Talking to kids about surgery

Hi all. I've got a four year old and a two year old and I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to talk to them about the surgery. I guess really for the four year old since the two year old ain't really conversing all that much. Any advice on what/how much to say? Thanks

Daniel, I actually take care of my 4 yr old and 2 year old nephews who were 1 and 3 when I had the surgery. Their mother had the surgery 6 months later. We both tried to not make a big deal out of it. We explained that they could n't jump on us because of being sore and they are in constant movement and rough housing so we just made sure we were overly alert during the initial healing process. If something they were eating we couldn't eat we'd explain that we had belly surgery and couldn't eat it that item now and suggested they try what we were eating once on solid food to promote better eating with them. I figured my nephews wouldn't even remember me at a larger size however at 4 months after surgery I had a bariatric friend visiting me and my oldest nephew said to her My aunt niece use to be big giant aunt niece and now she's little giant aunt niece. I am tall for a woman so is their mother so we know that the giant has to do with that. Other than that one comment they have never said anything else regarding the weight loss unless we tell them we can't try something their eating and then the eldest will say it's because of your belly surgery. A couple of times the eldest has said he wishes we hadn't had the surgery but when he elaborates it's because he wants us to eat and drink at the same time. I think he knows the pouch rules as good as we do and when issues come up we just explain it to them then. They truly are resilient and at such a young age they just truly accept it and no this is our life. I hope this helps it was actually harder to explain it to adults because the kids reeked all the benefits, the increased energy to play with them. We can run after them now something I couldn't do at 400 lbs, we got to take them on rides and could fit in them this summer. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Good luck with your journey, Denise

That's helpful. Thanks Denise and Angel. I think the hardest thing for them to remember will be the not jumping on Daddy thing. They do seem to enjoy it so. Getting to keep up with my kids is one of the great motivating factors for getting the WLS.