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Hellobee Boards Topic: How did or will you tell your older children? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:34:28 +0000 Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785822 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:57:46 +0000 Mrs. D 2785822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @SweetiePie: That's so sweet SweetiePie on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785818 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:22:44 +0000 SweetiePie 2785818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We waited till 2nd trimester so he wouldn’t tell anyone before we were ready. We just sat down together and asked if he’d like a baby brother and he said yeah so we told him there was one in my belly and he’d meet him in a few months. DH recorded and we got some really cute stuff he said on video. He kissed my belly and asked if he had a baby brother in his belly too. It was sweet. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785744 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:46:20 +0000 Mrs. D 2785744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @jhd: I love your cupcake idea. I'll have to save that for February jhd on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785736 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:05:37 +0000 jhd 2785736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. D: that is so sweet! :heart: We just told him. I wasn’t able to pick him up from his very first day of preschool because my 8 week appointment ran late. He was worried when DH told him mommy was at the doctor so we just told him and showed him the ultrasound pic. I hid blue candies inside cupcakes to tell him and DH that it’s a boy. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785731 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:34:14 +0000 Mrs. D 2785731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @avivoca: That's adorable! Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785730 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:33:41 +0000 Mrs. D 2785730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @NorthStar: That's what I"m hoping for! If I know my kid, she'll wear the shit out of that shirt after Christmas. She'll probably wear it to school the first day back in January which will just about coincide with when the second trimester starts. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785729 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:31:42 +0000 Mrs. D 2785729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bushelandapeck: I can't imagine waiting for 15 weeks to tell everyone. We didn't even last the first week before we started telling a choice group of confidants, lol. I bet everyone was excited Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2785728 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:30:29 +0000 Mrs. D 2785728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HappyBaker: A scavenger hunt sounds like fun! avivoca on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784987 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:20:39 +0000 avivoca 2784987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We told her the day before our 10-week appointment (when we would hear the heartbeat for the first time). We got her a shirt that said "Coolest Sister Ever" on it and she was so excited about her "stister shirt." She was newly two so she didn't really tell anyone about it, but we used that picture to announce once we heard the heartbeat. NorthStar on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784983 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:00:38 +0000 NorthStar 2784983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD was 4.5 years old and we gave her a big sister book and tshirt (which she never wore - insert eye roll! lol). We recorded it as well because we went through a lot to get this baby. 3 years of infertility, including IUIs and 3 rounds of IVF. So, yeah, we were a bit excited! and she was too :grin: bushelandapeck on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784977 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:12:13 +0000 bushelandapeck 2784977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We waited to tell our two children (5 & 3) until we got the results back from the genetics testing and had the NT ultrasound. we knew they would want to tell everyone and we wanted to wait. I was 15w when we told them, and we told our families right after that. HappyBaker on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784969 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 06:53:12 +0000 HappyBaker 2784969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We made a little scavenger hunt through our house and at each stop they collected a letter block from the word "BABY". When they got to the last stop there was a big brother shirt for my youngest and we tried to have DD (5) sound out the word, it was hilarious. She was like, "Ball! Bat! Banana!" ha. Once they finally got it they lost their minds and then proceeded to tell every human on the planet. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784896 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:39:47 +0000 Mrs. D 2784896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @birdofafeather: I'm glad you recorded it, this s definitely something I want to remember. birdofafeather on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784893 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:37:30 +0000 birdofafeather 2784893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we videoed DD1 and 2 and told them although DD1 is 4.5 and DD2 is newly 2, so she didn't know what was happening. i don't even remember how we told DD1 about DD2! she was also newly 2 at the time, so it wasn't a big thing. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784891 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:33:46 +0000 Mrs. D 2784891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @PawPrints: I figure once she knows I"ll never have to tell another person except for those friends who find out from Facebook, lol PawPrints on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784884 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:24:42 +0000 PawPrints 2784884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't make a big deal about it, just kind of told her casually. I think we didn't expect how thoroughly and immediately she would understand, or how excited she would get, so we didn't think about making it a big reveal. I definitely had second thoughts about how we told her, though, when she started chattering about how I couldn't pick her up because I had a baby in my belly - right in front of two of my friends who we hadn't told yet! Fortunately they didn't hear her. Mrs. D on "How did or will you tell your older children?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-or-will-you-tell-your-older-children#post-2784852 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:05:05 +0000 Mrs. D 2784852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD has been begging for a baby brother or sister for THREE years, lol. It took us two years to get here and we will be telling her at Christmas. We'll wrap a Big Sister t-shirt and book as a Christmas present and record her reaction.