When will you tell your other DC?

D&S724 · June 2012

My boys are 5 and 3, and they are going to be thrilled when they find out about the baby. DH and I don't want to tell them too early, but I have a feeling my older son is starting to pick up on things! It won't seem real to them until I start showing, anyway.

When did/will you tell your kids that you are pregnant?

kelly321 · June 2012

DD is only 14 months right now, so she wouldn't really understand if we told her anyway. She has a cousin due to arrive in August, and I think the first time we visit them I'll try to explain to her that we will soon be getting a little baby like that, too. By the time we see the new cousin, I should be almost 20 weeks and probably showing, and hopefully feeling movement, so maybe that will make it easier for her to understand.

I'm sure it's different with a 5-year-old, though.

ashley0616 · June 2012

My girls are 2 and 4 and we aren't telling then until we are ready for everyone to know. Which will be a while. I wasn't to tell them so badly because they are gong to be so excited, but we're just not ready for everyone to know yet. Probably the end of the first tri, if I can get away with it for that long. I'm appear growing out of my pants, so we'll see.

Mash67 · June 2012

My son is 5 and for the last year we have been trying and ive had 3 losses. We have had the baby talk, and he asks all the time when am I going to have a baby and when is he going to be a big brother. We keep telling him that God dedcides when its time. So now he asks when is god going to put a baby in your belly/ lol its really cute. He saw me taking belly pics the other day and asked but we said U dont know yet we have to go to the dr and find out. Once I am past the 12-14 week mark them I think we will tell him.

mamasmurf12 · June 2012

We already "told" DD but she is only 19 months almost 20 months. I have been trying to talk to her about it b/c she loves to crawl all over Mommy and I am trying to teach her that she has to be gentle with Mommy's tummy. Haha, now she pats my tummy and says "baby", pats DH's tummy and says "baby", and pats her own tummy and says "baby".

jarebearsmom · June 2012

mamasmurf12:
We already "told" DD but she is only 19 months almost 20 months. I have been trying to talk to her about it b/c she loves to crawl all over Mommy and I am trying to teach her that she has to be gentle with Mommy's tummy. Haha, now she pats my tummy and says "baby", pats DH's tummy and says "baby", and pats her own tummy and says "baby".

This except he's 18 months

cja06 · June 2012

We told the boys, who are 4.5 and 20 months. I told them because I wanted to tell my close friends and family in Chicago in person before we moved to Philly. I didn't think it was fair to not tell the boys. Also my boys are pretty rowdy, and I needed to be able to tell my oldest why he couldn't jump on Mommy the way he was used to. If something were to happen, I felt comfortable being able to explain it to my oldest, and my youngest doesn't really get it.

True story - the first time we attempted to tell the kids we made the mistake of asking my oldest whether he wanted a little brother or sister. His immediately reply was "I want a puppy." So we dropped the conversation and told him the next day.

KD79 · June 2012

We just told our boys, ages (almost) 8 and 4.5 the other night. I was 8.5 weeks along at that point.

I'll be sharing the news with my department tomorrow, and then we'll send out an email/post to facebook this weekend.

Kpsbabyzoe · June 2012

DD is only just shy of 27 months, so I think I'll wait until I'm really obviously showing to tell her. Even though my best friend (and her godmother) just had a baby, I don't think she'll really understand it. But, we plan on using my friend's pregnancy to explain it to her, although I'm sure she'll still be confused. It's wacky when you think about it, and really obscure for kids to understand unless they're a lot older. Imagine being told this, when you haven't even mastered the alphabet yet: "Remember when H had a big belly and that was where Emmett grew? And then he was born and H&N got to meet Emmett. Well Mommy is growing a baby in her belly too, and in a long time we will get to meet him/her too!"

mulkyann · June 2012

Our son is 5. We have already told him. He has some pretty major anxiety, so we felt it was pretty important for him to know why Mommy was getting sick. He is very excited, and also understands that it is a secret. He only talks about it when we are at home or in the car.

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