Did your older children just KNOW that they were having a certain gender sibling? (Long)

My oldest son is three. About 6 months ago, he asked for a sister. So that lead to a lot of prayer which eventually led me here. I'm 6 weeks along now. We are Christians and prayer is a big part of our lives. My son has prayed for God to put AnaSofia (the name we picked) in my belly every night before we go to bed. Now he prays for God to keep AnaSofia safe in my belly. I've told him I'm pregnant but am very careful to tell him God may have chosen it give him a new precious brother. He lays his head on my belly and rubs it and talks to "her" about how much he loves her. I've never encouraged him to do that.

He's said things like: when AnanSofia's born, can we go buy PINK bottles and PINK pacis for her?

Tonight we were at the mall and he said "oh look a this beautiful dress. AnaSofia would love this dress. Can we buy it for her for when she's born?"

I'm very careful to let on how badly we hope for a daughters frankly, we'd be over the moon for another boy too.

But...do you think he KNOWS something I don't yet? I think children have this intuition that adults don't sometimes. Or do you think a 3 year old could want a certain gender sibling that badly?

Aww, he sounds so sweet! I don't know, but I hope he's right :)
Angie

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Originally Posted by angielorna

Aww, he sounds so sweet! I don't know, but I hope he's right :)
Angie

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Thanks he is really sweet :)

Bump :)

Nope..not mine. Hard to say too because really they have a 50 50 chance..just like anyone else. I don't really buy into it.

Boy we know did the same. He got a brother though. Sorry I don't believe they know. I believe they want and there is 50% chance they get it.

Hope you guys get her!

I do think they can want a particular gender and I would not read too much into that. My "mommy instinct" worries that you need to put forth the idea that it may be a boy and that it will be just as fun, pick out a name, etc so he won't be too disappointed. :heart:

ps - my teenage son also really really really wanted a girl with my 3rd too. It was kinda hard telling him it was a boy.

My boys too talk about how much they want a sister...they assume I can just give it to them. When we tell them about the baby I will have to keep reminding them it could be another brother and that that is okay too.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

I do think they can want a particular gender and I would not read too much into that. My "mommy instinct" worries that you need to put forth the idea that it may be a boy and that it will be just as fun, pick out a name, etc so he won't be too disappointed. :heart:

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Yes I'm guarding that. Our by name is Micah and I tell him it may be him and it'll be so awesome to have another brother. He just says, no it's not Micah! I remember a friend lost her baby and her son was laying on her belly and commented that the baby was gone when she hadn't told him yet. I just wonder about children and their intuition.

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Originally Posted by Rosie85

My boys too talk about how much they want a sister...they assume I can just give it to them. When we tell them about the baby I will have to keep reminding them it could be another brother and that that is okay too.

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Yes, like I said above, I always always reply that we don't know it's a girl, it could be a boy etc. and I never talk about girly things around him at all. It's just funny that he's so specific.

The moment i told my two sons they were getting a brother or sister, my youngest one (3 year old) said: i know it's a babygirl. And he started to spread the news at daycare ;-)

Fortunately he was right. Though, i 'warned' him it can also be a little brother. But he was very consistent and hard headed, lol

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Originally Posted by Bigwish

The moment i told my two sons they were getting a brother or sister, my youngest one (3 year old) said: i know it's a babygirl. And he started to spread the news at daycare ;-)

Fortunately he was right. Though, i 'warned' him it can also be a little brother. But he was very consistent and hard headed, lol

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Aw that's sweet! My son hasn't told anyone yet that I know of.

Your son sounds so sweet too!

We immediately got questions from the daycare workers 'are you pregnant with a girl?' No, i said, i'm only 9 weeks... Three weeks later we did know LOL

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Originally Posted by Bigwish

Your son sounds so sweet too!

We immediately got questions from the daycare workers 'are you pregnant with a girl?' No, i said, i'm only 9 weeks... Three weeks later we did know LOL

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As that's great. I hope he's right but am happy for him to have a brother too.

Two stories. First, when I was pregnant with my first he wouldn't cooperate at the ultrasounds so we didn't know what we were having yet though, some were leaning towards girl. I was at my friend's house and her daughter who couldn't have been more than 5, rubbed my belly and said "I think it's a boy". Found out at the next ultrasound she was right!

Second, my story as to how we ended up going for three kids sounds so similar to yours, it'd take too long to explain but lots of prayer and things led to this. The day we took and got a positive test, we were driving and my oldest told us a story about how he drove to the city and went to the hospital and picked up his baby sister. (He didn't know we were pregnant or even thinking about a baby). Then, when we told both boys about being pregnant after our first ultrasound they both (but especially my youngest) insisted it was a baby sister, and both prayed at night as well. Unfortunately they were wrong, per ultrasound anyways but only God knows FOR SURE right now but ultrasounds aren't leaving but a .0001% doubt ha.
I really hope for you he is right! Sometimes my youngest still says "my baby sister" and my oldest says he wishes we were having a girl because there's enough boys in the family and he wants a sister...it breaks my heart.

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Originally Posted by from2to3

Two stories. First, when I was pregnant with my first he wouldn't cooperate at the ultrasounds so we didn't know what we were having yet though, some were leaning towards girl. I was at my friend's house and her daughter who couldn't have been more than 5, rubbed my belly and said "I think it's a boy". Found out at the next ultrasound she was right!

Second, my story as to how we ended up going for three kids sounds so similar to yours, it'd take too long to explain but lots of prayer and things led to this. The day we took and got a positive test, we were driving and my oldest told us a story about how he drove to the city and went to the hospital and picked up his baby sister. (He didn't know we were pregnant or even thinking about a baby). Then, when we told both boys about being pregnant after our first ultrasound they both (but especially my youngest) insisted it was a baby sister, and both prayed at night as well. Unfortunately they were wrong, per ultrasound anyways but only God knows FOR SURE right now but ultrasounds aren't leaving but a .0001% doubt ha.
I really hope for you he is right! Sometimes my youngest still says "my baby sister" and my oldest says he wishes we were having a girl because there's enough boys in the family and he wants a sister...it breaks my heart.

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I'm sorry for that disappointment. Your boys sound awesome and I'm sure the three of them will be best buds. I wanted my younger son to be a girl but now I feel guilty for even wishing that. He is so perfect in our family and brings so much joy. Even though we swayed for thus one I keep praying for Zgod to help me trust Him with my family dynamic. He does know what's best!