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Hey all. Long time without a post, but there have been extenuating circumstances.

sammywol, my wife, is pregnant for the second time and we're expecting our second child sometime in early March of next year.

Unfortunately much as before,

sammywol is suffering with morning, noon and night sickness and is feeling nauseous most of the day through. We're hoping that she won't need hospitalisation (for dehydration) this time, though, and she is just about keeping things under control.

Offspring number 1, Rowan, remains blissfully ignorant of the impending change in her sibling status. We're new to the business of explaining the new arrival to our daughter; advice will be gratefully accepted (though possibly ignored if it involves buying Rowan noise-makers or a car).

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How old is Rowan? The boy was 3 when we started getting ready the starchild. We told him before we told the grandparents so about the end of the 1st trimester. For us it was pretty easy we basically let him now he was going to be a big brother which was a very big responsibility. A lot of his friends ha recently ahd siblings so it was a prety easy thing for him to adapt to.

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Rowan is 3.5, and I'd say we're leaning towards telling her at the end of the first trimester. Other friends recommended the 20 week mark (half-way) after the big scan checking all the bits are in the right places, which also has its merits.

Our neighbours have three kids and Rowan is close to them so I suspect she has the resources to adapt to the situation. She's been telling us for ages that she has a sister anyway, and her favourite doll plays that role in many of her games. I wonder how she'll react if this child turns out to be a boy.

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Congratulations on your upcoming addition to the family. My sister handled the telling about a new baby situation by explaining to my nephew that he would soon be a big brother and it was a pretty big deal. The idea is that you want sibling #1 involved in the whole baby deal...from feeling mom's tummy to helping with baby chores after he/she arrives. Later, she will realize that she now has a younger sibling to lord over, as all of us firstborns do:)

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Firstborns rule!

I think we're likely to emphasize the seniority aspect and the elements of being "grown up" and helping mama with the new baby too.

I only know for sure that we won't be having a present to Rowan "from" the new baby. I've seen that go wrong more than once, when the bicycle/rollerskates/offshore missile platform turned out not to be up to the standard expected by the elder sibling.

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Simultaneous congrats/sympathies for all of you for this good news/morning sickness.

::B::

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Thanks. We're hoping that things will improve in the second trimester, but there's a few weeks yet to go before that.

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Congratulations! As Jere said already, we told the boy fairly early on and he seemed to adjust really well. He did want a brother instead of a sister, but since there wasn't much to be done on that front, he adapted.

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Rowan decided long before

sammywol got pregnant that she had an imaginary sister for her games, so I suspect she'll expect a sister to be forthcoming. I hope she'll adapt should a brother be all we can provide.

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That's fantastic news, great to hear it.

You could buy her a noisy car?

Or a very quiet bike? :)

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Normally I'd wait to congratulate you in A&E, but this is too much by way of good news to let slide. It's nice to see this newfangled account friends thingy has its uses.

I can offer you no advice on the 2nd child - we're still watching our niece (who has had 100% of grandpa's attentions) adapt to the presence of our little one. Hopefully Sam will fare better this time around, and the morning sickness will pass. Rachel's only lasted, um, 5-6 months.

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Thanks! Sam had morning (and afternoon, and night) sickness pretty much all the way through her first pregnancy, though it was less severe in the second and third trimesters. We're hoping that the current nausea will moderate too.

Good to see you on LJ too!

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