How does your toddler react to sensing your pregnant?

[MazIsWin22]

I'm 27 weeks and only in the past month or so has my daughter (13 months) started to realise I am pregnant. I'm assuming she doesn't understand much about it because shes still so young and can only say a few words. But shes recently been trying to feed my bump, she's been saying "baby baby baby" alot, cuddles right into my bump to fall asleep and even came up to give my bump a rub/pat earlier.

Shes become alot more clingy and acts out alot more when I take care of her alone, she wants lots of cuddles, won't sleep in her own cot anymore and wants to sleep in my room near me instead.

What kind of behaviors did your little ones show when they finally caught on you were expecting? I want to make the transition for her as easy as possible, I can tell shes so excited to be a big sister but don't want her to feel left out once shes here if I need to attend to the baby.

@MazIsWin22 different age gap for us. DS is 3.5 currently and we told him after my 12 week scan. He was driving me mad keep asking why my belly was getting big so we told him.

He has been extremely clingy to me and is all for me atm! Which is lovely and difficult at the same time.

Would be interesting to hear if anyone else has any experiences?

Really interested in this! Im currently 10 weeks and DD is 14 months - obviously with no bump she’s not clocked anything yet, but excited to see what happens ahead of DC2 being born when she’s 21 months

My 2 year old doesn't care one iota atm. We've told her (multiple times) mummy has a baby in her tummy, and shown her the scan photo. You can see the words drift gently into one ear and straight out of the other before she toddles off to do something else. I think once I have more of a prominent bump and she can feel movement she might understand more, but I'm not banking on her understanding there's a baby coming until there's an actual baby.

I'm 19 weeks with an about to be 2 year old and we've been involving her since the start!
I don't think she quite understands there's an actual baby in mummy's belly, but she does say that there is one and I've taught her that the baby is growing bigger etc. And that we have to be gentle around the belly

She's so adorable with it though, at random moments through the day she'll come up to me and ask to see the "baby beyyey" and then give it a rub 😭

We've also started to prep her already and she knows that a baby cries a lot and the crying isn't bad just how they talk, and we practice being gentle with her doll!

My DS has just turned 2. I told him that there was a baby in my tummy and he lifted up my top to have a look . Mostly though, he doesn't know or care. I'm going to get him a doll for christmas to try and get him used to the idea

He pretends to be sick in the toilet and then sits moaning with a sma towel on his forehead on the sofa.
Guess this is what he thinks pregnancy is like as this is me most days.

My Ds is 3y9m. He'll be nearly 4 when baby arrives so a bit different but he's been brilliant so far, saying he will teach his brother how to eat yoghurt with a spoon and show him how to walk. He talks about the baby with great positivity, however these past couple of weeks he has been strange with me, almost testing me for a reaction. He realises mummy isn't as fun as she used to be and I think is reacting to that. He's also been very cuddly and wanting to hold my hand a lot just around the house and garden.