise going?

Charlee, I'm sooooo glad that your scan went well too & your miraculous little boy is doing so well in there. Have you finished with your studies yet?

Myrainbowgirl, great to hear that you're coping a lot better now. I couldn't imagine ever being at peace with the news & getting excited to meet him when I first found out, but I'm pretty much there now after 6 weeks. It's as if it was meant to be now & just couldn't be any other way - literally, I know that's the case, but hopefully you know what I mean! It'll be strange having winter babies don't you think? I've been having fun buying lots of gorgeous little summer outfits in the sales as my two were born in April & May so nothing summery will fit this one come next year. I love knowing that I will need lots of snuggly warm clothes for this LO and am knitting like mad!

AFM, we're REALLY hoping that this is third time lucky with our house buyers now as we've had two agreed sales fall through in the last 3 months. We've just got to get past Monday's survey for the buyers mortgage & it should all go ahead fine. We had such a bad experience with our last buyers as the DH didn't want our house but his DW did. Instead of sorting it out between themselves before putting an offer in, they led us down a merry path doing a full-on survey then totally ripped apart everything that had been highlighted. The house is fine, in pretty good shape for one that's 50+ years old but they wanted us to give it to them at a ridiculous knock-down price & do work too! Urgh, people! Anyway, hopefully this survey will get a more realistic reaction & the couple buying will be quite happy, after all the work that needs to be done is only minor maintenance. As you can imagine, I've had my head up my arse over the whole move & am so fed up with it all. I'm desperate for us to move into our new house & get the nursery ready! Hopefully, we'll move around 24th Sept so there's lots of packing to be done! Is anyone else getting lots of BH? They're horrid when I'm driving & trying to change gear or brake!

[Dreamofpink]

Ooh Mabel, I meant to add names for ideas. I just love Rowan, great choice. Do you prefer slightly uncommon names? We tend to be like that & so far have Christopher Alexander - ds1 & Ethan James -ds2. In our defence we named Ethan before the huge popularity explosion afterwards! I'm blaming Danni Minogue who had her Ethan a year after us.

For this one we really like Isaac but can't agree on a middle name. I love Amias which means 'loved' but DH prefers Thomas. I love Thomas too especially as ds1 still loves the little tank engine - Thomas has been the number one toy in our house for almost 5 years! We'll wait & see what fits this LO. Anymore names ladies? I really like your suggestion 2LB, very distinguished!

[2lovelyboys]

Dream, house moves are one of the most stressful things someone can do and doing it while pregnant then trying to nest all within a time frame must be awful! Keeping my fingers crossed for 3rd time lucky! How you feeling?

Exercise is going well, trying to go 2/3 times a week, low intensity, no resistance but an hour of cardio at a time. I am feeling great for it . I was starting to jog and hoped to maintain it throughout pregnancy but this little one is lying very low and the impact on the treadmill doesn't feel good so today I walked for 20 mins on treadmill, 20 mins no resistance on xtrainer and 20 mins no resistance on the bike while reading my book

[Dreamofpink]

Wow 2lb!! Your exercise regime sounds amazing!

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[GeCon]

I have started the thread here:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/baby...tml#post461410

Looking forward to seeing your finds.

[Dreamofpink]

I'll be adding my recent purchases asap! Great idea Gecon

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