Want a baby boy? Eat Cereal!

There’s an article on Yahoo! today that reports on a British study linking a mother’s diet to the baby’s gender. There seems to be a link between mothers who regularly eat cereal for breakfast (and consume more potassium, like from bananas) and an increased chance of having a boy. I am starting to wonder if this article is somehow connected to the 5 boxes of cereal I received in the mail from my mother yesterday.

I think there is a myth that says that women who are pregnant with girls have a lot more morning sickness, so I wonder if being pregnant with a girl could contribute to a smaller caloric intake. The timing of the Yahoo! story totally coincides with the news I received last night that a friend is pregnant. She’d been having horrible morning sickness, and we were discussing whether or not she thought it was a girl. I guess only time will tell. She did tell me about Mommy’s Bliss, which has great all natural products for moms-to-be. They have a morning sickness remedy called Morning Sickness Magic that supposedly works really well to ease nausea. That’s great news when eating cereal is the last thing you want to think about. The Baby’s Bliss website has some really great gifts for moms-to-be and new moms, so check it out!