Six gorgeous children but baby growing up too fast and I'm broody...help!!

[minipinkscottish]

Hi, I have 6 children, 4 ds's and 2 dd's ranging in age from 16 years to 10 months. I am 40 and work part time as a teacher. I know it's time to stop having babies but could cry every time I think of never giving birth again...am I mad? And at 10 months how many months do I have left to bf? I can't think about never bf again....I am mad!!
Part of me looks forward to sleeping, nights out and me time but those things are nothing compared to my dc's.
Anyone else feel the same?

[SuziSeis]

aww hope she is OK

N has been total love bug today - LOVED Ikea ( good job!)

I look 195 though so not sure if more babies would be cruel to them!

[Barnum]

I've got 5 - from age 21 down to 3 tomorrow! People are sooooooo rude - asking if we haven't got TV etc and sometimes I get really fed up with it - it's been our choice to have a big family, altho I did want them closer together - nature took its time on that one! Our first 4 are boys and our daughter was a lovely surprise - I'd love for her to have a sister, but I'm 40 now & dh has had a vasectomy so no chance of that now . I still can't escape the hard fact that every time I see a newborn/small baby I think I want one of those! Nevermind, I'll just have to look forward to the grandchildren!!

[SuziSeis]

well done on the girl fifth time!!

with any luck one of your lovely boys will make that happen soon!

[minipinkscottish]

Hi Barnum I know what you mean about rude people

[Barnum]

Yeah,minips I don't know what makes people think they can comment in that way on someone else's private life!? I also think it's a sad fact that nowadays people think you're strange if you have more than 2 kids! I love having a bigger family and would have been happy to have had more if possible. There are advantages/disadvantages to everything and of course we can't always do what smaller families do but family life compensates us in other ways - we're very blessed

[minipinkscottish]

Well said Barnum
I am just back from a weekend away watching ds3 playing ice hockey for Scotland Under 13's. It was fantastic and I was so proud of him Other weekends are spent on the sidelines at rugby watching ds2 or in a swimming pool watching ds1 It is a very busy life with a big family but so so rewarding!!!