My way figuring out if a baby is a boy or a girl is to look right at the baby and say, "You're so cute. What's your name?" and when the parents answer, I usually know if the baby is a boy or a girl.
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sj - Apr 02, 2007 10:37:55 am PDT #228 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Frankenbuddha - Apr 02, 2007 10:40:05 am PDT #229 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My way figuring out if a baby is a boy or a girl is to look right at the baby and say, "You're so cute. What's your name?" and when the parents answer, I usally know if the baby is a boy or a girl.
Unless, of course, they reply "Pat."
sj - Apr 02, 2007 10:42:20 am PDT #230 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Unless, of course, they reply "Pat."
Yeah, that's why I said usally. Some names can be tricky.
Amy - Apr 02, 2007 10:44:40 am PDT #231 of 10001
Because books.
Sara had very little hair until about eight months, and even though we always dressed her as the girliest girl in Girldonia, people were always mistaking her for a boy. I don't get it. I don't know anyone who would dress their little guy in a *dress* with daisies on it.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 02, 2007 10:44:54 am PDT #232 of 10001
What is even happening?
Boo had a lot of hair. Boo, when wearing dresses, was still often mistaken for male.
When wearing dresses. See how stupid people are, JZ?
(I think Ben was 12 or something pounds at 2 mos., so I can't help you there.)
Cybervixen - Apr 02, 2007 10:45:44 am PDT #233 of 10001
Queen of the Drive-By
Unless, of course, they reply "Pat."
Ha!!!!!
JZ, I did not mean to imply that M is a freakazoid gargantuan baby. She IS very tiny and delicate, but still, BIG compared to the barely out of the birth canal pictures, which were the last I saw.
Tom Scola - Apr 02, 2007 10:46:35 am PDT #234 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Burrell - Apr 02, 2007 10:54:55 am PDT #235 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have found that people often guess the wrong gender of boys as well as girls, and that it doesn't end once the kid is a toddler. I don't mind, and so far, neither do the kids.
Cybervixen - Apr 02, 2007 10:55:39 am PDT #236 of 10001
Queen of the Drive-By
That pic is the very definition of "sleeping like a baby."
Oh, and she is SO CLEARLY a girl in that pic. Even if she wasn't wearing pink, it would be obvious to anyone without seriously distorted facial recognition schemas.
flea - Apr 02, 2007 11:05:59 am PDT #237 of 10001
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Heh, CV, I thought Matilda looked like my son in that picture!
I find it funny when people think the baby in a pink dress is a boy, but really, the vast majority of babies could be either boys or girls if you were looking at them clothed in just a diaper. I mean, secondary sex characteristics are not exactly pronounced in the under-two set.
(Both my kids were about 12 pounds at 2 months, but they do tend to skew big.)