Pregnant and a toddler

My 1.5 year old smacks my stomach whenever the baby kicks

The second child is just meant to be built different I guess 😭

I was really sensitive to touch the first trimester, and showing a lot, so we've been working on it since then. I talk to him (almost 2.5 now) about it hurting and he seems to understand. Maybe try explaining that it hurts? Unless that's what you're doing, then I've got nothing.

Unless it’s physically hurting it’s not a problem. My OB told me baby’s are resilient and very well protected in there so until you’re taking giant blows to the abdomen they are fine. I live with my 3 year old nephew and he’s always on me and she said until I’m feeling pain during or after from him climbing on me to not stress about it. As I get bigger we just try and remind him to be gentle and now that he can feel her he better understands she’s in there and has gotten a lot better at being gentle and talks to her and we just remind him as the big kid it’s his job to protect her so he has to be nice. It’s a good time to teach them before they get here anyways even with it being hard to understand with their age. It took him a while to warm up and understand cause he doesn’t know why he can’t see her but we just talk about it constantly and now every day I come home he wants to touch her and asks how she is. It’s a balancing act with toddlers for sure.

You're not alone. My 2-year-old son tries to push my stomach in or my belly button. I have to constantly tell him that there's a baby in there, and he shouldn't do that.