DD is insisting I am pregnant

[gravida]

Is this a normal phase? How can I make her understand I am not?

We just said good bye to our friend on Tuesday who left to have her baby and that is the only time we've recently talked about pregnancy. I said "Auntie was going to Australia to have her baby." or something so we hardly made a big deal of it. Thanks to watching birth videos she knows how babies come out, did a lovely demo for my friend (Touches her tummy says push push push! Tummy very hard) but that is nothing new for her. She's been seeing birth videos since I was pregnant with DS but none for a month or two.

For the last few days though she has been coming up to me saying I have a baby in my tummy and gets right upset when I tell her I don't. Sometimes she says she has a baby in her tummy and she gave it to me. She mentions it at least 10 times a day and honestly melts down if I tell her I don't. She told some guy on the bus today that I had a baby in my tummy. What the heck do I say to that? As I am typing she is patting my belly saying Mama baby! Mama baby in tummy.

I just got an iud so I'd wager that I am not in fact pregnant but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas how to deal with this. I don't want to lie to her and say yes but I also am not too keen on her dissolving into tears when I say that I don't in fact have a baby in my tummy for her.

[faithsstuff]

geez, how wrong would it be for me to laugh? What about a pregnant doll. When she insists mama's preggo, you can hand her the doll. Something like that.

[Arduinna]

Yes, it's quite normal for young children to all of sudden decide their mother is pregnant because someone else they know had a baby or is pregnant. I got in a tight spot once when the neighbor boy told me his mom was pregnant but she wasn't LOL

[pbjmama]

Instead of contradicting her you could make it a conversation. Oh, what would happen if I had a baby in my tummy? How long would it stay in? Would it be a boy or a girl baby? What do you think is a good name for a baby? Use your baby to show me how you hold a baby, etc. Then she can explore her feelings and desire for you to have a baby.

[tracymom1]

Does she have the cognitive ability to understand birth control? Have you tried to explain that mommy can't have a baby in her tummy because something else is in there? I know that might be a lot for a toddler to grasp, but it might be worth a try...

[Baby_Cakes]

Originally Posted by pbjmama

Instead of contradicting her you could make it a conversation. Oh, what would happen if I had a baby in my tummy? How long would it stay in? Would it be a boy or a girl baby? What do you think is a good name for a baby? Use your baby to show me how you hold a baby, etc. Then she can explore her feelings and desire for you to have a baby.

That's what I was going to say. If DD started w/this I would think it was cute. I would be like, "Oh really? Yes that is where babies grow. I remember when you were in my belly. Want to see pictures?"

I think maybe she's just play-acting and wants you to go along with it. It might be a little frustrating since you aren't pg, but maybe play along and see where the conversation goes.