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Are boys really just totally different from girls?

bebemamabebemama member
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Behaviorally and developmentally. ?All of the other children that we spend time with or that are liams age are girls. ?They are sooooo different. ?Their communication is much more advanced, they are so much more content. ?Liam is just so physical, whiny and active. ?I am having him evaluated by EI tomorrow for language so I guess I will see then but I just wonder if it boys and girls are just totally different. ?I need to find him some boys to hang out with. ?
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Re: Are boys really just totally different from girls?

  • BostonGayGalBostonGayGal member
    I used to be a director at a child care center when I lived in WI and I do think that MOST girls and boys are very different in exactly the way you are describing.


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  • Temp86398625009737Temp86398625009737
    Yes!  I have a girl and she is totally different from the boys I watch at my house.  DH is actually starting to hope we have another girl if I get pg after watching these boys!!
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  • pincushionspincushions

    I have a 2 yr old girl and a 3rd old boy... they both are very whiny!!!

    But to answer your question. All of DD's verbal skills are much more advanced than DS's were at his age. As a matter of fact DD did everything much earlier than Miles.

    Emilia is soooooooooo much more physical though! So it could just be that she has had to keep up.

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  • bebemamabebemama member
    Thanks! ?I am trying to find toddler gym times and other places/ways where he can get all of his energy out until spring comes. ?I think I just have to keep giving him healthy outlets for his abundance of energy!
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  • cmw&tdmcmw&tdm member

    My DS is pretty advanced on his verbal skills, but he is not very calm and he doesn't know how to wait his turn at gymnastics, etc.  I do think that most girls his age are more mature.  And definitely not as wild.

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  • amygdalaamygdala
    Well, based on the on-going side-by-side comparison in my house, I'd agree that there are definite differences! ?Dd is much more communicative & seeks interpersonal interaction from me (wants me to play w/her, read to her, etc. more often than ds). ?She is also far more independent & eager to do things herself. ?Ds is content to let me care for him (no desire to put on his own clothes, feed himself, etc.) & is more sensitive/clingy...he's the one who needs holding when he falls (dd shakes it off & pushes me away, lol). ?However, dd is the more active one & more adventurous. ?She is imaginative where ds is studious. ?Dd likes pretend play & ds is SUPER into balls...he throws, kicks, dribbles. ?Ds was always WAY behind dd developmentally during the first 1-1.5y. ?He is just recently pretty well caught up to her.
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  • amygdalaamygdala
    I should add that all of this made me worry when they were younger b/c it always seemed that ds was just SO far behind. ?It certainly doesn't hurt to call EI (I had ds evaluated 3 times!), but just know that he could turn out to "just be a boy". ?At ds's 15m evaluation, he qualified for EI in language, but we were about to move to another state, so never followed up on it. ?His language skills exploded around 18-20m, & he was using at least one new word every day! ?I think that dd talking helped ds along. ?Keep ds around those girls...it'll help him talk!
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  • HeidiseanHeidisean member
    Yes, I am an evaluator for EI and 85 % of our referrals are for boys delayed in speech. It is very, very common. Girls on the other hand are off the charts in speech and boys are usually delayed so that makes the developmental gap even look bigger.  IT is a battle of the XX/XY chromosomes.  Have fun at your ds's eval tomorrow (it's a play session) to evaluate!
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    My DS was evaluated and qualified at 22 months for speech - but receptive speech he was ahead meaning he could understand but not speak.  That said he is now totally caught up and probably advanced...he had not been reevaluated yet.  But I still find  exactly what you say to be true, girls talk more and are more content and boys are more physical...and mine is super whiny at times too, ugh!  But if you are only concened about his speaking, definitely get him evaluated but know that many boys go through a speech explosion at 2 year.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • BluesmootheeBluesmoothee
    I'm reading all of these posts with great interest since I'm a little freaked about having a boy. (We have a 3.5 year old girl.) I have no idea what to expect w/ a boy and I'm feeling totally unprepared and out of my element.
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  • shopgirl78shopgirl78 member

    My son is way more physical that my DD was at this age.  He climbs more, tackles, throws, etc....his interested are balls- footballs, basketballs, etc. 

    However, I think N has a pretty wide vocab for his age-but most people don't understand him


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