FAQ's

Are there certain questions that you are frequently asked? Besides the obvious "what's for dinner?" and "when will we get there?" type of questions that I hear regularly, another question stands out as one that I hear quite often: "Are you going to keep trying until you get a girl?" I probably hear this even more than the "you sure have your hands full" variety of statements. I was very interested in an e-mail that my sister-in-law sent me this week. A link to a story claiming to have discovered a new contributor to determining baby gender http://http//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_he_me/diet_baby_gender

In a nutshell the article suggests that a mother's diet may influence gender, and in particular that a woman who eats cold cereal and bananas prior to getting pregnant is more likely to have a boy! Well now we know! Have I mentioned that cold cereal and bananas are two huge staples in our house? Cold cereal is usually "dessert" for our kids instead of other treats (they will honestly pick this over ice cream most of the time). My favorite part of the article was the following:

"Women who had boys also ate about 400 calories more daily than those who had girls, on average...Still, no one's recommending pigging out if you really want a boy or starving yourself if you'd prefer a girl."

I couldn't help feeling a bit defensive when reading this even though I thought it was hilarious(yah, I know that I like to eat). Don't worry, I won't be doing anything drastic (or foolish) in hopes of getting a girl someday...although I wouldn't mind hearing the (not-so-frequent) question, "Have you lost weight?"

So sorry to General Mills, Kelloggs, Post, Dole, Chiquita and the other companies we are helping keep in business; I may be cutting back in a year or so...

p.s. What I want to know is why do we keep planning vacations during the NBA playoffs (I can only handle so much basketball and opted to sit here at this laptop instead of watching with Rob)? Someone please remind me of this next year...