When my husband and I started trying to get pregnant, we never talked gender. We just had "the talk," the one about "the child" and "the baby." When my daughter crossed her legs the entire time the ultrasound technician was pushing around on her little house, we resigned ourselves to continuing to talk about "the baby" for a full nine months - albeit one we'd dubbed "Squirmy" for the almost constant rumba in my tummy.
Then she came. She. The 10 toes and 10 fingers I wanted, the one beating heart, two ears, two eyes, two hands, two feet . . . and no penis. And I realized she was exactly what I wanted. So, from a mom of a little girl, I offer up part one of a two-part list of the best of parenting. I admit it, I'm biased, so I'm starting with the reasons we parents of girls have it better than anyone else. They say write what you know, so I will. As for part two, I'll be calling on all my friends with little men running around - they won't disappoint you.
1. Moms already know how to handle the wiping part of the diaper change - it was the school nurse's mantra: "Always wipe front to back."
2. No "pee pee teepees." No "potty targets." She will never urinate in your eye.
3. She will never get a chubby from a too-tight carseat buckle and yell, "Mom, it's growing," while you're flying down the highway.
4. The clothes - that they're often cuter goes without saying - but I'm talking about the twice-as-much love situation. When she gets too tall for her knee-length skirt, it becomes a mini. When she gets to tall for her jeans, they become capris. Shirts become belly shirts, etc. Sorry, boys, we don't want to go wading
5. She looks good in pink AND blue. He just looks like his parents are trying too hard to be accepting.
Part II: Why Parents of Boys Have it Better
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