"How does a mommy make a boy?"
This was asked of Abigail's father this morning as they were driving to school. He was impressed with the question; but he didn't, apparently, bother to respond (boy, he sure missed a chance!).
It is easy to understand where this comes from. Abigail lives in what I like to refer to as "Estrogen land". She is the middle child of three, all girls. Her mother is female, obviously. For various reasons, we have always had female pets (many will remember Nike, then Zoe, now Gracie -- all three female labradors) and all the rats have been girls.
Beginning with Emily, all the childcare people have been female; two years ago we started hosting au pairs in our house to not only benefit from a cultural exchange but to provide much needed help in dealing with all the crazy scheduling and they have all been female.
Eric is the only male in the confines of our residence. I suspect that he suffers for it, but he does so with little comment, positive or negative.
In the last week alone my friend Amélie came to visit AND our former au pair, Ilona is also visiting. Talk about estrogen land!
So, Abigail is right to wonder... how does one manage to get a boy? From her perspective the odds must appear pretty slim.
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