Revealing the news to older children

Re: Revealing the news to older children

• mattanda2011 member

  May 2016

  We have already told our 3.5 yo, I am already 9
  weeks. We told her after our ultrasound at 7 weeks when we saw a heartbeat. We started asking what she thought about having a baby etc. and then we told her that we are going to have a baby and it was in mommy's tummy to grow etc. she talks about it a lot and has told people, but because she's in preschool and then home she's really only told people we have already told.

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  DD born 1.26.13
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• dmontgo member

  May 2016

  I was 7 when my parents told me. It was pretty much, "Yo, you're going to be a big sister, so you gotta get your toys out of the spare bedroom."
  
  Nice.

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• uromys member

  May 2016

  Since DD1 has been telling everyone she's getting a baby brother I've been brain washing her that mommy's not pregnant. She's been telling to world since before I even took a pregnancy test! I still haven't told her I'm pregnancy because she's really going to go wild and tell everyone and I have yet to go to the doctors. We plan on sharing the news for Mother's Day with the immediate family so she will find out that morning. 

  DH & I are both 28    Together: 12 years    Married: 09/24/2011

  BFP#1: January '12 - DD1 09/16/2012

  Preterm labor 31 weeks. Monitored for Hellp and diagnosed with oligohydramnios July '12

  BFP #2: 06/25 - EDD 03/05/15 MMC confirmed 8/1 - D&E 8/4 retained tissue discovered 8/20

  BFP #3 11/24 - 12/15 Heartbeat detected - DD2 07/29/15

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• OliveP27 member

  May 2016

  We waited until we felt emotionally ready to tell them in case we had to also tell them we lost the baby. As ready as we will ever be, but our kids are very young so they can't quite grasp it. 

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• FitTris member

  May 2016

  OliveP27 said:

  We waited until we felt emotionally ready to tell them in case we had to also tell them we lost the baby. As ready as we will ever be, but our kids are very young so they can't quite grasp it. 

  OliveP27 said:

  We waited until we felt emotionally ready to tell them in case we had to also tell them we lost the baby. As ready as we will ever be, but our kids are very young so they can't quite grasp it. 

  This is also a concern. My 5 year old is pretty perceptive and will understand loss if that happens. I just don't want to expose him to that if not necessary. 

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• MamaWino member

  May 2016

  We told my 3 1/2 year old a week ago and she's really excited. She's been baby crazy lately so we thought it would be fun for her to know. I suffered a loss in Dec and didn't say anything to her then but we've had enough appts this time already to be fairly certain everything's okay. If it turns out another way, we'll deal with it then. She's convinced she's going to get another sister though so if this kid turns out to be a boy she's gonna be in for it. Lol. My 2 year old is around for all of the baby conversations and we're not hiding anything from her but she's too little to understand. 

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  G born 10/25/12 | H born 3/25/14
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  Early loss 12/2015 most likely due to low progesterone
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• missjen08 member

  May 2016

  My 23 mo old is the one who TOLD ME! She kept pointing at my belly saying Baby! She had never done that before and sure enough! She is pumped to have another baby (our third) and insists on naming the baby Daddy.

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