About Baby Boys

Having a baby is a very rewarding and challenging experience, especially challenging if you are going to be a first-time mom. There are many things that a new mother will need to know about her new baby boy that will help her on the new journey into motherhood. While raising both boys and girls will have its similarities, there are differences that will set the two apart. If you are expecting a baby boy for the first time, there are few items that you may not know that will help you in raising and caring for your new male bundle of joy.

Features

Your baby boy will look just like most babies in the world: cute, adorable, frustrated, and confused. They have boy parts which require special care. Boys tend to look more like mom, though that is definitely not true in every case.

Warning

When you have a baby boy, there are some things you need to take extra, special care of that you otherwise wouldn't have to worry about with a girl. Whether you have the penis circumcised or not, it must be cleaned thoroughly in the first few weeks especially. Boys also will pee everywhere. So, when you are changing a diaper on a baby boy, be sure to have an extra cloth, preferably soft, on hand to cover their penis up or you will get hosed down with pee. It may not happen today or tomorrow, but you are guaranteed to be peed on before he reaches 3 months old.

Considerations

Baby boys need just as much attention and love as baby girls. They need to be held, kissed, touched, read to, played with, and tickled. They need just as much food and nourishment. They will typically roll over, crawl and sit up on the same time table as baby girls as well. While boys can typically grow at a larger size, it is better to assume they grow at individual rates and change out their clothes only when they actually grow out of them.

Size

Even when pregnant, baby boys tend to be larger than baby girls. Sometimes it's more baby fat, bigger heads or they are just plain taller. Some people say they can tell by how a woman is carrying a baby that she is going to have a boy. With size comes a baby boy's growth rate. Seemingly, boys don't grow at a larger growth rate. Instead, they start out larger and will follow a similar growth rate as baby girls.

Misconceptions

When it comes to baby boys, many people are worried about how they talk to him, play with him and what toys and songs and videos he watches. Any parent of a boy will tell you that worries such as these are technically unfounded until they are toddlers to preschoolers. You are the most important person in your baby boy's life. What you do and what you say will affect him more than any material possession you place in front of him.