Telling Your Children...

[excitedmama]

Hi all, sorry if there is already a thread for this but I couldn’t find one!

I’m just wondering, if you already have children, how you told them you were expecting?

I have a 5 year old son who is desperate for a sibling and he has no idea yet that I’m 12 weeks. I’m going for my scan today, so I might tell him tonight once we know everything is okay and we have a picture.

Did anyone tell their children in a cute way? Did they ask weird and wonderful questions? Would love to know.

Thanks :)

I've got a 4yr old and I told him about 16 weeks, he cuddles the baby every night and loves singing to my belly! I just told him the facts, that mammy's having a baby and he's going to be able to help etc and asked him what he wanted, to which he replied "a boy sister" 😅

@caitlinn haha oh bless! My son already knows he wants a sister because he wants someone who appreciates My Little Pony as much as him 😂🙈

We didn’t do anything particularly cute. My kids were 4 and 2 when we old them (5 and 3 now) and I could see my eldest was getting visibly worried/upset that I was tired and wanting to sit down a lot. We told them that it was because there was a baby in my tummy, he was over the moon and wasn’t worried when I was tired any more (in fact, every time I sat down he would bring me a piece of fruit “for the baby”)

@mumofmunchkin Awh too sweet!

Myself and OH have an 8 and a 5 YO between us (8YO will be 9 once the baby is here)
I’m around 13 weeks tomorrow and had a good 12 week scan last week but have to go back next Tuesday as my uterus is tilted and they couldn’t get very good measurements. I think we will start telling close family and friends after next weeks scan but will probably wait until 20 weeks at the soonest to tell the DC’s. It’s a very long time for them to wait.

I don’t think we’ll do anything cute when we actually tell them, we may get a balloon for them to pop when we reveal the gender with the relevant coloured confetti inside but I think it’s hard to tell kids in cryptic, cute ways because they may not ‘get’ it. I saw a lovely bauble that said to grandma and grandad I will spend this Christmas warm and safe inside my mummy’s tummy but next Christmas with you so I may get that as an early Christmas pressie for my mum along with a scan photo.

We told my 5 year old son last night and he was just thrilled. He took a picture in today and showed his friends and his teacher, it was one of those 'I wish my eyes could record film' moments! He is so excited. We got him to tell our parents last night, my MIL was thrilled but my mum changed the subject and showed me her new fish tank! My dad asked me who the father was, typical dad banter. My sisters (who are much older than me at 40 and 43) were really thrilled.

Thanks so much for your help everyone, I'm glad we kept it simple ♥️