Hey, Im about to get the lap band done, sooo excited.

But I dont know what to tell my BF's 8yr old son who lives with us.

I don't want to give him the wrong impression and him and his dad joke about him being overweight (i definatly dont approve of this joking).

Any ideas from parents on what they told their children, he's a smart kid and I dont think he will be fooled with much.. hes turning 8 in november

What kind of jokeing can you give us an example

It really depends on the kid. I really don't think he needs to know all the details. Kids tend to tell everyone else your business without understanding that there may be some people you don't want to know. If you want to tell him, keep it simple. Just say you are having a band put around your stomach so you will take off weight and leave it at that. You could just say you are having trouble with your stomach, but it will be ok pretty soon.

Tell the truth.........keep it basic and simple.

It was tricky explaining it to my 5 and 9 year old Nephews.

My 5 Year old nephews still hasn't learned that calling Uncle Ryan Fat in public is not a-ok, but he'll grow out of the phase, but I explained it to him that I was having a Belt put around my stomach to help me Weigh less. He was like "Oh Jeez, I hate belts, but once your thin you can climb trees and stuff right?"

LOL, I explained that if not at least I would be much better and hid and go seek and he was happy with that.

My 9 year old nephew is like a frigging computer on feet, boy is so smart, he already new and understood what the lapband was, how I have no idea, but I did help answer some of his questions.

The tricky part was when the 9 year tried to explain it to his 5 year old bro, and confused him.

:sad: At some point the 5 year old thought I had the port on the outside of me and wanted to see it. LOL

A friend told her 8 year old daughter that Mommy was having a band around her tummy so she wouldn't be fat anymore and so she could have a big lap for her daughter to sit in. Her daughter was like "well, okay!", so my friend thought she'd said just the right things.

THEN, she heard her daughter LOUDLY tell the next door neighbor "My Mommy's got a rubber band around her tummy so she won't be fat!"

I went with I had surgery on my stomach so I have to watch what I eat. Anything else is much more information than a kid really wants or needs. Especially if you are a person who doesn't want the whole world to know.

I told my 4 year old the truth and that I could go to the zoo with him a mommy. He was super happy. He monitors my food intake better than I do. :Yawn:

Jerry