Tell me about having 5+ kids!

[Monstermmash]

I have 4 beautiful kids aged 7.5 to 2.5 but I'm just at the point now where I'm thinking about adding no 5 in the next year. The main thing stopping me is the impact on my older kids, they would be the ones getting less attention and time with me, suffering most from pregnant me and missing out on most due to things being hard with an under 2 year old. So tell me ladies, have you found this to be true? How do you manage it?

I have no real family around to help and DH works 6.5 days a week so pretty much everything falls on me!

Thanks 😁

Hi, I have five children, aged between 13 years and 10 months. I think you can only truthfully answer this question yourself-as you know more children=more demands on your time. I love having a big family but yes, it comes with guilt! I think as parents we all have times when we worry about the effect our choices are having on our children (true whether you have 1 or 10!) but overall I think my children are happy and their lives have been enriched by having the younger ones to play with. I try to build in 1-1 time with each of them regularly with either me or my husband. I have felt overwhelmed at times but it has been fleeting, and I have found practical solutions to help with a large family (usually by googling blogs about large families). Good luck with whatever you decide.

Hello, I know it’s a late reply but hubby and I are currently getting ready for the irrival of our 7th and 8th children at the end of the year and we are certainly done after this 😂 our children are currently aged almost 6 year old twin girls, 4 year old twin boys, 2 year old girl and 1 year old girl and my elder 2 little ladies in particular where very unsure about my current pregnancy along with the 2 before that even though they are really young but as soon as they meet their new siblings, they just fall in love and all that mummy guilt will go away completely. I make a conscious effort to spend as much 1 on 1 time as possible with each of them but it is difficult and they actually prefer to spend time all together as a family. How did your elder children react to your recent pregnancies as that will most likely give you an idea of what they are going to be like with another 1.
Hope this helped and good luck 😊