Anyone who has had multiple children has probably marveled at the wonder older siblings seem to have about the production of new life. It’s not surprising, since even adults recognize it as a miracle, but kids make it seem even more magical. Some siblings even seem to sense their mother is pregnant or the gender of the baby long before the parents know.

Key Takeaways:

• There is a mystical quality to young children. They seem far more primed than adults to see the world in lyrical terms – to embody magical realism wherein the fanciful is absolutely folded into the ordinary.
• Children seem able to imagine what is yet to be revealed. They have not yet discovered the limits of reason or possibility.
• Children see miracles in places we have long since forgotten to look. And certainly, a longed for sibling growing in a belly is a miracle.

“I once took my toddler to the circus and discovered that he was too young. Nothing struck him as out of the ordinary – trapeze artists, fire eaters – because to him the world was filled with stuff waiting to happen.”

https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/what-do-kids-know-about-their-gestating-siblings/