telling children

[KtMcGill]

How long should you wait to tell a child you are pregnant?

[dorkiemama83]

My oldest daughter is 9 years old. We told her once we found out. She's extremely excited!!!

[blessedmamioftwoo]

I'm 32 weeks with my second baby, my daughter and step son are 3 years old. They know I'm having a baby but they don't quite understand the baby is gonna be their little brother..but once he is born they will understand better when the baby comes home with us. My daughter thinks the crib and bassinet are forget baby dolls lol. it's cute

[pauline77]

It weird I never had to tell my oldest he's four, he was the one to tell me mom I think your gonna have another baby.

[yuna86]

I told my children after my 12 week scan. Bare in mind miscarriages happen and it would be very hard to explain to a child one minute your having a baby and next minute your not. Its not worth the emotional hurt so I would say its always best to wait until the "safe zone"

[KtMcGill]

Thank you ladies!

[purplekhb6316]

I waited until my first ultrasound to tell my 10 year old stepson to make sure the baby was healthy first

[katie0203]

I waited til my first ultrasound to make sure everything was ok and hadn't miscarried didn't want my girls to be upset if I did lose it

[KtMcGill]

I have a 6 year old stepson. So he has been an only child his whole life.

[jamie_michael]

I told our two year old about the new addition as soon as we found out and no he wasn't hot on the idea at first but I'm 27+ week's now and he is in love with the baby idea now and loves to go shopping with us

[SadeeC]

Depends, how old is your child? With our little girl (turned one in July and we are due in December) I told her before I even told my husband! Granted it was just a few hours but we have talked non stop about the new baby. This way she gets used to the idea of a baby. If they are an only child I think the earlier the better to get used to the idea of someone else coming into the family. Good luck