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This chapter was co-written with Shaaron Biddulph.

Remember that first, quiet moment, when your new baby boy was lying in your arms and you got your first real chance to look at him – gazing at his little face and body?

For mothers, it sometimes takes a while to realise that you really have a son, a boy. Most women say they feel more confident with a baby girl. They feel they would intuitively know what her needs will be. But a boy! At the birth of a son, some women will exclaim in horror, ‘I don’t know what to do with a boy!’ However well prepared we are rationally, the emotional response is often still, ‘Wow! This is unknown territory!’