October Chit Chat!

[princesssarah34]

DH does bathtime....and we only put in enough water to cover there little tushies and legs! We let them play a bit and them wash. My boys are even thrown off when I give them a bath! They will look at me and say "Where's dad?"

[purplepoet20]

My boys tell dada to get ready to get in... we fill the water high because the boys like to float. They love swimming in the summer and floating in the tub.

[Mochagirl]

I must admit (and this probably sounds silly and selfish!) the more ladies I hear getting their girls, the less likely I think it is that I'll get a girl. When I was pregnant with DS3 (and I didn't find out the sex) there were several other mums of 2 boys on the forum I used to hang out on and literally all of them had a girl for their 3rd and I just knew I would be the one to break the trend! It's ok. I've said before that I'm lucky because I know I can be happy with all boys and because I have 3 already I think it's very likely - but I just don't feel very hopeful for my girl!

If you're selfish, then so am I because I keep thinking the SAME EXACT THING. Same thing happened to me with ds3 - I was on IG with about 10 women all swaying at the same time, and all but 2 of us got our desired gender. I am truly and honestly elated for those of you ladies getting good news, but I can't help but start to think the luck will run out right around the time I find out the gender of my baby. Silly, I know.

I just wish I could say I'm as ok with having a boy as you are. I know I'll be fine once the little guy arrives (though I don't think my heart will ever completely stop aching for a daughter), but I also remember the heartbreak when I first found out the gender with ds3 and I'm really not looking forward to feeling that again....

[zanacal]

{hugs} Mocha.

My boys love their bath - but they only get one about once a week (the shame!), so we make it a good one

[Mochagirl]

Yeah, we only do about 1-2 baths a week in the winter. Usually we do one cleaning bath, then a few days later a 'play bath' where we don't worry about soap or shampoo. It's just such a production with the 3 kids! In the summer we bathe them more simply because they get so filthy out playing in the dirt in shorts.

[DoulaMama]

Z and M- I'm so sorry you guys feel that way I honestly NEVER in a million years thought I could make a girl. My hubby is one of 4 boys, his dad had something like 11 brothers and 2 sisters. My dad is one of 3 boys..... You see the trend I really have no clue why this one is different! The diet didn't change much, no gels, no frequent release, gained 3 lbs before conceiving. The only change was instead of O day sex, we dtd 3 days before. It was totally luck. I flipped heads instead of tails. Now, the difference between you guys and me is that you could have been more like 80/20 Girl, instead of 50/50 so you guys have a fantastic chance at your Girlie girl I really truly believe that you both have such great odds! I know of 4 families that have 3 boys and then 1 girl. It happens a lot!!

(I actually feel like an a-hole for getting a girl(or what I think is a girl!)when I did nothing. I had an oops and lucked out. I figured out of everyone, it would be me to get a boy, and rightly so. I'm sorry. I feel bad talking about it on here)

[Mochagirl]

DM - don't let me take ANYTHING away from your joy. You have a total right to be thrilled and to announce it from the hilltops...I know I would if I found out I was having a girl. You definitely deserve to have a girl no less than the rest of us. I just wish everyone could get their desired gender.

I am honestly and completely happy for you - really I am. I'm just full of pregnancy hormones and feeling sorry for myself - I think I'm the a-hole here for making you feel bad.

[Mochagirl]

(and I like to hope that maybe there was some pink dust in those tests you sent me, and since swish has those tests now maybe she got some of the pink dust too - she definitely deserves to have something go right for once)

[DoulaMama]

Oh that would be awesome!!! I'll keep thinking PINK thoughts for you, M and Z, and Inglewood, and ...you get the picture!
How is Swish doing??? It's been so long since we've seen her on here I hope that she is ok
And no you are not an a-hole!!! LOL!! You worked your A$$ off on your sway, as did Z and you deserve more than anything to get your girls!!!

[begonia]

I am honestly and completely happy for you - really I am. I'm just full of pregnancy hormones and feeling sorry for myself - I think I'm the a-hole here for making you feel bad.

LOL, I know you weren't trying to be funny but I just so totally identify with this that it made me laugh. I am SUPER happy for you DM, and Inglewood with what looks promising for twin girls ... it's a weird thing to be able to be so happy for others yet feel so sorry for oneself. I've felt like a total a-hole the last month

DM I was thinking about you this am while out walking with my DD2, because I was just remembering back in the good ol' 2WW when this little "oops" of yours happened. I KNEW it was a girl, I just knew it ... that dream you had, with the little girl telling you not to go to the conference? You present yourself as someone who is very in tune with her spirituality and that dream was clearly HER. It's so beautiful to me. I couldn't be anything but totally happy for you, sway or no sway, this girl was headed into your arms.

And FWIW my biggest ooops ever was DD1 and I can't get over how awesome she is. "Accidental" babies are so special IMO. I said it somewhere else on here but part of me wishes this one had been an accident b/c I'd probably have had more peace about it, even though I wouldn't have gotten a shot at swaying, if that makes any sense. For a control freak it's kinda nice when something is totally out of your hands

Hugs, Mocha and Zan, about feeling like the luck will run out. I'm so the opposite! When I saw Jen get her DS I was like, YES! Me too me too, LOL! It will be what it will be, KWIM? FX you all hear pink!