I was just wondering if there are other large familes on nameberry, I’m pregnant with number ten at the moment and due early Fb. [name]How[/name] many do you have? Are you one of many or just an only child? I’m one of five, so not on the really large side. My husband just has a twin brother, but like my husband he ended up having a large family with seven children, which is quite peculiar.
So here’s a space to talk about big families, the joys and the hardwork, stories and questions.
We are a large family by combination. I had three, my husband had two and we are now expecting twins (6&7).
My partner and I always dreamed of having a very large family - we wanted to adopt as many as we could provide for - but it didn’t quite work out. We have five beautiful children, though, which is still considered fairly large by many people’s standards. We’re a family of nine, though, as we have four parents involved. It’s very stressful to ensure that we devote enough time to all five of our kids, especially since we have two infants (about three weeks old). Our oldest is turning 8 this year, so she’s not quite old enough to really contribute (though she does have simple chores). Ultimately I think it would be great to adopt children in the future, but unfortunately I don’t really think it’s possible. I still think you’re lucky to have a family with ten children!
I am one of 7 and my husband is one of 5. Although I LOVED growing up in a large family, we are going to stop after #2 is arrives. The main reason being that I am old :lol: I’ll be 37 when this one arrives, by my age my Mom had 6 kids , I really don’t want to be pregnant in my 40s 
Enjoy your families, being part of a large family is awesome!!!
I’m always amazed by the number of large families on nameberry. I have 3, age 5, 1.5, and 4 months. It’s great and will be so much fun as they grow up together, but a lot of work and I’m always worried about giving everyone what they need in terms of one on one attention. College funds for all is daunting as well! I can’t imagine the sheer logistics involved with a larger family than mine… Though I suppose necessity must be the mother of invention…
Funnily, I am often met with ‘how brave’ when people find out I have three. It’s very unusual to have so many where I live–two or one is far more typical. Where I work, there is only one other mom who has 3. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with more than 4 in our area.
Hello everyone! We are family of 9. We have 14yrs, 7yrs, 5yrs, 2yrs and 2m triplets. The plan was originally for 5 but obv didn’t work out like that! We had our first at 16 and they kind of multiplied from there! I think the biggest challenges we’ve had so far have been fitting them all in the house! (Any 9+ seater car recommendations anyone?) My oldest is a great help entertaining the younger siblings while I’m busy with the triplets. I do worry that I’m not finding enough time for them with 3 babies in the house but we do our best to spend 30mins with each of them everyday… My mother/father-in-law are amazing though with the helping out. [name]Every[/name] week they take all the kids for an evening so me and hub can have some alone time - even if it is only for a couple of hours - have to say that is keeping me sane! I haven’t worked for the past 7yrs but when the triplets reach school age I’m hoping to get back into some part time work. Nice to meet you all, [name]Elinor[/name]
I have 3 children and 1 one the way. My oldest is a boy and I had him before I met my husband (I was 16). We have soon to be 3 girls together (7,3, newborn). So we are at 4 debating trying for a boy and that would put us at 5 kids. The kids themselves are wonderful and I love having them all the only issue is the size of our house/vehicles/cost. I dont want to have so many children that I cannot afford to let them all go to summer camp or be in dance class or whatever it is they want to do. I think we may just stop at 4. I’m sure I’ll be desperate for another when my youngest goes to school though. My parents are another story. They wanted us to stop at 3! Worried we arent fanancially stable I guess.
I am the oldest of 4, my wife only has a brother.
So far we have 1 child, but would like 6 in total. Who knows? I can’t wait.