Straight From the Bottle

Rebecca - your girl is going to be the best dressed girl EVER. And if she's a boy, well than he will look marvelous.

Hi...I was supposed to be a boy. multiple ultrasounds, and SURPRISE!somewhere between the last ultrasound and my birth I lost my penis. luckily most of the clothing was kind of unisex and my mom had no issues whatsoever dressing me in "boy clothes" and since I was absolutely Ginormous at birth I grew out of the little that fit rather quickly.

apparently I was doing strange things with the umbilical cord folded between my legs or something like that.every time.who would have thought?

and 7 years later, the little sister I was promised turned out to be a little brother. again, multiple ultrasounds. and SURPRISE! closet full of dresses and pink blankies. one woman my mother knew, older than dirt and wiser than the owls, crocheted a very BLUE blanket and gave my mother only blue onesies. thank goodness she did otherwise my brother would have gone home in frills.

Im very cynical of ultrasounds, especially since I can't ever tell whats what without those handy little labels.

You are rocking the sewing, so impressed. That little pocket is too cute. Now when can we get you knitting??

OMG, Missing Penis! WOW! I'm wondering how long ago those ultrasounds were... I know when I was a bebe they didn't even have them available. I guess only time will tell. Ha!

Oh and knitting? Scares me. I get so overwhelmed just trying to understand how people make such awesome stuff with yarn and needles. I know you're supposed to start slow (with scarves) ... One day, perhaps.

All I have to say is that if by some chance SHE does turn out to be a HE, you damn sure better make him wear those clothes anyway, because that is just too much cuteness to keep from the public.  (Says the mother of a boy who MAY have put his gorgeous blonde curls in pigtails a few times, just to see what my hypothetical future daughter might look like.)  ;o)

Really though, I don't think it's likely.  Maybe if you'd only had 1 ultrasound, but 5?  I'd say the odds are pretty good that your girl really is a girl.  Have you had a 3D/4D ultrasound?  Supposedly those give better pics.

Oh, I almost forgot to add that I've been having triplet dreams lately too (like, at least one a week - always two girls and a boy).  Since we're currently TTC our second, I'm trying to convince myself that dreams don't mean anything.  They don't...right?!

The Misha Lulu dress is out of cotrol cute.

Last summer, my son was a daughter - ultrasounds, smultrasounds, Maggie is a practical joker like her parents and must have been working the umbilical cord - or penis finger - to trick us all.  Once I realized it wasn't a birth defect or a case of the hidden twin, I was ecstatic.  I still am.

Rest assured, almost all "false" ultrasounds are girls masquerading as boys.  Apparently, it is easier to fake having one then do a tuck and hide in uterro.  Hilarious. On the off chance you do have a boy, I have boxes (and boxes and plastic tote bags and a few suitcases) stuffed with extremely gender specific clothing, in case you're looking to raise a little Red Sox fan.  However, I really think the smart money is on a girl!  And she will, from birth onward, have an enviable wardrobe (seriously, are you an Etsy fan like us?)

omg, i was terrified that gus was going to turn out to be a girl. not to knock girls, hey, i am one but i didn't/don't want to know what mothering a female is like. that was probably my biggest worry, haha other than my constantly growing fat butt, ha! i'm sure you're sporting a little lady in there it seems too wacky otherwise but i guess it does happen.

Another girl here who was supposed to be a boy! An ultrasound confirmed that I had boy plumbing (it was 1982, for the record) and my parents got busy buying blue clothes, setting up my "boy" room, and named me Ryan... aaaaand then I came out, lacking the necessary plumbing to be a boy (though I sure as hell was built like one - all 9lb 7oz of me!) and just lived in all blue for a year or so. No big thing :)

To this day, I still wish my parents had just gone with the name Ryan, regardless of my girl status... it's my top choice for what to name a little girl of my own one day!

My OB actually told me that it happens frequently that a girl is taken for a boy coz there is a navel cord between her legs, but if this is a girl and the doctor sid this more than once, than it MUST be a girl!

My niece was supposed to be a boy.  They had the birth certificate filled out with her boy name and everything.

SURPRISE!

These are just adorable and they really make me want to have a baby.  Did you sew those 2 or are they examples of what you are trying to learn to sew?  I always thought little girls dresses would be so easy to make.

I sewed them! You can see more, here: www.flickr.com/.../72157606771878649

WOW! Those are so damn cute!  That's it- im having a girl and making all her own clothes!

If it turns out, by some weird fluke, that it is a boy, you'll just have to dress him in those clothes because they are all so damned adorable. Seriously. What's a little cross-dressing before you're old enough to be conscious of it?

yeah, this was well back in the 80's so I don't think my mom should have put so much faith in what the ultrasound was saying.

I too wish that my mom had just stuck with my boy name. I think Reese would have been WAY better than my real name.

Dooood. You completely stole my pattern!

I have made upteen of the jumper. With pocket, with pocketS (one on each hip), no pockets, rick rack, ribbon, dingleberries. (no, not that kind, pig!) I am currently making 2 Haloween Hello Kitty ones; 1 for my DD & another for a friend's dd, who is loopy over the HK. Then moving on the a puple polka dot & bug one. I have made them for friends, too. THey can be worn alone, especially when potty traning, with tees, with long sleeve sirts under, tights, leggings. A few I made last year are now worn as shirts with shorts.

You are having a girl. Stop it. Things must be going so perfect if you have to invent things to worry about. Well, I take that back. Seen those foot pics!

Deep breaths. Get some sleep.

(& I know, I didn't invent the jumper.)

Just to freak you out a little more: when my sister was born, my mom's OB announced, "it's a boy!" Then my dad looked over and said, "uhhh I think that's the umbilical cord. I'm pretty sure it's a girl." And my dad was right.

Word of advice, make sure Hal is looking over the OB's shoulder when he announces the baby's sex. It seems like a good idea to have someone verify it.

xo to you, baby (girl) mama

I was supposed to be a boy!  Name picked out and everything!  Wasn't a boy.  Have two lovely children to prove that!

As you may or may not remember, my wife is due within days of you (her original date was Oct 8, but she's having a scheduled C, so they moved it up to Oct 1).  We've already got a girl, and have been told that this one is a boy, and therefore have done similarly (although without use of mad sewing skillz... I can't even repair a rip in my shirt).

The thought has crossed my mind, and while we've got a number of masculine clothing options, I think I'll be OK.  Disappointed (come on... a boy will have a significantly higher probability for long-term love of football and Star Wars) for sure, but overall OK.  At least until my wife's post-partum freakout about names.

Yeah.. just to add to the "was supposed to be a boy buuut..." comments My friends 6 month old daughter....was supposed to be a boy. Momma spent her entire pregnancy thanking the gods she was having a boy because she could NOT handle having a girl..we're talking two babyshowers (split fam) and a TON of very BOY clothes...then we didn't see her for a couple of weeks and we thought "OH she must have had him..." then she walks in the store (she came to see us at work) and we see...PINK and surprise surprise..heh It's a girl..

I'm sure it's a girl, but I doubt a little time in a dress would cause a boy long-term psychological damage...at least I hope not, because I just posted a photo of my little boy in a tiara and pink tutu, courtesy of his big sister...and I think they look rather smashing with his camouflage t-shirt, thank-you very much!

we had two ultrasounds confirming it was a boy. guess what, she's a girl and i was so glad for the surprise. she didn't mind having so many blue onesies, but my family did. they rushed up with a load of hand-me-down pink items and changed her into them immediately.

i was supposed to be a boy, and lo & behold, here i am, vagina in tow with no penis to be found. however i think technology has probably advanced drastically since my birth so your girl is PROBABLY a girl, though nothing is ever 100%. i just had my son 3 weeks ago and i confirmed he was a boy through 3 regular ultrasounds and a 3d/4d one. i was hoping in the beginning that maybe he could possibly be a chick, but nay, technology won that battle. =)

so i see lots of designers for little girly clothes, where do you/did you get sassy baby boy clothes? my kid's wardrobe could use some spiffy new threads that aren't blue with trucks and dogs and dinos (though nothing is wrong with any of those, he just doesn't necessarily need to be america's next babies'r'us model.)

I pretty much shop for Archer at local boutiques... Sidewalk sales are my homeboy. Jeans are easy. (The bulk of Archer's bottoms come from Target.) The bulk of Archer's wardrobe, though, is SMALL PAUL... You can get Small Paul tees, pants and accessories everywhere. Just google the web. LA has some great kids boutiques with pretty awesome seasonal sales and that's pretty much when I shop for him. You don't live in LA by chance? The thing about Small Paul? Runs small. Go AT LEAST a size bigger. But, yeah. Archer has this great pair of brown cords with "mix tapes" on the butt... Kills me and quite a few super-cute SP tees. Happy shopping!

Wow, before reading this it had never occurred to me that this happened that often! Probably nothing to reassure you, Rebbecca! Seriously, I'm sure today's ultrasounds are much more accurate, and the odds are much bigger for them to be right than to be wrong...

And Stacy, I know what you mean, my son has gorgeous hair which I like him to wear just a tiny bit long and I sometimes have an urge to put barrettes into it or something... But I stop myself, because I always think about these really weird photos of my 65 year-old FIL as a baby... His mother put him in dresses and let him wear his wavy hair really long... For some reason, that totally freaked me out.  

I thought of you when I saw this.  

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My sister had five definitely-a-boy scans, so imagine our surprise when she squeezed out a little girl!  

Awesome stuff on the sewing, by the way.  I knew you could do it.  

Thanks, Amanda!

Yep, at least three ultra sounds all said, it's a girl. My sister picked out the name, Shelby, painted the room pink and started collecting the cutest dresses. Shelby is five now, and HE just started school - the day after his FIRST HAIRCUT EVER. Waist length blonde curls donated to Locks of Love. And those dresses? Yep, he wore everyone, plus a few she bought after he was born. Those ultra sounds put her in having-a-daughter mode and I'm not sure she's out of it yet!

Dude, I'm so coming down LA and teaching you how to knit! It's so awesome, and fun, and easy... you will have no spare time left!

Admittedly, knitted wear is more useful in Canada than in California, but everyone needs a hat, or a sweater, or some socks... It's all good.

PS: I hope she does have a penis. Just because it's fun to mix things up. And then maybe you'll pop out #3 to wear those dressies? ;)