Negative response to pregnancy announcement
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@Meriel they have my son 3 hours on a Wednesday afternoon but the rest of the time he’s either at nursery or with me as I only work 3 days and they asked to have him for those hours as I had a nursery place for a Wednesday afternoon but they told me to decline it. I appreciate that could be something that’s a concern for him but as a general rule of thumb me and my husband ask them for very little help with our little one. We have actively never had a night away from him a) because we aren’t that fussed yet b) because I don’t want to put it on someone to have him when he doesn’t consistently sleep well.
Sounds like his reaction is coming of a place of concern for you rather than not being happy for you. Give it time, the concerns will die down and there will be nothing but love there. My sister had her children taken off her and given to my mum. So when sh ee was pregnant with my nephew there was alot of negativity. Now he's with my mum and i basically help bring him up and he's the most amazing boy. I didn't want to love him out of fear he would be taken into social care but as soon as I held him I knew we would be best friends for life xx
Do your parents help with your childcare? If so, I think it's reasonable for him to have an opinion as having a small age gap would affect him. If not, I think it's a weird reaction, sorry. Hope things turn out OK with the tests.