You know you've had too many children when...

[LynetteScavo]

You nearly have a heart attack paying for their new school uniform, then struggle to carry it all home.

When you go on a day out and dress them all the same, so that if one gets lost you can say 'He's wearing that'

we have three bedrooms, one bathroom and 5 kids! we do have bunks in two rooms tho, you can get shorty ones and there is a website linked on this thread that makes bunks specifically for those with houses with low ceilings, the bottom bed is essentially on the floor, they look good :)

go for it

Harriet how low are your ceilings?

We have a 60's house and normal bunks are fine, or there is an inexpesive place that makes them to order so you could have the lowest bunk on the floor or virtually on the floor (although that storage space underneath is very useful)

I kept my youngest 2 in cots with the side taken off for years

Thanks. Two bedrooms are in loft space (sort of) highest bit is 6ft but it's not the same everywhere ( v old slopy house!). One bedroom currently has a 4ft 6 futon in it & is pretty much full. Would need to do some fancy juggling of beds!

How true.I have 5 children and have been reading the list to my older 2 children and we've all been giggling.
Another few I'll add are:
When people ask if that's your lot now.
When I find myself counting children when we are all out.
When food shopping is my biggest expense.
When I get so much love back from them every day it makes me feel so proud that I could burst.

i have:-
DD1 1989 21yrs
DD2 1993 18yrs
DS1 2003 8yrs
DD3 2005 5yrs
DD4 2011 2.5yrs

When dd4 is laughing in the kitchen as she unloads the washing machine and loads it into the dryer (that she has allready emptied onto kitchen table) and is saying ha ha i beat mummy to it lol

when you think to yourself can you have anymore as this would mean your next dc would be younger than their neice and nephew

when ur dd2 takes her sister out dd4 and gets asked if shes hers

when u ask dc friends around for play dates to get some peace n quiet, yes it works as the children are occupied with their own friends to worry about tormenting their brother/sisters

Debs, to my total bafflement DS4 Will Not Touch Vegetable/Fruit Matter At All . Seems to be against his religious convictions or human rights or summat.
This is after 3 DSs who pretty much hoover up anything I give them with very few, easily avoided exceptions such as anchovies and courgettes for instance.
I am not aware that I have done anything different with him re weaning than any of the others...
Today we were collecting blackberries and I got all excited when DS4 took one out of my hand, put is to his mouth, touched it with his lips ... and then fed it to DS3 .

No child has ever starved in the presence of food.
No child has ever starved in the presence of food.
No child has ever starved in the presence of food.

No child as ever starved out of stubborness either .

When DS1 and DS2 aged 8 and 7 are totally left to do their homework on their own, because mum is wrestling Unreasonable Toddlers.

Oh, Harriet, deffo 4, you can't beat the symmetry of an even number .

One of the reasons that there will not be a Nr5 is this house is that that would necessitate the production of a Nr6 .

Honestly Harriet you won't even notice a fourth! Sure they get far easier with each one.

Harriet I guess you will have to go up to one of the roof rooms!

Harriet, 'you won't notice the fourth' - Ha!! That lie line was fed to me too

I didn't notice my fourth she just slotted in until she started walking she is the naughtiest yet--

Fantastic thread, thanks. I am only up to page 5 but great reading so far.

Like Harriet I am considering TTC no. 4 so all this is very educational.

I survived dd2 as a single parent. I can survive anything!

Re overpriced family days out - We thought we were onto a great deal at the local swimming pool when a family ticket for the 6 of us was only £10. Got this deal a few times until the last time we went and the cashier was standing up and noticed our twins (6) who were not visible if the cashier was sitting down, got charged £16 this time!

harriet and needacostume go on go for it!!! get drunk tonight and report back in a months time

Between a clingy dd3 & a smoke alarm last night wouldn't have been the night!

Give me a year !

queenmaeve that blog is SO lovely we have 4 now teens and DH and I were falling about laughing!

Thanks hoochymama, good to know you got a laugh!

Do you all think your dc have got more outgoing (cheeky) with each one or have you become more laid back with each one?
My last is a little terror. I dont know if its my parenting or she' s watching the older ones.

I DO know that 7mo DS3 is ALREADY pulling himself up on the furniture. Very un-funny. Not interested in crawling when he can pull himself up.

please stop with the symmetry of an even number! i do not need another baby do i?!?

As they say on Good Luck Charlie (anyone with dc that watch Disney channel will know what I'm on about) - Three is for quitters.