OR. NOT. is what I am thinking when it comes to raising a GIRL! Jeff and I had my nieces this last weekend. When people tell me that girls are different to raise because they are more dramatic than boys, I have always thought the dramatic part wouldn't kick in until the teen years.....so I'd have plenty of time to get ready for the drama. Yeah. Right. Try maybe a few years. There were more tears shed in our house this last weekend than I think there have been all year. Tears....over....nothing. Tears out of a girl when something didn't go the way she wanted it to go. Like, one day I said, if you eat a good amount of your dinner, you can have a cookie. Well dinner wasn't eaten. Then when the cookies were brought out, so did the tears. I am used to pouting, or stomping off, or "that's not fair", when something doesn't go my boys' way. I like to boy "drama" much better. Don't get me wrong, I love my nieces. But oh the drama and the tears! I am so not ready to deal with that!
Then there is the hair. With Mason and Cooper, if their hair is getting unruly, time to shave it off. With a girl, you actually have to brush it. What? I don't like that. Then the washing of hair. With the boys, I just put some shampoo in their hair, scratch their head a bit and the shampoo becomes well incorporated. With a girl it's a lot more work. Then there's the rinsing. With a boy, dunk a few cup fulls of water over their head and wallah shampoo is gone. A girl? You actually have to do a through job. I thought I did with my niece, but while brushing her hair some soap suds came out. ooops. AND the whole time I was brushing out her hair, all I could think was I hope I'm not hurting her. She never complained, so I guess not.
Anywho, I....am....so....not....ready....for.....a.....girl....!
Then there is the hair. With Mason and Cooper, if their hair is getting unruly, time to shave it off. With a girl, you actually have to brush it. What? I don't like that. Then the washing of hair. With the boys, I just put some shampoo in their hair, scratch their head a bit and the shampoo becomes well incorporated. With a girl it's a lot more work. Then there's the rinsing. With a boy, dunk a few cup fulls of water over their head and wallah shampoo is gone. A girl? You actually have to do a through job. I thought I did with my niece, but while brushing her hair some soap suds came out. ooops. AND the whole time I was brushing out her hair, all I could think was I hope I'm not hurting her. She never complained, so I guess not.
Anywho, I....am....so....not....ready....for.....a.....girl....!
3 comments:
hahahahaha! Yes you are! Although you love your nieces...it will be different when it's your own. You won't be quite so....ummm......annoyed by everything! At least I should think so!
Not all girls are as whiny and dramatic as my oldest. Hope yours isn't.
Okay, so not all girls are that dramatic. Feel better? :)
Actually, I think once you stick your first bow on Shiloh's hair/head you'll be in love with coordinating cute outfits and accessories. Heck, I was! Raising a girl is a ton of fun with Madeleine as my proof. :) I love Baby George so much I could just eat him for breakfast! Just keep in mind that they're two totally different ballgames, deal with the tears from Shiloh as you would Mason and Cooper, and you'll all do just fine.
And should Jeff happen to melt into a puddle because of his baby girl, remind him to pull himself together. :) You can do it!!
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