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HighFive16 · October 2015

How and when are you going to bring up the new baby with other child/ren??

Mine is only 11 months now so I don't need to worry a while I guess but I don't want to rock home with a baby and her be frightened or anything either? I am thinking of putting the PNP in the spare room in the New Year so that she will know someone new will be there. I read as well that it is a good idea to get a doll but that would go over her head.

Lilwatz · October 2015

We got DD (12 months) a doll for her birthday. She picks it up by its head and throws it whenever we put it in front of her.

FutureMrsCAF · October 2015

DD loves to read, so we bought her a handful of books about being a big sister and she loves them. We talk about "the baby in mommy's belly" and play with her dolls. I don't think she understands, but she might get it a little more when we move her to her big girl room at Christmastime.

HighFive16 · October 2015

FutureMrsCAF said:

DD loves to read, so we bought her a handful of books about being a big sister and she loves them. We talk about "the baby in mommy's belly" and play with her dolls. I don't think she understands, but she might get it a little more when we move her to her big girl room at Christmastime.

I saw one of those books on Amazon and that might be a good idea with the doll to just put the idea in her head.

mpjeno · October 2015

My son is 3 1/2 and has been telling people he's having a sister for a few months now (our good friends with a son his age just had a daughter in August). I'll probably just come out and tell him at some point, probably with a gift of a book or something "from the baby" -- but probably not until right before we start to tell family as he will undoubtedly share the news himself before we're ready!

AmberLiz99 · October 2015

I'm going to tell my kids (4 years old and 18 months) right before we are ready for people to know, so around 12 weeks. I know my 4 year old will spread the news to everyone he meets once he knows, so that's the reason for waiting. I will talk a lot about it to my 18 month old, and have her help me get things ready for the new baby.

I still can't believe I'm pregnant, so Thinking about telling them is freaking me out a little.

peaceinnature · October 2015

DS is 4 and we've been talking about him having a baby brother or sister for a long time. He's recently become obsessed with watching the episode of Daniel Tiger with the new baby sister so I think he might know somethings up even though we haven't officially told him "yes there is a baby growing inside mommy right now, but it won't come out until June" haha. He still doesn't really know how far away "next summer" is, but I imagine once we tell him we'll be doing a lot of talking about how long it takes for baby to be ready to come out.

I was thinking of telling him when I go to my first midwife appointment that there's a tiny baby growing and they're going to check and make sure it's ok. Maybe it would be neat to have him come hear the heartbeat? I'm not sure what we'll do yet.

BLM10 · October 2015

No idea. My son is 4.5 and has been told there would be no siblings. I don't know how or when to tell him or how to expect him to respond.

Bear14+ · October 2015

I tell my 11 month old all the time. He has absolutely no idea what I'm saying

Lyette1206 · October 2015

I told my 2.5 year old that there's a baby in mommy' tummy. Her response was "no, there's a baby in my tummy". Haha! She doesn't get it, but we'll talk about it with her the whole way along. Luckily, we don't really have to worry about her telling people on her own

hockeyfan42 · October 2015

We're not really sure what we'll do aside from waiting until the end of first tri in December. DD will be 4 that month as well. I like the idea of books and thought about buying her a baby doll for Christmas.

HighFive16 · October 2015

veggiebabylove said:

. He's recently become obsessed with watching the episode of Daniel Tiger with the new baby sister so I think he might know somethings up even though we haven't officially told him "yes there is a baby growing inside mommy right now, but it won't come out until June" haha.

I know that episode!!

VintageGinger222 · October 2015

My dd is 2.5 and she knows. She kisses my belly and puts her blanket on it and goes sh sh sh go night night baby. My 4.5 step son doesn't know yet because his mother is still semi in the picture and she's crazy. I can't even explain what she tried to do to my husband and I when she found out I was pregnant the first time. We will tell him when we tell everyone else. Not sure how yet

VikingGirl12 · October 2015

We keep telling 19mo DS theres a baby in mommy's belly. Now he lifts his shirt up, points to his bellybutton, and says "baby". Close enough.

likeabel · October 2015

I tell DS all about how he's going to be a big brother. He's 17 months and probably doesn't really know what I'm saying and can't talk so I'm not worried about him spilling the beans. He has a cabbage patch doll that's in his toy bin that he cuddles with every once in a while. I was planning on buying him some books for Christmas. I'm guessing his pediatrician will have some suggestions and he has about 8 months to get used to the idea. So I'm not too worried!

sorarose · October 2015

My son is only 18 months, so he has no clue what I'm saying about it and won't spill the beans. :-) After 12 weeks, I will get him books to try and explain. When my belly gets bigger, I will have DH kiss it in front of him, so he starts to understand what's going on better.

cjt121413 · October 2015

My son is 6, and we haven't decided how or when to tell him. We have been taking about having a baby brother or sister for a while, so it won't be a total surprise. However he has said he doesn't want a sibling because he doesn't want to share mommy. He's also said he does want one, so hopefully he'll be okay with it. I'm sure we will get him some books and some sort of "big brother" present. Probably after our first u/s, depending on what doc says. I'd like to wait until second tri, but I know he would find out by overhearing something before that. He's too smart to keep secrets from for very long.

BPaisley · October 2015

When I got pregnant with my first, DS1 was 15 months and he was two when he was born. We told him for months and months about the baby, bought the big brother books, bought a baby doll. He talked about "baby brother" a lot, but he still clearly had no idea what was going to happen.

As soon as he came into the hospital room with my in-laws he looked around puzzled and we said "it's your baby brother!" and he started crying, "No baby brother! No baby brother!" haha I should mention that he absolutely loves his brother now, it just took like a year... lol

Ironically, like someone mentioned above, DS1 became pretty obsessed with the new baby Daniel Tiger episode when it came out a few months after his brother was born. Now DS2 will be turning 2 right before #3 is born... I'll probably read him the books and talk about baby, but I don't expect much to really sink in.

emucoleman · October 2015

We tell our 10-month-old that she's going to be a big sister. Of course, she doesn't know what it means.

She'll still be so young when the baby comes, I don't think it matters much what I say or do. She'll probably be more interested in playing with her grandparents than in the new baby!

MamaNicoleof3 · October 2015

We have a 7.5 YO and an almost 6 YO. we had a horrible MC last year and had told them early on, but we also wanted to share how God provided for us during that time. I'm 8 weeks today and we plan on telling them after our first appt (I'll be 11 weeks) when we hear the HB. I think they'll be pretty excited, as they were so excited last time

Rosehip15 · October 2015

I have a 10 yo and an 8 yo. My daughter (the 10 yo) will figure it out before too long, I'm sure! Things moved faster than we expected, so we're not yet engaged (but I know he bought the ring:))
I have my first appt at 8 weeks, and once that's all clear & we're engaged, I'll probably let them know. They'll be super excited. She's already wondering why I'm so tired, and why I'm not having wine with dinner....Haha.

BlueJuice · October 2015

My daughter is on the brink of five, and she doesn't know yet. I have plans to tell her soon, but I haven't settled on a Halloween reveal, or closer to Thanksgiving. I wanted to wait until around the end of the 1st trimester because of miscarriage risk, but I have a really adorable 'skeleton baby' shirt that it would be fun to wear to surprise her on Halloween. I'll probably see how my midwife appointment goes next week and then decide.

Right now everyone else already knows, so there is a small chance that it will get leaked to her, though people are being fairly cautious. But I know she will be very excited (she's been asking for a baby sister or brother for years), and though I think I would tell her if I had lost a baby, it would be less of a disappointment to her if she hadn't had time to get excited about the prospect, KWIM?

katxattack1212 · October 2015

Well... my four year old will likely know tomorrow. I have my first appt...and my sitter decided she can't help me. Arg... ok. So...I will have my hubby distract her with something until we know we are 'good'.
She is obsessed with being a big sister. So much so that she keeps telling me about the 'babies' in my tummy. Umm...girl, we only planned on one. I am kinda afraid she knows something I don't.

jennjebaby · October 2015

Hiiii, so my baby girl is just 7months old and I think im pregnant again. X_X . my period came back like 3 months ago. It came back normal. My period has been always a normal cycle and it came back like that too. So now in October I have missed my period and during the morning I have been feeling a little nauseous these past days . I took the pregnancy test today and it came back with the left line real pink and the right line like a really faint line.

I just cant believe it. Still processing this lol.

vulpini · October 2015

DS is only 2, so he might not understand. Once I start showing and maybe once we know the sex, we plan to tell him I have a baby brother/sister in my tummy and he will be here to live with us in the summer. We'll get some books about being a big brother.

bio-oesch · October 2015

We are hoping to tell them on Xmas eve

I want to tell them now, our 5yr old dd really wants a sister and already tells people I'm having a baby girl so I can only imagine who he would tell if we actually told her we were pregnant.
Our 3.5yr old ds says he wants another brother so we'll see lol.
Our 1.5yr old ds Is young enough to tell now but I don't want ds and dd to hear us lol.

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