I am expecting baby #2, and of course, we are super excited! We have not told our families yet but plan to reveal our news within the next couple of weeks. I am nervous to tell my mother-in-law due to the fact that my sister-in-law, her daughter, is also expecting. We are a close family and spend a lot of time together. My mother-in-law is retired, and being the awesome person that she is, always helps with her grandkids. At present she has 6 grandchildren. I imagine that she will freak out a bit when she realizes she is getting number 8 only six weeks after getting her seventh! How did you reveal your pregnancies? I want to have some fun with this and really surprise our parents.
"Hey everyone we are having a baby." Short, sweet to the point. Has worked well forever! Congrats.
We have one child. When sat at a family dinner, I said, this time next year, instead of having the two of us over, you'll have three of us over. The statement flew right over my poor father's head. He asked hubs oh great, how long will your folks be in town.
By way of suggestion, don't make your reveal in any way tied into your SIL's. i.e. don't announce yours as #8. You never know if there will be complications/ mishaps in either pregnancy. Yours might well be #7 because of a loss, or might come early.
Best,
F. B.
Get your firstborn a t-shirt that says I'm going to be a big sister/brother and have he or she wear it when your parents visit. It will be fun seeing how long it takes someone to notice!
I ordered the t-shirt for my second to wear when I was expecting #3, but my mom figured it out before I was ready to tell.
We had a lot of fun revealing the news of # 3 to our older kids though. One night at dinner, I had a big brother book on the kitchen table, and my oldest asked why it was there. I looked at her and said "we need to read it to Josh tonight". She still didn't get it, and asked why so I said "he's going to be a big brother". She was like "what do you mean HE'S going to be a big brother??" and then it dawned on her and she started screaming.
Have fun!
I'm so grateful that when I was having kids all we had to do was say 'Hi we're having another baby. It's due in whatever month.'
Pinterest has TONS of great ideas!
One of my favorites is to get the older kid a book (or make a book cover for an existing book...) that has a "How to be a Big Brother/Sister." Take a picture of kiddo reading it and send it to them. (Or post, if you use FB.)
Or, if the older kid is still in a crib, put an "eviction notice" on the crib with the Minh of your due dat on it.
My cousin announced hers by posting on FB, "We will be expanding our house by 2 feet in (Month, year)" it took a few people a while to get it, which made it funnier.
Get your kid a shirt that says "the best kids get promote to big (brother/sister)", "Only child, exp. (month, year)", or some other similar phrase.
MY plan for my next pregnancy is to make a book for my daughter. Each page will have pictures, and talk about different stages in her life, beginning with her birth. The last page will be, "And in (Month/year), I'm going to be a BIG SISTER!" With a picture of the ultrasound. I plan to have my dad tuck her in to bed if we are able to visit home, and ask him to read her her new "favorite book." :) then I will put it in a picture format to post on FB when I'm ready to announce to everyone.
:) congratulations.
My son & daughter in law announced their 2nd child by having the 1st one wear a cute t-shirt that simply said, "I'm going to be a big brother!".
Your MIL will be thrilled! What difference does it make that your SIL is also expecting? My mom has 4 grand kids within about 1 year of one another. Our kids are all pretty close. It is great!!!
A family friend made what looks like a movie poster.
It was a nice photo of the family standing on a dock by a lake. across the top it said coming soon to your family new baby Morgan. In cribs near you this September. A Wilson family production. Those words are approximate lol I can't remember the exact words lol but it was great. It was on their Facebook page. Across the bottom was what looked like the actors, producers etc. It was pretty cool
Ditto Fanged Bunny below. I agree in NOT making your reveal tied at all to your SIL's. Do not do that. You never know how her pregnancy will be.
When I was pregnant a 2nd time... we eagerly told everyone. But I had had a miscarriage in the 2nd month. And after that, when I was pregnant again, I did not tell anyone until I was about 3 months along.
