https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 01:01:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684759 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:51:03 +0000 hitchhiker 2684759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm surprised we didn't have to deal with this since my daughter is a total oversharer. I actually assumed she had told her teachers, so I didn't mention it to them for quite a while. We all shocked that DD hadn't spilled the beans when I told them! I don't think there's much you can do to encourage them to be discrete, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684629 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:40:41 +0000 winniebee 2684629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: they day after we told Tyler he told all his teachers and his class! We waited to tell him until i was 15 weeks but he had been hounding me about it since 12 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684628 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:37:27 +0000 tequiero21 2684628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: lol exactly. We told them when we felt comfortable with them saying something. But even then, we said to keep it a secret. Luckily they kept it, but they were itching to tell their classmates and would ask me often if they could tell lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684582 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:42:14 +0000 winniebee 2684582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is why we didn't tell him until we wanted everyone knowing. 4 year olds are terrible secret keepers :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684575 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:23:57 +0000 matador84 2684575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think you'll be able to! We aren't telling ours for a while because we know they'll tell everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684566 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 05:57:56 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2684566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha. You may be stuck. We found the less we talked about it the more she almost forgot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-your-4-year-old-spills-the-beans#post-2684518 Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:05:15 +0000 dolphin 2684518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just found out we're expecting and wanted to wait before announcing. Today we were with another couple and my four year old yelled out let's buy something for the new baby! I tried to cover it up and said "sure, let's buy something for your baby doll!". She says "No! The baby in your belly!!!" and kept pointing to my belly. At that point I fessed up to our friends. We laughed about it but how do I prevent my 4 year old from spilling the beans again?? I did have a talk with her after and said let's keep the baby a secret between just us and daddy. She says ok but then later on yelled out in front of everyone "mommy, I won't talk about our secret!!!" Doh! :silly: </p>