# Add a sibling or expected child

Category: Families and enrollment

Before you start: confirm the correct school and role. Use approved source records; perform live changes only within your assigned authority.

Do not create a second household for a sibling.

1. Open `Families & Communication` -> `Families`.
2. In `Family Record Editor`, select the existing family.
3. Confirm the sticky header shows the correct school and family.
4. Select the `Children` section.
5. Beside the child selector, select `Add`.
6. Enter the new child's full name, preferred name, date of birth, age group, enrollment status, start date, classroom, permissions, and care notes.
7. Select `Add child`.
8. Wait for the saved confirmation, then reselect the family and verify both children are listed.
9. Set up tuition separately for the new child. Sibling tuition is stored as one assignment per child and then added into the family weekly total.

### If the child is not born yet

1. In `Add Family, Parent + Child` or the saved child profile, select `Child not born yet`.
2. Enter the `Expected due date`, keep the status `pending` or `waitlisted`, and enter the planned start date if known.
3. Save the child. Do not enter an estimated date in `Date of birth` and do not mark the child enrolled to create a fee.
4. To invoice an approved enrollment fee, open `Billing & invoices`, choose the family labeled `Pending / waitlisted`, select `Prepare Enrollment Fee`, then enter and confirm the exact amount and due date.
5. After birth, return to the child profile, clear `Child not born yet`, and enter the actual date of birth.

The enrollment fee is one invoice only. It does not schedule tuition, enroll the child, enable autopay, or submit a payment.

## Verify the result

Both children appear under the same correct household.

## If something goes wrong

Do not invent a birth date or enroll a child just to create a fee. Wait for pending actions; reopen the record before retrying an uncertain save or send.

Source: sources/DIRECTOR_DAY_ONE_QUICK_START_GUIDE.md — 3. Add a Sibling to an Existing Family. Prepared October 8, 2026. SOP snapshot e06ad8d5; current source corrections are identified above. Written procedure; not a recording of a completed live action.