| If you are pregnant, are you concerned that you are | | | | Boys love to wrestle, so as a mom you get down |
| not going to know what to do with a boy? The | | | | and wrestle with them. I never imagined myself |
| good news is that you will learn these things along | | | | wrestling on the floor. It is amazing what you do as a |
| with him and you will become interested in whatever | | | | mom. |
| excites him. Read on to discover 10 things that you | | | | 6. You will be able to sing all the words to "Bob the |
| will learn as the mother of a boy. | | | | Builder" |
| 1. You will learn the difference between a bulldozer | | | | You know how a song gets stuck in your head? I do |
| and a backhoe | | | | not know how many times the words "Can we build |
| Before I had a son, I did not know the difference | | | | it? Yes, we can!" go through my head every day. |
| between any construction vehicles. To me, they | | | | 7. You will get excited to see construction sites |
| were all bulldozers. Now I can identify bulldozers, | | | | I never paid attention to construction sites in the |
| backhoes, road graders, front loaders and more. | | | | past. Now I get excited about them so I can show |
| 2. You will learn to explain why you do not potty | | | | them to my son. |
| standing up. | | | | 8. Your commode lid will be left up |
| Regardless of the number of times that I have | | | | Why is it so hard to train them to put down the lid? |
| explained the anatomical differences between boys | | | | 9. You will get excited about ball games |
| and girls, my three-year-old son still does not | | | | You may have never thought ball games were |
| understand why I do not stand up to go potty. He | | | | exciting until your son started playing. |
| encourages me just to try it. | | | | 10. You will learn to enjoy Nascar racing |
| 3. You will know all the characters from Thomas the | | | | As a mom, you learn to enjoy whatever your kids |
| Tank Engine | | | | like. If your son is into Nascar racing, then you start |
| Thomas the Tank Engine seems to have a universal | | | | to watch it with him. After a while, you start to |
| appeal for children, especially boys. I did not even | | | | enjoy it. |
| know who Thomas the Tank Engine was before my | | | | Boys are fun |
| son was born. Now I can name most of the | | | | I never knew how much fun boys were until I had |
| characters. | | | | my son. After all, my brothers were never this great. |
| 4. You will know how to build a robot from Legos | | | | However, many moms get so caught in their children |
| When my son sees the pictures on Legos, he want | | | | that they forget that they also have a husband. |
| me to help him build it. It is amazing what all I have | | | | Remember to pay attention to all the boys in your |
| learned to build from Legos. | | | | home, including the grown one. If not, eventually your |
| 5. You will learn how to wrestle | | | | marriage will suffer. |