When did you tell your other baby/babies about your pregnancy ?
Just wondering, my boy is going to be 4 next month, but I kind of don't want it over shadowing his birthday or anything, when did you tell your other babies? I'm thinking once I've had the first scan but he's a typical boy, jumps around, needs active stimulation, still loves a pick up cuddle, always on the go, but extremely sensitive. What are your opinions?
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We told our son as soon as we found out but he’s 2 and doesn’t have a single clue right now what it means really
My son was 4 when we told him (5 now). He quite understood but we also explained to him that there’s a baby in mommy’s tummy. When we found out the gender, he was happy/excited. He would make comments, “I’m gonna share my toys with my brother” or “I’m gonna teach my brother” this and that. I gave birth to my second baby boy a month ago and his big brother loves and adores him.
My daughter was 4 when I was pregnant. I told her about 20 weeks. 9 months is a long time for a 4 year old and she still couldn’t really understand 👍🏻
When the bump became visible
Thank you, we've joked about siblings in the past but has been hit and miss with it, bless him! I'm going to discuss with my husband tonight and see what he would prefer as well ☺️ 🤞
I told my babies when i found out. They were 5 and 2 (nearly 3) they have been amazing with supporting me and adjusting to the fact a new baby is coming x
12 week scan as he came with us 🥹❤️
I'd wait until after 20 week scan. Particularly at that age, If anything was to happen (obviously praying that's not the case for you) those conversations could be really hard and it might lead to some really big and unpleasant emotions for your child that could be avoided IMO.
It's also a reallyyyy long time for them to wait in their little lives. And once they can se the bump they'll understand a bit more.
With my second pregnancy I told him about 16 weeks.
My third was a loss around 5 weeks (chemical) so I never told him.
The fourth (current) I am going to tell him after my 20 week scan because this whole pregnancy I’ve been so worried something would go wrong and I would have to explain it to him.. my daughter is too young to understand or care at all yet.
We did a private gender scan and told her then. She came with us x
I try to but he was only 9 months when we found out lol I don’t think he gets it yet. He’s 14 months now 😂🫶🏼
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