How did you explain that there would be a new baby?
How far along were you when you told them?
Thanks!
2007-08-06 12:02:55 · 10 answers · asked by hottee 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Wow 17months between my first 2 children...and i simply told the a new baby was coming to be their brother or sister...i told them when i was about 7 months gone because 9months is a long time for a baby...lol and a mother
2007-08-06 12:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is 4 and our second son will be here any day now and he has taken it very well. Although it wasnt until my belly got bigger that i told him there was a baby in there. i also kept him very involved and hands on. He went to two of my doctors appts. and to the ultrasound where he than found out he was having a brother. I think four years is a great gap. My advice is to make ur child a part of the pregnancy and not ever let them feel left out. Like at both of my baby showers we bought my son gifts as well. And since there sharing a room we let him pick his own bedding to mach the babys bedding. All the little things help.
2007-08-06 19:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baby brother was born 2 months before big sister's 4th birthday. I was early in the 2nd trimester (just before learning the sex) when we told her.
She was very happy about the whole idea (although she would have initially preferred a girl. 18 months later, she still really likes him and he totally worships her. If your older child is under 5 and you can stand Dora the Explorer, I recommend the DVD "Big Sister Dora".
A quick story about the older child understanding what's going on. A friend of mine (now in his late 40s) was about 4 when his mother miscarried. In an attempt to soften the blow for the older children, his parents got a puppy. His explanation, "All I knew was that she went to the hospital pregnant and came home not pregnant with a puppy." For y
years, he believed people could have puppies.
2007-08-06 21:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 1st was 5 when I had my second and he was excited at first he said he wanted a girl then changed his mind and said a boy, cuz boys are better. my 2nd was 2 years and 7 months when i had my 3rd. they were told when i was 4 months along. my 3rd son is now 1 month.
2007-08-06 19:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by im_a_lil_devil_22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my first girl was exactly 18 months when i had the second one, there was no discussion of any sort between me and the big girl, she just saw the second girl when i came back from the hospital in the evening with the baby after leaving her in the house in the morning.
2007-08-06 19:09:25 · answer #5 · answered by lady b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was 2 when my daughter was born. I just told him he was going to be a big brother, that he was going to have a little sister. I was a few months a long when I told him.
2007-08-06 19:07:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't have any kids yet. i am trying to conceive now. once i do get pregnant. i plan on having my second one after my first child turns 6 months.
2007-08-06 19:52:23 · answer #7 · answered by Blessed and Happy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really didnt have to explain my was 11 months when i had the 2cd one but this one there 6 years apart and there not taking it so well
2007-08-06 19:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother was nine when my twin sister and I was born. We're fourteen and he's twenty-three
2007-08-07 00:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Nick_J_is_off_da_chain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was two when his sister was born
2007-08-06 19:38:03 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ ~Isabelle's mommy~ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋