https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 04:33:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424972 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:27:42 +0000 littlejoy 2424972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our neighbors didn't tell their 3 y/o until the mama was about 6-7 months along. Funny enough, we all talked about it in front her of plenty of times (hello oblivious kids, ha!), but she didn't want to tell her until closer to her due date. Once they told her, she literally talked about it all of the time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424971 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:22:15 +0000 mamabolt 2424971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After our NT scan, she was just past 3 years old and would have told everyone. By a week later we were getting congratulations from her friends parents because the news had made it home so glad we waited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424938 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:12:02 +0000 anonysquire 2424938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was 3 months. She didn't understand at all. But the second they met it was like they had always been here together. Like he just fell right into place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424931 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:03:37 +0000 Finfan 2424931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH told DD1 before I could stop him, probably at 7-8 weeks or so. She would have been a few months shy of 3. We had an early ultrasound because I had miscarried the month before. She didn't tell anyone until after the anatomy scan when we found out she was getting a sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424918 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:46:39 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2424918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Immediately. But she was 11 months old so it didn't matter. She understood pretty quickly though. Buy the time the first tri was over she could.kiss my belly and tell me that's where the baby was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2424876 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:40:20 +0000 BandDmommy 2424876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told them right away. DD was 9 months so she had no idea what it meant. DS was 3 and he gets it, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414835 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:02:59 +0000 coopsmama 2414835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Immediately this time for both my kids. They are 2.5 and 1.5. It's been over a month and we talk about it daily but they haven't told anyone...yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414764 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 09:10:24 +0000 lamariniere 2414764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told him at 12 weeks, so right around 2.5 yo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414746 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 08:48:23 +0000 catlady 2414746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to wait until at least after the NT scan, and possibly later if we can manage it. I have had two losses while TTC #2 already (one at 12 weeks) and I am so glad that LO doesn't know. It would have broken my heart even more to have to tell her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414737 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 08:31:54 +0000 Cherrybee 2414737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited until after our first scan (emergency scan at 8 weeks). She likes to say hi to the baby - and say she has a baby in her tummy! - but it really started to hit home once we got the baby's room ready and got out the baby toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414699 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 06:49:50 +0000 travelgirl1 2414699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right away. I think I told her (she was just shy of two at the time) and DH at the same time. I wanted her to know why I was so sick and couldn't play much. I had also told her when I was pregnant with the baby I miscarried. It didn't mean anything to her, she was way too young to grasp pregnancy then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414610 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:09:05 +0000 KT326 2414610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't pregnant yet but we will tell DS once we are ready to announce to everyone. He is almost 4 and keeps asking for a baby brother or sister so I know he would spill the beans! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414588 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:28:22 +0000 AprilFool 2414588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told her from the beginning but she is a late talker so I am not worried about her telling anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414582 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:25:39 +0000 MrsRoo 2414582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told her right away, she was about 28 months. But we told our close friends and family early with this pregnancy so it wasn't a big deal to us. She definitely told anyone who would listen that mommy had a baby in her belly though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414558 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:56:28 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2414558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told him pretty much right away but he was 19 months and didn't grasp it. Now at 22 months he still isn't sure what I'm talking about. If I said there's a baby in my belly! He says no! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414542 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:32:47 +0000 Pirouette 2414542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is 2 and we will wait until likely after the NT scan, maybe the anatomy scan. She keeps asking for a baby sister and I'm dying to tell her, but it's too early for us. Plus she'd tell everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414532 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:27:05 +0000 hilsy85 2414532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 13 weeks once we knew everything was ok and we k ew the sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414530 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:25:30 +0000 skipra 2414530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really remember because he was just under a year when we found out and didn't understand anyway. He was definitely at the U/S when we found out the sex at 16 weeks so I guess before then!<br /> Now that my oldest is 3 and can understand we would wait until we are comfortable that the baby is healthy and it's starting to get obvious but before someone else could spill the beans. I think it's tough at that age because waiting 4-5 months or more seems like such a long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414525 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:22:22 +0000 autumnlove 2414525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told LO 1 about LO 2 right away but she was 7 months old! :p</p> <p>I told LO 1 and LO 2 about LO 3 around 8 weeks. They were 3 years old and around 21 months. LO 1 told everyone at school about "her" baby in mama's tummy right away. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414521 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:19:11 +0000 MrsF 2414521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember if it was closer to 12 weeks or 20 weeks, but definitely after we were comfortable with her sharing the news. She was young (they are 26 months apart) but very verbal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414519 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:16:34 +0000 creativemomma15 2414519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we were pregnant with LO2, DS wasn't old enough to understand or really talk about it until we were far enough along. Now, we are expecting LO3 and DS is almost 4. We waited until we were ready to go public to tell him. I think I was 12-13 weeks along when we told him. And a few days after he announced it to his Sunday school teachers :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414517 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:15:56 +0000 californiadreams 2414517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i told him as soon as i got my BFP, right after DH went to work. I waited till the evening to tell DH because i wanted to make it fun. DS was about 2.5 years old. I don't think he fully understood what i was telling him. I think he has really gotten it since he could see my bump and understand there is a baby in there that will come out eventually and be his brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414514 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:13:54 +0000 MrsSRS 2414514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told LO1 a few minutes before we announced it to the world. But I don't remember when that was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414511 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:10:39 +0000 misolee 2414511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 2 (couple of months shy of 3) when we told her. She's 3 now and will be 3.5 when baby is born next month. She's very very verbal and did end up telling some ppl at church. We told her after about a month. </p> <p>I wouldn't tell too early. We told her baby is coming in February and she's been asking if it's February since like September. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414505 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:06:57 +0000 Silva 2414505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to wait until after the first trimester screening, at least. Ideally until after the anatomy scan, but I will probably have to take her to appointments with me before then. She will be 3 in April. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-tell-lo1-about-lo2#post-2414499 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:01:31 +0000 Applesandbananas 2414499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or LO1 and LO2 about LO3, etc.? And how? How old were they? Did they understand?</p> <p>LO is almost 3 and pretty verbal. I think he would parrot "baby in mommy' belly" to everyone without a ton of awareness of what that means lol. We haven't said anything about baby in front of him (still suuuuper early, so I'm really nervous).</p> <p>Curious how and when others told their older LO(s) about the new baby? </p>