Has anybody elses toddler known you were pregnant before you told them?

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I found out I am pregnant a few days ago. We dont speak about it infront of DD5 and DS3 and when we do speak about it its cryptic speak anyway just incase their lurking about or still awake. I have a history of miscarriages ( this will be my 11th pregnancy )

DS3 has just come over to me and we had this brief conversation

DS: There a baby in your belly
Me: What do you mean?
DS: I think it's a boy
Me: Why do you think theres a baby?
DS: Because I'm the best knower

Hes never said anything like this before. Obviously he could of head our cryptic conversations but I doubt it and I doubt hed of been able to figure out what we meant either

It's strange isn't it. Has anybody elses toddler just known?

I had the same. DD was 3 and was holding on to the pushchair that contained her brother. She was chatting away and suddenly she said, in a tone of great wonder, “someone has a baby in their tummy.....oh mummy, it’s YOU! Did you know?!”

I had found out that morning and had not said a word. Even DH didn’t know as he was at work 😮

Your cryptic conversations probably haven't been as cryptic as you think. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for.
I'm so sorry for all of your previous losses, they must have been hard to bear

Congratulations! Wishing you every luck that this pregnancy is smooth sailing.

Could he have come across the pregnancy test(s)? If you've been trying for awhile he may have put the pieces together from hearing conversations and seeing the tests?

Or... he could just be being a toddler. Ie. He's roleplaying/making stories up and he just happens to be correct

I can't wait to see other people's replies though! I wonder if this is a thing...

Not at all. He was in complete denial!

Not quite the same as we were talking about it around her but there are only 16 months between DC1 and 2. When I was 6 months pg with DD2, 13 month old DD1 patted my belly and said very clearly ‘baby!’ It was one of the first times if realised quite how much they understand when they’re really really little. When we brought DD2 home, we put the car seat down and she scooted over, said ‘baby’ and then pointed at my belly.

I think they’re waaaaayyyy smarter than we give them credit for!

I’m 8+1 today. A couple of days after finding out, my 3 y/o DD said “Mummy, have you got a baby in your tummy?”.

Our neighbour has recently had a baby and DD is completely enchanted with this newborn so it could be a coincidence........ The only people to know however were myself and DH and we were silent on the matter as we had people staying in the house at the time.
I found it curious in a lovely way.

Mine! She helpfully announced it to her grandparents and let them know the name “we” chose.

My toddler said something similar to me recently. I'm not pregnant. One of his little friends at nursery has a pregnant mum and he's been chatting about it so I think that's why he said it. It'll be something like that. I don't believe in psychic toddlers.

Thank you. I've not been pregnant since DS3 ( I have PCOS ) so it just feels surreal that I'm actually pregnant again.

I had found out that morning and had not said a word Did you ask her why she had said it?

Your cryptic conversations probably haven't been as cryptic as you think I did wonder this but at the same time DS & DD are as thick as thieves and she hasn't mentioned anything. I'll never know now though

I'm so sorry for all of your previous losses, they must have been hard to bear Thank you. DD was my 5th pregnancy and DS was my 10th. Before I had both of my children the losses consumed me but since having my children it has gotten a lot easier. Mainly because i tell myself my children wouldn't be the same children if I hadn't of had the losses.

Could he have come across the pregnancy test(s)? If you've been trying for awhile he may have put the pieces together from hearing conversations and seeing the tests?

DD came across a test and believed me when I told her it was a thermometer the tests have been moved now

roleplaying/making stories up and he just happens to be correct that's probably the most likely to be true but it's made me feel all warm inside that maybe he knows and their already connected in a way

My little boy (2) told me before I even knew or could know. About 4 days before I was due to test.

A teacher friend of mine was told she was infertile. Then one day at school a small child ran up to her and said something along the lines of ‘there’s a baby in your tummy’ and ran off. My friend, believing she couldn’t have children was spooked enough to take a test and it was positive. There was no way that child could have known!

Not quite the same vein at all, but I asked my DD3 who was obsessed with babies “Guess what Friend has in her tummy, Darling?” She had no idea and when I told her it was a baby, she looked horrified and hid behind me and asked “Why did Friend eat a baby, Mummy?”.... I had a lot of explaining to do.

actually, DS1 told me I was pregnant - he was under 2 and I didn't even know it myself. I was still breast feeding and my cycles were not regular. The constant pointing at my tummy along with 'baby' promoted me to take a test. no idea if this was coincidence but it only happened when I was pregnant with DC2 (there is no DC3).

It wasn't that they knew, just that they suddenly became obsessed with having a little sibling.

My SDs were 3 & 7 at the time. Within days of us finding out (and literally nobody except us and our parents knew at the time, and the girls hadn't seen any of them in that period) the following happened:

• The seven year ran over with a stick she'd been using as a toy magic wand, said "Abracadra you've got a baby in your tummy" and jabbed my partner in the belly. I should point out that I'm male, and it wasn't just a tragic misunderstanding of biology on her part.

• The three year old demanded a baby. My partner explained that it was only grown ups that could grow a baby in their tummy. The three year old explained (with a certain amount of exasperation) that obviously she meant in mummy's tummy.

It was obviously a relief to know that they both wanted a little sibling, but strange that they suddenly became so hooked on the idea having not mentioned it at all before that.

The magic wand has been framed and hung in the living room. The younger one has had to be told that she may not use it to put twins in mummy's tummy, which is her new obsession.

My DS (about 3.5 at the time) told everyone at nursery I was ‘pregnement’ at nursery and we hadn’t told him. Turns out he had overheard me on the phone to the GP surgery 😂

Not me personally (I have no children) but my DM was taking my DN on an errand to the chemist when she was babysitting. My DN piped up; “I’ve been here when aunty Chrissy (me) lived here.” I used to live round the corner but moved about 3 months before she was born, my DB and SIL has visited my house while she was pregnant. It gave my mum a bit of a ‘woo’ feeling!

It was a few miles from where they all lived at the time so it wasn’t like somewhere they’d have passed through and said “Oh that’s where aunty Chrissy lived”. My DM only used that chemist on that particular day as it was the only one that had what she needed in stock after the one much nearer rang them and found out for her.

Yep my 3 year old knew before I even took a test

My ds told his nursery teacher who then congratulated me but I wasn’t pregnant, it was just wishful thinking on his part.