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What I Can’t Un-Know About Boys

When I called my Bamma, who was the mom of 11 children and grandmom to, well, a lot of grandchildren, to tell her she was now also a great grandmom to one little baby boy, she only had one question. “Were there no perfectly good little girl babies at the hospital you could have brought home instead?” It was no secret my Bamma liked to talk up her love of little girls and disdain for little boys, but at the time I didn’t really get what she was saying. The last time I had the opportunity to see my Bamma was weeks before she passed away. She met her great grandchild for the first time, and he took his first steps like he had been saving them just for her. She told me to trip him. She was a smart woman, my Bamma. I now have 2 little boys in my home, one who is 11 and one who is almost 6. Cute, aren’t they? But I have learned this about boys that I cannot un-know. 1. They pee.  On everything.  It starts young, the first diaper change you aren’t quite quick enough will get you wet real fast.  Never change a diaper with your mouth open.  And buy all the Peepee Teepee’s you want.  Babies move, friends.  You will end up in the line of fire. You think that’s bad but… 2.  Once potty training starts, it’s all downhill from there. Moms of boys, you cannot keep your reading material anywhere near the toilet.  No matter how pretty the basket, it will get wet. It’s all actually because… 3. Boys are easily…