When are you telling your old children?

Soon2bemissG · January 2016

Soon2bemissG · January 2016

Hit reply way to early.... I need to go to bed.

CoffeeBeanFiend91 · January 2016

We told our 2 year old right way.

homebird · January 2016

I told Evelyn (5) the day we found out. She is smart and would have picked up on it pretty quickly. Graham (2) has no idea what's going on, lol.

Themaritimemama · January 2016

We won't tell the kids for a while... Until we are telling others. They're not great secret keepers

backoffunicorn · January 2016

I told my 2 yr old right away but partly cause she's always kicking me in the stomach if she's in bed with us. It was my way of telling her to be gentle. Has only kind of worked.

Sporty1216 · January 2016

Same as @backoffunicorn --though our guy is only 21 months old, so he has no real idea what is going on. He was in the bathroom with me when I got my BFP and started crying (happy tears!), so he was really the first person I told.

kmullins26 · January 2016

We told my step daughter right away, in fact she was there when I told DH. However, she's 3 and I don't think she really comprehends what is going on. She says she's going to be a "big, big, giant sister"

PSUBecky23 · January 2016

I'm not sure my 2.5 year old would understand. I think she'll need physical evidence so we'll wait for a belly. And I'll find a big sister book. Books always help.

Yailani23 · January 2016

We told our almost 3 year old right away, but she doesn't fully grasp the concept yet. Like PP said, she'll probably need to see the growing belly to get it.

RedMar · January 2016

Yea, going to need the belly to happen for my 19m old to notice!

reesaXden · January 2016

We told our 4yr old after the first ultrasound at 7.5weeks

KayJDT3 · January 2016

I told my 2yr old right away, because she was the only one home when I found out. And we told our 5yr old at 6wks when I was a little more comfortable if he started telling people. He hasn't told anyone yet.

lilyaster · January 2016

I'd love to wait until we have an ultrasound (9 weeks) but I'll probably end up telling sooner if I can't function normally due to nausea. My kids were devastated when we went through our last miscarriage and I don't want them to worry too much or have to go through it again with an early loss, so that's why I'm waiting. Of course, my 3 year old has said I have a baby in my tummy for the past year after watching the episode where Daniel tiger has a baby sister.

AnnaS930 · January 2016

I didn't vote.. but I've whispered it to my 13 monther - he kept a great poker face about the news

camichael84 · January 2016

DD is 16 months old, and I'm not sure if she'll understand even once my belly is big. I figure we will talk about the baby in my belly/the new baby once it gets closer to go time to prepare her, but again with her being not even 2 at that time, I'm not sure how much she will get it.

miam4 · January 2016

We told DD already. She is 2. We didn't know she was going to really get what we said... for our surprise she keeps saying "baby belly mommy"... so now we need to keep her far from the family until Easter lol

bookworm982 · January 2016

Not until we cannot hide it anymore... I'm hoping somewhere in second trimester. Pregnancy is long enough, I want to spare my kids some of the wait time. This is exactly what my mom did, so I guess I'm used to it.

vrj0522 · January 2016

We'll announce to our immediate families after my first appointment at 8 weeks so the kids will find out then too.

@bookworm982 - I feel the same way. We're just telling them because others will be there when we announce. Otherwise we wouldn't tell them until closer to halfway through.

Soon2bemissG · January 2016

This is how I feel too. I don't want to tell her early just in case something were to happen. However we are open with my family about this since it was such a struggle to get pregnant soo don't want others telling her

KimmySchmidt · January 2016

Not at all, as she's too little to understand.

0SeaMonkey0 · January 2016

My son is only 16 months so he's too young to understand. We will obviously be talking to him about it before the baby is born, but I have no idea if he will ever really understand. He'll be 24 months when this baby is born so maybe near the end he'll get it a bit?

JennM205 · January 2016

I can't wait to tell DD! She is OBSESSED with "babies in bellies"! My sister and two of my friends are pregnant and they are all showing. Our friends group also has a lot of babies 6months and younger. Therefore, we see babies and pregnant women pretty regularly and DD talks about it constantly. Asks questions, gets super excited, cares for our baby friends in such a nurturing way... Buuuuuut she is extremely talkative and my secret won't be a secret anymore once we tell her so we're waiting. Meanwhile, she is going around telling everybody I have a baby in my belly anyway. (Because everyone does, including her, according to her.) So even though she doesn't even know, I think she may have outed us already anyway.

jennlynn777 · January 2016

Well I was so shocked to find out I was pregnant I screamed "Hunny come here!! I'm pregnant!!" All 4 of our girls heard me and came running to the bathroom. Here I am sitting on the stool with my pants down and a pregnancy test in my hand. Priceless moments...

diagonalley · January 2016

I tell my 20 month old every day. Pretty sure he has no clue what it means. But we'll keep talking about it

2luv0fam1us4forever · January 2016

We plan to tell our 11 year old at 12 weeks when we tell everyone else.

JasonKristen · January 2016

We plan on telling the kids when we are ready to tell the world. I have already been telling people here and there, but DD is in Pre-K and she would for sure tell her whole class the minute she finds out. I can say I am pregnant right now in front of them and they aren't grasping it. I think when we tell them we will give them a new baby book and show them the dating ultrasound which doesn't even look like a baby, but it is something visual for them.

Knottie62456610 · January 2016

I am glad I am not the only one with a much older child @2luv0fam1us4forever! We have a 12 year old daughter and we are hoping that at my 10week appointment we can hear the heartbeat and tell her after that. Then we will tell everyone else. We want to tell DD first since this will be a big change for her and we want her to feel included and special.

crispy11 · January 2016

I'm waiting to tell my girls until further along because I want to cut down on the wait time like @bookworm982

lindseyjane03 · January 2016

Themaritimemama said:

We won't tell the kids for a while... Until we are telling others. They're not great secret keepers

Yes...this ^^

superscarf · January 2016

Can we get a 9-12 weeks or 9+ weeks option? DD is 5 so we'll tell her pretty much right before we tell everyone else at 12wks.

ssimon621 · January 2016

I am holding out as long as possible before telling my almost 4 year old. She is going to drive me bananas!

KarlaMCurry · January 2016

I didn't vote because you didn't have any later options! We told our three kiddos (at the time, ages 7, 5, and 2) about #4 last Summer soon after our ultrasound (around 9 or 10 weeks). They were super-excited (especially my 7-year-old daughter). Shortly after we told the rest of our family around the 12-week mark, we lost the baby. It was so hard telling them, and even though they were able to better understand our grief and get through it themselves, I don't want to tell them we're pregnant with #5 till we get past the "danger zone," as it were. And I don't want to tell anyone else until they begin to wonder.

romil · January 2016

superscarf said:

Can we get a 9-12 weeks or 9+ weeks option? DD is 5 so we'll tell her pretty much right before we tell everyone else at 12wks.

Same here...won't be telling DD until around 12 weeks.

OBMommy · January 2016

Our girls are 6 and 8 so we're trying to hold out until 12 weeks but I think my oldest has a hunch, she asked my yesterday if we could have a baby because her brother isn't a girl and she really wants a baby sister

Soon2bemissG · January 2016

I hit enter to soon.

and now have no idea how to edit the poll part haha!

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