I find it amusing when other Mum's try to steer their girls away from being "girly". Not because I'm against it at all (because I was a real tomboy myself as a kid!), but because I feel totally different towards Shayla. I think it's because with four boys in the house I like to balance out the girly and dress Shayla up in pinks and reds, and lots of dresses and frills hehe. My all time favorite is white though. Gosh I love (impractical!) white on babies!!!
we try and mix it up with E - she loves pink - i'm not a fan! BUT, i know i may as well do the girly girl thing with her now cos she's becoming more of a tomboy every day! She is funny though - she seems to know that it's cool to be a grotty tomboy at home - but if we're going out, she looks for nice clothes - and her handbag lol.

on the tanty front - some of E's are from tiredness - but i think it's mostly because her little brain knows what she is thinking, and she just can't get us to understand. i've had moments where i've wondered if we're just not listening enough, but in think in the bigger picture, she is two, thinks she is ten, thinks she has the world sorted, and is just trying to assert herself in the world. i get that. i just wish the tanties didn't involve hitting. crying, screaming - i get that's frustration - i just hate the hitting (primarily because i KNOW i have a temper and an instinct to hit out after being raised like that - and i don't want her to have it - so we're ALL having to learn about life with a little tacker and gentle parenting)