https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 11:25:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138709 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:26:16 +0000 skibobrown 138709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I both have perfect vision. We both read the bottom line of the eye chart w/ no problems, so hopefully we've passed that trait on to our baby. </p> <p>I'm very book smart, and DH is very creative/artistic/handy. I'm hoping that LO got one of those traits... and preferably both! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138700 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:18:22 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 138700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not sure... my DH and I are so different when it comes to looks/build/talents.<br /> I guess the only thing we have in common is olive colored skin. LO will most likely inherit this.<br /> I am musical, love school, and am pretty athletic.<br /> DH is very small-framed and can't play sports to save his life! However he is a super handy man and is great at working on cars and building things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138699 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:16:50 +0000 mediagirl 138699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: HA! Ours will have a big belly....she can be a belly dancer, perhaps?? :)</p> <p>We're both tall-ish. I'm 5'7 and he's 6'4. I would love for her to be 5'8! She will also probably have brown hair and blue eyes which I think is gorgeous on a girl. :)</p> <p>As for brains or talent? Lord, help her now. I can only hope she gets my athletic genes and my husband's artistic talent that I know is hidden away in him, he's just afraid to let it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138695 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:11:31 +0000 SusieQ 138695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both have really large eyes, so I'm pretty sure baby will get those. Everything else we are opposites so everything is pretty much up for grabs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138525 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:43:50 +0000 Modern Daisy 138525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They will definitely be blond haired blue eyed babies. Everything else is 50/50 though lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138457 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:16:32 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 138457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Artistic for sure. He loves drawing now, so it definitely seems to be going in the right direction.</p> <p>I hope he has my brains but the hubs street smarts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138437 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:06:47 +0000 MaisyMay 138437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We joke and say that any of our kids will be tall, blonde, blue-eyed, and blind. Hubs is 6'4 and I'm 5'7. He's a natural blond while mine is enhanced. We both of gorgeous blue eyes and wear glasses. Both of us are smart and enjoyed school, so I hope that gets passed along too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138387 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:29:47 +0000 calsmom 138387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has the smarts between us two. I'm the athlete. We are both tall. Sooooo hopefully our son will be smart, tall, and athletic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138377 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:23:11 +0000 littlebug 138377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rubies: LOL at Asian Zooey Deschanel - love it!</p> <p>@minnie_girl: You wrote pretty much exactly what I would write! Musical, quirky, bookish. Hubs and I are also enormous goofballs. So they'll pretty much be huge dorks. And I'll love every minute of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138313 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:39:13 +0000 plaidpants 138313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has great teeth and crazy crooked spine (you can't tell by looking but it's like a squiggle, not a line)! So we are hoping Olive has his teeth and my spine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138289 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:20:51 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 138289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lala seems to have gotten my verbal abilities (started talking at 8 months, showing some reading readiness already--though we're not pushing it) and Mr. Jacks math skills. (she enjoys numbers a lot and seems to be getting the idea of adding more things and taking some away). Mr. Jacks thinks she's going to be an engineer and I fantasize that she'll be a doctor, but she'll probably find something totally unique. Oh and she has my sense of balance, so maybe some snowboarding?</p> <p>Maisie is too young to know much, but we can already tell she has her parents' height and a very calm personality! I can't wait to see what else she develops :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138281 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:10:52 +0000 volksgirl64 138281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH &amp; I both have science/technology professions so she should be all set there. He was athletic and I was not, but I did dance so maybe she'll be graceful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138269 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:02:08 +0000 LuLu Mom 138269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: haha sounds like your kids are going to have it made :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-138268 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:01:16 +0000 LuLu Mom 138268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Haha I know I will not be helping with homework for math, anything else I'm good to go on, but math is all DH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137580 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:39:55 +0000 joyjoy 137580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Academic ability is pretty much the only thing DH and I have in common. We both did really well in school, but we have different strengths. I'm crossing my fingers that LO will get all the strengths. :-)</p> <p>I really hope LO gets my/my family's musical talent. DH and his side...don't really have those genes. I've been trying to influence the kiddo in utero because I want it so badly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137530 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:14:02 +0000 chopsuey 137530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hopefully she'll get my long legs, DH's fantastic butt, we're both tall for Koreans, my family's musicalness, DH's moves, my book smarts, DH's street smarts, both of our athleticism! Oh, and DH's perfect teeth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137511 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:05:01 +0000 BSB 137511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a big nerd (science and computer smart) and the DH is an artist. Maybe our future LO will think with both sides of the brain instead of just one! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137493 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:57:21 +0000 mrbee 137493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bee and I both had some luck with our music genes. Charlie can't carry a tune though, so maybe that one won't work out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137489 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:54:42 +0000 hilsy85 137489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Ha that's definitely going to happen to me...Dh asked me a simple question about fractions/percentages the other day and I could not solve the problem without his help! Embarrassing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137482 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:50:26 +0000 lilteacherbee 137482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have curly hair and though DH doesn't, it definitely runs in his family. My hair was blonde and curly like Shirley Temple's when I was little. </p> <p>Both of us are teachers and my sister is too, so maybe they'll catch the teaching fever too.</p> <p>DH is really smart, especially when it comes to science and history. I can totally see our kid having the presidents memorized in order at age 4 haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137450 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:31:56 +0000 MamaMoose 137450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I think all parents should get to take refresher courses. I was pretty good at math in school but I'm still terrified about the day when my kid asks me for help with his math homework and I can't remember how to do algebra!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137430 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:25:39 +0000 hilsy85 137430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: "I pray they get DH's math skills and not mine!! "</p> <p>Me too! DH joked about having me take a math refresher course before baby comes, since I'll be the one around him/her most of the day. I THINK he was joking, anyway :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137425 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:24:49 +0000 hilsy85 137425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm...they will hopefully be smart (DH and I are both pretty intelligent, not to toot our own horns or anything!). They will likely be into sports, because DH will not let our kids be blah about sports--he will force them to be obsessed, just like he is! They'll hopefully be tall, as both Dh and I are taller than normal. They will also almost definitely need glasses (don't think this is actually striking gold, lol), as almost everyone in both our families wear them. </p> <p>They'll hopefully get Dh's persuasive/debate skills! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137422 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:24:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 137422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ease in school, neither of us really had to study to get good grades, even in college. I hope they get my love for reading &amp; speed/understand of it. </p> <p>I pray they get DH's math skills and not mine!! </p> <p>My height and both our eyes (we both have pretty green eyes!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137415 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:23:47 +0000 regberadaisy 137415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea because we're so opposites!!!</p> <p>We're both fairly decent in school so they'll have that going for them. I'm 5'5" and my husband 6'3" so chances are they'll be tall.<br /> I hope they get his athletic ability because I have none! He's also really great st building anything.</p> <p>Oh, we're both really good cooks!! So maybe our LO can be a chef! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137407 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:21:31 +0000 Rubies 137407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs is really quirky and I'm a bookworm so hopefully we'll have a little Asian Zooey Deschanel on our hands. :)</p> <p>I also hope LO gets my thick hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137402 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:20:22 +0000 mrsjyw 137402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My school brains, DH's real life/money management brains, both of our heights (Dh is 6'1" and I'm 5'7"), my hair, DH's perfect teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137397 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:18:59 +0000 banana 137397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is tall 6'0 and so is everyone on his side of the family. My dad and brother are 6'0 too so I'm hoping he'll be tall just like the rest of the men in our families. He's consistently been on the 99th percentile for height so hopefully it'll be true!</p> <p>Ummmm.... from me....nothing much. haha. I was pretty inquisitive as a toddler and I did pretty well in school. I'm hoping he inherits my love for reading! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137385 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:14:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 137385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am great at English/Arts and DH is a mathematics professor- I hope our son gets both to be well-rounded academically!</p> <p>I have gorgeous eyes and long dark eyelashes, LO has my eyes! I'm sure a girl will be falling for his eyes someday!</p> <p>I have near-perfect teeth, no braces! I also have long legs, if we have a girl she'll love me for it ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-genes-didwill-your-kids-strike-gold-on#post-137376 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:09:12 +0000 Alivoo01 137376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby and I love music so hopefully they'll be musically inclined and pick up an instrument/have rhythm. I hope they gets my determination/strive and the hubby's personality (he's a total social butterfly and is BFF with everyone). </p>