Anyone on baby #3 or more?

Ritzy19 · January 2014

Have you told your kids about the baby yet? Waiting to tell them? Curious to see what others are doing. Plan on doing or trying anything different this pregnancy than before? This will be our third baby and we're waiting to tell the girls until my first appt. at 8 weeks. I'll feel better about telling them after we see a heartbeat. As far as doing anything different, we've never done a 3D ultrasound before and might decide to have one done in the 3rd tri because I think the girls might enjoy it.

lovesazzie · January 2014

This is our 3rd. #1 talks about a "baby sister" like it is a done deal - we have not announced the pregnancy to him, and obviously after 2 boys do not have my heart set on a girl, so it's funny that he's talking about it. We recently had our first u/s and everything looks good, but we are going to hold off on announcing to them for a bit longer - maybe until I'm showing? I don't have a plan, but I do want to wait awhile.

Kateysomething · January 2014

Baby #3 (pregnancy #4) here. With my previous pregnancy, I told the girls around 7 weeks, but found out a week later it was a missed m/c. That was tough. I am absolutely waiting until after my first ultrasound, maybe even a little longer because I don't want to go down that road again.

woahbabyno4 · January 2014

There are actually quite a few 3+ mamas on this board! This is #4 for us and I won't be telling our boys, DD is only 9 months, until we're out of first tri and ready to share. My DS#1 is very social and he'd be bursting to share.

kylaann1 · January 2014

Baby #3 (pregnancy #4) for me too! We were so shocked with this one that we told our girls pretty early. They are both older (10 and 5) so they knew something was up anyways when I was hurling every morning. They were worried so we decided it was best to just tell them. They are both super excited and keep talking about a baby brother. Hopefully they won't be too disappointed if it's another girl.

caden1206 · January 2014

This is my third. My son is 11 and I haven't told him yet primarily because I had a CP in December and want to make sure everything is ok. I will probably tell him after my first ultrasound assuming everything is ok. My daughter is too young to understand. I want to do maternity photos this time around.

jmarshall · January 2014

I'm pregnant with #3 and #4. We waited until we saw the heartbeats to tell our other kids (age 3 and 7). The 7 year old was so excited that he told his teacher and his friends the next day in school. I was hoping to keep the news just within the family until 12 weeks... but that didn't happen. But I wouldn't change the way we did it... It's so much fun to see how excited the kids are and to have the 7 year old tell the new babies good night every night.

Irisheyes1247 · January 2014

I am expecting baby #3 but we have not told our kiddos yet, other than asking if they want a new baby. Even if we did tell them "mommy is going to have a baby," they really wouldn't get it. Dd1 was so young when dd2 was born and they don't really know anyone who has been pregnant

arg0506 · January 2014

Baby #3 and pregnancy #4 for me too! Definitely waiting to see the heartbeat before I tell my girls. I will wait as long as I can to tell them because it's a long time for them to wait. We'll tell them when we're ready for te world to know. Probably closer to the end of the first trimester. I can't wait to see how they react. Dd1 was very young when I was pregnant with dd2.

emmyfreeman27 · January 2014

We talk about having another baby all the time.... we haven't announced to Big Sis (age 5), though. She is praying, praying, praying for another sister, though! Heh! Little Sis turns 1yr in about 5 weeks, and I'll be about 14 weeks then (or is it 15?...oops. Third child...) so we may tell her then. Or maybe won't tell her until I'm showing... it'll be easier to wait that way.

Regardless, it'll be exciting!

LovelyLou23 · January 2014

Third baby, here! I am so excited to tell DD because I know she'll understand.

But we're going to wait until we're ready to tell everyone else (a few weeks) because I'm not sure she quite grasps the concept of a secret yet, and I don't want her to blab.

As far as doing anything different, I'm just trying to enjoy as much as I can because this will most likely be our last.

colleendd · January 2014

We are having baby #3. DS#1 (3.5) has been asking for a new baby so we decided to tell him a couple of weeks after we found out. He is excited and promptly told us that he & his brother (20 months) want a sister baby. He also started calling the baby jelly jam instead of jelly bean. Needless to say he's excited.

teenybean · January 2014

My oldest boy 4.5 talks all the time about how he needs a baby sister and that god just has to give him one. He asks all kinds of questions about how babies get in and out of tummies etc. and our youngest son is 2 so he won't know what's happening quite yet. So I'll wait until I'm fairly sure the pregnancy isn't at risk and I want the world to know because I know my oldest will be so pumped he'll tell everyone, and I don't think he needs to be privvy to any potential mishaps.

ssussieq · January 2014

I'm excited to see so many bigger families here!

I'm expecting #5. My others are 6, 5, 3, and 13mo. I have been itching to tell the kids, but my oldest will BLAB as soon as we tell him. :P I have my first ultrasound and appt tomorrow, I'm thinking I'll let the cat out of the bag after that.

jllmb79 · January 2014

Baby #3 and waiting till the first ultra sound to tell DD#1. I have felt her out to see what her possible reaction would be. She would like another baby and wants a boy, a girl would be ok but she will not share her room

nicari_13 · January 2014

This is our third baby. We' re waiting to tell our girls BC DD1 can't keep a secret. We'll tell them sometime right before we announce to our families.

midwesternmomma · January 2014

This is baby #3 for us. We are waiting to hear a heartbeat before telling the kids. I'm also nervous to tell my son. I work in his school, and if he blabs at school, then my employer knows as well. I need to make sure I'm ready for them to know, too. :-)

Pinkmom19 · January 2014

This is #6 for us. We told them last night at dinner which is when the littlest (4) always includes in our grace a prayer for a baby brother and a unicorn. I am having horrible m/s (all day) and my older girls (16,14,11) are too smart to ignore all the signs. We did wait until after we heard the heartbeat. One more (6) makes five girls and they are all hoping for a baby brother. I told them they've got a 50/50 shot but I don't believe it...

Bethbilz · January 2014

Baby #3 here as well! We told the kids (2.5 and almost 4) right before we told our parents. Mainly because I've been so sick and they've been asking questions. They tend to "forget" about the baby until I mention it, so we should be okay if something happens.

This time, I'm pretty sure were actually going to find out what were having! We have one boy and one girl, so I'd like to know which bins to pull out and actually get stuff ready before baby comes! We didn't find out with either, so we've done the whole "surprise" thing.

jedigurl · January 2014

I am also pregnant with baby #3! We are waiting to tell the boys (3 and 5) because they won't be able to keep the secret and go to school with a lot of my coworkers kids. It is so hard for me to wait!
I was thinking of having the ultrasound tech put the gender of the baby in an envelope and throwing a gender reveal party so the older two kids can find out at the same time as us.
Also, I don't understand why most of you don't think a two year old will understand what is going on. My non verbal 13 month old understood completely. He even picked out an outfit for the baby when I was shopping one day: He grabed a small onesie with a picture he liked and pointed to my tummy.

Ritzy19 · January 2014

Loved reading everyone's responses! I was hoping there would be a few 3+ moms on here, so I'm excited at how many of us there are.

jedigurl · January 2014

MrsSparklebottom said:

jedigurl said:

I am also pregnant with baby #3! We are waiting to tell the boys (3 and 5) because they won't be able to keep the secret and go to school with a lot of my coworkers kids. It is so hard for me to wait! I was thinking of having the ultrasound tech put the gender of the baby in an envelope and throwing a gender reveal party so the older two kids can find out at the same time as us. Also, I don't understand why most of you don't think a two year old will understand what is going on. My non verbal 13 month old understood completely. He even picked out an outfit for the baby when I was shopping one day: He grabed a small onesie with a picture he liked and pointed to my tummy.

He understands there's a baby, but I don't think he'd be upset if something happened and there wasn't a baby anymore. It's just not something that's terribly important to him right now. He does understand a little better because he already has a little brother.

Oh, I see what you mean, now.

wcjc7707 · January 2014

We were going to wait until after our first ultrasound (Feb 6th) but our oldest figured it out. We're on #3.

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