Announcing to siblings?

augbride87 · October 2015

DD is going to be 7 in Feb, and we want to tell her before we tell the family--so she doesn't feel left out. She is so excited to be a sister again (she has 2 sisters on her dads side). She has told everyone that I was having a baby way before we were even married. It got to the point her dad asked if we were really expecting because she was THAT convincing. We are trying to think of fun ways to tell her. How did you or how are you planning to tell your kids you are pregnant?

MamaNicoleof3 · October 2015

I'm 9w and we just got a make-it-yourself mobile at Target. Once we hear the HB (at 11w), we'll have them put it together and tell them who they made it for. We had an MC almost exactly a year ago at 8w, and I can't bear to break their little hearts again if something goes wrong this time, so we're waiting to tell them.

augbride87 · October 2015

@MamaNicoleof3 That is a really sweet idea! We are definitely planning on waiting for a little bit since we are still really early, like late 8 early 9 weeks. We will tell family at Thanksgiving, since my parents will be in town. We are thinking of telling her a few days in advance.

WinchestertoPittsburgh · October 2015

I haven't thought exactly how we will tell DS, but we're definitely waiting a few more weeks to tell him this time. We made the mistake of telling him both of the last two times I was pregnant and they both ended in MC. I can't bear to have to tell him that another baby died. I'll start to search for cute ideas soon though, so i'm excited to hear what everyone has to say!

Lyette1206 · October 2015

My daughter is two, so I'm sure she doesn't know what any of it means, but I told her at the same time I told my husband. She repeated it a few times but she hasn't mentioned it in a few weeks. Pretty sure she's forgotten. I'm thinking it'll sink in more once I start showing.

marriedtoadutchman · October 2015

I also haven't thought about how but we will be waiting until just before we tell family (so about 11 weeks). Our oldest would tell everyone right away so best to keep it on the dl

RMLandy · October 2015

We are waiting to tell our son (4.5) until 11 weeks. We are going to pick him up early from school, and have a little treasure hunt set up with clues and little goodies along the way with a big brother tshirt for him and little onesie for the baby as the final treasure. This is right up his alley as he loves creating "pirate" maps and making us follow them to the "x marks the spot."

WSU2015 · October 2015

I told my DS who is four as soon as we found out. We are also bringing him with us to our first ultrasound which is today!

seabandsforall · October 2015

We told our son (4 yo) at 8 weeks because he was worried about me feeling sick all the time. We also explained to him that when they are this little, sometimes the babies don't stick. He is excited and is sending happy thoughts for the baby to stick constantly.

tristadawnr · October 2015

Our son will be 5 next week and we told him at 6 weeks preg. He's beyond stoked. At first he didn't believe us and said we were lying! But now he's over the moon and constantly kissing my stomach and saying "hi little blueberry-baby"

cjt121413 · October 2015

DS will be 7 in January, and I'm thinking we'll wait until after first tri to tell him. I'm not sure how we'll tell him. ....a treasure hunt is a cute idea, though!

augbride87 · October 2015

@RMLandy That is so cute!
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tristadawnr OMG how adorable are your boys!!!

We saw an idea last night--they took their oldest to the store to buy a toy and then took them to the baby isle because their new baby brother/sister needed a special treat too. I think DD would love to pick out the first thing we got for the baby. Its so hard not to spill the beans to her!

GinnyJ2012 · October 2015

We told our boys ages one and three a few days ago at dinner. We always talk about our favorite part of the day and I said mine was when the doctor told me we were going to have a baby. Our three year old gets it and is excited, the 15 month old just smashed green beans. I'm interpreting that as excitement.

bethmcd_22@msn.com · November 2015

We showed our kids (5.5,4,2) my ultrasound picture. The oldest kind of figured it out when we asked him what it was. The older 2 were so excited. The baby, not so much. They got to tell my parents which was pretty cute.

fishwife799 · November 2015

DD is 3 and we haven't told her yet. I want to wait because I feel like that is a really long time for her to wait for a baby. We have talked about it around her though and I guess she has been listening. Yesterday while she was in her car seat and I was loading the groceries she said "mommy, are going to have another baby?" I was shocked. Luckily I was outside of the car so I said I couldn't hear her very well and to wait a min. Then I called DH and told him. As I got in the car we were talking about something else and she got distracted. So now I know we are going to have to sit down and talk to her about it. DS is only 13 months old so he doesn't have a clue about any of it.

itsStackie · November 2015

DD is 2. I told her early on as she would constantly try to climb on me/my stomach. If you ask her what's in my belly, she says a baby.
Earlier today we talked about babies and she said it needs to grow (referring to my belly/baby) so it can come out. She seems to be getting it slowly.

bio-oesch · November 2015

We are announcing to family on Christmas, but we are doing a sex u/s a few days prior which the kiddos will most likely come to. So we will tell them before the u/s, I think we will get them each a gift from the baby to open before we go.

I am concerned they will spill the beans he moment we walk into my parents house on Christmas morning, but I always like to tell them first before anyone else

MrsHurtado · November 2015

My DD is only 22 months but I tell her all the time 1) she likes climbing on me so I have to tell her "you'll hurt the baby in mommy's belly if you keep doing that" and 2) I'm hoping she will start to understand sometime before the baby actually comes!

totsabounding · November 2015

What a sweet thread! We're going to tell our 3 year old after my us on Friday, then we'll have her announce it to her grandparents on Thanksgiving Day (if she wants. I think she will, she loves to deliver messages.) She'll also have a "Super Sister" shirt on under her jacket.

Lilwatz · November 2015

I love this thread! My DD is a year so I'm not sure she'll get it even when I'm about to pop! But these ideas and stories are the cutest!

verily · November 2015

My dear step-son is the world's biggest blabbermouth (like seriously shouts things across the street to people that strangers don't need to hear about), so I suspect we'll tell him a day or two in advance of telling the rest of the family. And dangle some kind of treat for keeping his mouth shut.

augbride87 · November 2015

verily LOL DD is the exact same way!!! I think we decided to tell her this weekend so its not "fresh" when we see my family over Thanksgiving. We were going to wait and tell her a couple days before but I think it will be harder for her to keep a secret because it is new news.

GoMommy · November 2015

We are waiting until prolly 12 weeks. We told him 2 years ago then i miscarried. Nothing sucks more than telling your child that the baby in mommys belly died. He talked about it for a long time.

augbride87 · November 2015

We told DD this weekend! DH took video but I don't want to load it on to YouTube until we have told everyone. I doubt anyone would stumble upon it but still! We took her to Target to pick out a toy for herself and then took her to the baby isle and told her to be fair she should pick out a toy for her new brother or sister. At first she just laughed then started to process what we said. She said " wait right now!!". She kept asking if we were serious and if there was REALLY a baby in there right now. I got a big hug and about a million questions. She is really excited

When we got home she made me lay down and tried to listen to the baby--which she "totally heard" in her words. Then she got the iPad and played lullabys for the baby and told me I need to eat healthy any time I grabbed for a snack. It made me even more excited for this baby to come!!

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