When to tell the kids?

sunshinegirl75

My SO has 2 kids- 12 and 6. When is the best time to tell the kids about our pregnancy? Any suggestions on an approach?

mrscolleton2b

We aren't planning on telling the kiddos until I can't hide it anymore. That way God willing we are out of the 'scariest' part of the pregnancy and it's what we did last time! But it's a personal choice, whenever you feel is right I guess.

We got big brother shirts last time- I am not sure how we are going to do it this time, but we make it a big deal like how they can help. I'm sure since this is the last baby will be having everyone will be excited!

patrickandkim

We told my DD right away at 5 wks.

knmommy

We told my DS right as we found out.  We wanted him to feel like he was part of everything.

Serendipity07

We told the kids when I was about 10 weeks - we would have told them sooner, but we live out of state and wanted to be SURE that everything was ok with the baby, so we wanted to have an u/s, see the heartbeat, etc...

ade2be

Having just m/c'ed myself, my personal opinion is I would wait until you have a heartbeat and developing baby.  I hope you have a great pregnancy, but if its not, the younger kids aren't going to understand it and trust me, sometimes their questions can be more than you can handle.