Hi everyone,

So my surgery is coming up on Tuesday and I am having it done in Mexico and we told our kids we were going on a "some what of a vacation". But I been thinking about what to tell them when I get home when they see I can't do all the things I did before, like pick up the baby or play with them they way I use to for a while. Specially my 10yr old she is way to smart for her own good, I don't want to tell them I am having WLS because I feel like they won't fully understand and I would just scare them with the whole surgery thing.

So for those you with young children how did you explain to them what was going on? My kids are 10, 8,4 and 9months.

Thank you all for the replays.

Thank you all for your replies and great ideas.

I go back home Saturday and to be honest I don't know if I am going to tell them the whole truth. Before I left I was on my pre-op diet and my 10yr old was helping me and she was excited to see I was eating different, I told her from now on mom will Be eating healthy so she can be more active, and she understood that. But she is every sensitive so telling her I had surgery I don't think is a good idea, I told myself I'll take it as it comes if she asks me I may just tell her will see.

Thank you guys and good luck to you all.

I've been very honest with my kids and told them the truth and have shared some of my health problems so they understand mommy isn't doing this to look good! They read through my binder and all the food choices I have to make and the changes that as a family will we have to make and I'm glad that it's got them thinking about what they eat too! Maybe I'm too open but I've shown them pictures of the scars I will have; someone posted a pic of the stomach that's removed, I started freaking out and they wanted to see so they've even seen that. But then again I was in nursing school and would bring home sheep brains and eyeballs to dissect with them lol

My babies are 13, 11, and 3

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Edited April 2, 201610 yr by missvee