Just curious about this because my h and I were talking and it seems like most of the people we know irl have 2 girls or 2 boys vs. 1 of each. If you have more than 2 kids, just vote for the first 2.
Just curious about this because my h and I were talking and it seems like most of the people we know irl have 2 girls or 2 boys vs. 1 of each. If you have more than 2 kids, just vote for the first 2.
This is the same for a lot of our IRL friends too. (And us!)
My anecdotal evidence with a ridiculously small sample group has led me to believe that white Americans tend to have two of the same sex while the majority of families I know with at least one foreign-born parent or one 1st Generation American parent tend to have 1 girl and 1 boy.
Post by badtzmaru22 on May 28, 2015 10:30:11 GMT -5
For a while, I was convinced that the closer together you had your kids, the more likely they were to be the same sex. But then the tide turned and everyone I knew started having the opposite sex from their first kid. Anecdotes!
My anecdotal evidence with a ridiculously small sample group has led me to believe that white Americans tend to have two of the same sex while the majority of families I know with at least one foreign-born parent or one 1st Generation American parent tend to have 1 girl and 1 boy.
Interesting. I'm first-generation and I had no inclination on what baby #2 was until about a week before our loss when I had a really strong feeling the baby was another girl. We opted never to find out the sex though.
In both DH's and my families, it was boy then girl for the first two kids (then two more girls in my family, and then three more boys in DH's family). I'm trying to think about families I know and I think it's pretty even between same-sex and opposite-sex kids for the first two - one combo doesn't seem way more common than the other.
For a while, I was convinced that the closer together you had your kids, the more likely they were to be the same sex. But then the tide turned and everyone I knew started having the opposite sex from their first kid. Anecdotes!
One of each. People often ask if we're done since we have a "petfect" set.
We got that all the time. Worst was that we were done (we only wanted two, not matter what the sex) and people assume that is the reason we stopped. Bugs the crap out of me.
One of each. People often ask if we're done since we have a "petfect" set.
We got that all the time. Worst was that we were done (we only wanted two, not matter what the sex) and people assume that is the reason we stopped. Bugs the crap out of me.
We were done either way too. Sometimes I want to tell them the shop was closed either way, but it's odd having conversations about family planning with random people.
Post by whitepicketfence on May 28, 2015 11:11:32 GMT -5
3 girls
We constantly get asked if we're going to try for a boy. If we do have another, I'd actually prefer to have another girl. A house full of girls is pretty damn awesome.
Post by runblondie26 on May 28, 2015 11:14:53 GMT -5
We have one of each, and I love being able to experience raising both genders. We'll be adding a second boy to the mix soon too.
DH's brother has 3 girls, and out first was a girl. Everyone as surprised when our second was a boy. Everyone assumed both brothers only made girls, lol.