Telling first baby about second!
Right I need some advice/opinions!
My first daughter is nearly 4 and is desperate for a “real baby” and it’s all she talks about!
Myself and her dad were actually trying for another anyway and have recently found out we are expecting number 2 (only 5 weeks)
When are we telling the first born? She has just asked me if there is a baby in my tummy as I was putting her to bed and I just answered with “maybe one day” 🤣 but not sure how long I can wait!
We originally said we would wait until 12 weeks but feel like she’s going to catch on before then as already sick and very tired!
Note to add - as soon as she finds out everyone in the supermarket will know 🤣🤣
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My daughter is 2 and loves telling everyone about the baby involved my tummy. We made it less of a thing and just discuss it as something to prepare for.
We waited till the first scan and then for 20 week scan we invited him with us so he could see it was so magical! Because he definitely didn’t believe us 🤣
My little girl was 2 when I was pregnant with our second but quite switched on. We also waited until 20 weeks to make sure everything was okay as we’d had a rocky pregnancy and didn’t want to explain a loss to her. We thought that anything before 20 weeks would have been such a long wait for her.
Such an exciting time ☺️
Wait till your ready for everyone to know bc toddlers keep nothing to themselves
We told ours at 8 weeks so around end of Feb? My daughter would’ve been not long turned three and my son was about 1.5. We told them at 8 weeks after we had a reassurance scan, as they kept jumping about the sofa/around my stomach and I had to keep telling them to be careful and we figured it was easier just telling them there was a baby there so they maybe understood easier why they couldn’t mess around on my stomach
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Telling first baby about second!
Right I need some advice/opinions!
My first daughter is nearly 4 and is desperate for a “real baby” and it’s all she talks about!
Myself and her dad were actually trying for another anyway and have recently found out we are expecting number 2 (only 5 weeks)
When are we telling the first born? She has just asked me if there is a baby in my tummy as I was putting her to bed and I just answered with “maybe one day” 🤣 but not sure how long I can wait!
We originally said we would wait until 12 weeks but feel like she’s going to catch on before then as already sick and very tired!
Note to add - as soon as she finds out everyone in the supermarket will know 🤣🤣
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