Telling the kids?

[Tanya]

Ok, so I still haven't told the three little kids that I they are going to have a little sister or brother. When did you tell your little ones?

Thanx

[Je$$_84]

I told DS quite early just cos with him being an only child and a mummies boy i thought i'd start getting him used to it early on. It wasnt until bubs was born that he said he loved to have a sister. He always said no i dont want a baby brother or sister.

Having older kids i think they would be excited and love the fact they would have a new brother or sister...

[mrsmac]

I told DD1 at about 12 weeks with DD2 but with DS I was only about 8 weeks LOL Have you told your oldest yet? Der sorry just read it properly,

[Inertia]

I had little choice but to volunteer the information at 6 weeks. By then my HG had set in fiercely. If I didn't tell the older ones, they would have worked it out themselves. Probably not been happy about having to work it out themselves. They arent known for silence or tact and one of my younger sisters found out when CJ blurted out "So have you told them you are pregnant yet?" at christmas.

It really depends on the child as to how they go with the news. Angie wants it to be a sister (she doesnt even talk to the one she has ), but Harry is SO thrilled. He gives the bump cuddles and tries shoving his cup through my belly button to give the baby "mookies". But he loves babies. One of his favourite movies is Ice Age, and he calls it the "baby movie". Maybe that helped some - and it might help you to warm them up to babies first.

HTH.

[~Raven~]

DH just told the boys one night while we were eating tea! I think I was about 8 weeks.

[myson]

I waited til after the 12 week scan. With a history or mc and two very sensitive girls, i just wanted to be sure everything was ok. And i knew it would be hard for them to keep it quiet, so we waited til we were comfortable with everyone knowing. They were 10 and 8 at the time.

[Nai]

We waited until the 20w scan and showed DD the ultrasound dvd - she thought it was a monkey She is impatient so any earlier would have been too long for her to wait.

[maz]

Idid the mistake of telling the boys to early when pg with the twins....a week later I lost them
But with Mateauz we waited until 12 weeks. its to hard to know a 'right' time babe..go with your gutt...maybe you could tell them that you need to get a bigger home cause their baby brother is on the way

[Glamourcide]

DD is still too young to really understand but we tell her all the time that 'Mummy's got a bubba in her belly' and ask her if she wants to cuddle bubba, give bubba a kiss, etc.
Now she thinks *everybody* has a bubba in their belly (and it's gotten worse since we told her our cat is also pregnant, hey, if they cat has bubbas in there then so does EVERYBODY!)... it's so cute though.
We waited until 12 weeks to tell everybody this time around because we lost one at around 6 weeks when DD was three or four months old, so we didn't want to get everybody's hopes up.

[Tanya]

Well I told the kids... violet and Bonnie didn't care, Emily is really excited and thinks its a brother cause it will have a doodle (mind you I didn't ask)!!LOL...

[Maybebabie]

My Dd is only 20mths. I told her when everyone started attacking my tummy about 18wks or so. At first she thought everyone had a baby in their tummy including her. But now she kinda gets that there's only a baby in mummy's tummy. From time to time she suprises me with kisses for the baby and plays peek-a-boo. We don't make a big thing of telling her all the time but she does get told not to be rough with mummmy's tummy because of the baby. (She likes to walk on my tummy or kick my tummy when we are laying in bed).

I know she won't understand fully until it's actually born, but she knows what a baby is outside of a tummy as she is in daycare with babies (and is sooo cute trying to rock them or give then their dropped bottle back). But beware if anyone trys to takes her SHOES!

[AwesomeFoursome]

We told the kids when I was 5/6 weeks both times. A bit early but I couldn't keep quiet .

[nic]

Well I told the kids... violet and Bonnie didn't care, Emily is really excited and thinks its a brother cause it will have a doodle (mind you I didn't ask)!!LOL...

Awww Tanya, that is soo cute! Wonder if Emily's premonition will be right? Do you think she will be disappointed if she finds out she will be having another sister?

Nic

[Tanya]

Dunno, Nic... I don't think so, tho.

[Willow]

I didn't tell DD till last week

I think she suspected something was up because I'd seen her eyeing off my belly but after our loss I didn't want to have to face the prospect of 'untelling' her.

I think I was about 28 weeks when we told her i was prg with DS, but she was only about 2 and didn't really get it anyway - she's kinda off with the fairies most of the time this kid

Her understanding and excitement this time has been great though!