Is it Easier to take care of a boy or girl?

Question

well ppl say that girls are really hard to take care of but im having a boy anyway and i wanted to know are they hard to take care of, he will be here soon and i just wanted to know

Answer 1

Kids are great! Boys aren't more difficult than girls and vice versa. They're just different. (I had one of each and they've both turned out nicely.)

Boys tend to be more active and tend to relate to the world physically. They will test things by bouncing them against the wall, just to see if they stick or bounce or thud or what. That's how they seem to learn. Chemistry sets can be a real blast, if you know what I mean:-)

Girls are just as curious, but they tend to learn by asking questions. They are more likely to relate to the world through their emotions. Their feelings are more tender.

But everybody is different. Generalities are just personal observations. Don't let other people's opinions be your guide. Allow your child to be himself. He will be unique and special in his own way. However he is, he will be terrific. Just be sure to love him, guide him, give him the boundaries he needs to be a functional human being that gets along with others and he'll turn out OK.

Have fun raising your son!!!

Answer 2

You adapt to either VERY quickly (within days) and think that having had the other gender of baby would have been a real challenge.

I had a girl and I think that having all the extra little boy "bits" to clean around at diaper changes and wash at bathtime would be tricky. You have to be quicker changing boys or they pee everywhere. Plus I wouldn't know the first thing about teaching a boy to stand to pee later on :-)

Moms in my Mommies group that have had boys say the opposite though... that they wouldn't know how to clean a girl well. (Front to back etc.) Plus people tell me that girls are more secretive when older and there's all those issues with promiscuous dressing, make-up and dating to look forward to in 12-15 years...

Either way I figure a baby's a blessing and you do the best you can!

Congrats, take care.

Answer 3

I hate it when people say things like that. I have 3 kids. 2 girls and a boy. I had my girls first and they are very well behaved sweet little kids. When I found out I was having a boy people were like, 'just you wait, you'll have a crazy kid'. Like my parenting has nothing to do with his behavior.
Boy or girl, each child has an innate personality. Whether or not it is hard to take care of them depends on how well your personalities get along, how well your child sleeps, whether they cry or not. Basically, it's things you cannot control and that have nothing to do with gender.
Good luck with your son.

Answer 4

I even have 2 of each, and that i became so afraid that i could no longer handle ladies, after dealing w/ 2 boys for 6 years. There are some issues that have been diverse, and that i do think of boys are much less complicated, by way of fact they're happy w/ something, yet my ladies are large, and as a remember of actuality that it is not approximately gender, it quite is approximately their guy or woman personalities.

Answer 5

Boys and girls are the same until about 5 or 6 when they start to have a self awareness. From then on you would be paying out the butt for a girl while a boy just wants to run for the hills

Answer 6

Myself I feel it is easier to take care of a girl. I'm a single mother of a 5 year-old girl, so I am the one she is around most. I feel I can relate better since I am a girl. Although, little girls start to have those attitudes. Granted boys do have attitudes, but the girls are prissy. But you know what, once he is born, you will realize how easy it will come to you. I wanted a boy, but after my daughter was born, I couldn't imagine having anything else but her.

Answer 7

I have 3 boys and yes it can be trouble at times but I have also taken care of friends, girls and babysat a 1 year for a year and I would say girls are harder, I would guess that why they have stuff that says Drama Queen

Answer 8

It is good to raise a Girl till 16 , then You want a Boy.

Answer 9

Boy. I'm still learning. :) My girls were pretty hard and it's either experience or that this little guy is WAY easier than those two!!

Answer 10

In general, girls are more social and learn quicker than boys. But boys are usually easier as teenagers since girls do strange things once their hormones kick in.