Dear Mumsnet please could we have a 'Larger Families' section?

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

rather like the 'multiples' section

it could be for 4+ children maybe and we can all get together and discuss how to run home soup kitchens/chinese laundry and whether or not Nick Leeson had the right idea for how to finance our broods?

I have mooted it before and people seem quite keen - it is different having a lot of children and it helps to have support

Thanks !

Ok, it's not the subject matter I'm objecting to obviously (I hope), it's the breaking down of every family variation.

Soemone might suggest a singleton's board, a daughters only board, a sons only board, one of each board. Every constellation has its problems or indeed good sides.

great cupsoftea!

But variety is the spice of life, we all have one thing in common, we all have children or an association with children, or we wouldn't be here.

Olivia... shouldn't you be on Maternity leave by now?

It is a shame when people don't react the same as with DC's 1 or 2

If one more person says to me 'you must be a glutton for punishment' I will scream.

jealous of you all.

I've had to stop at 3.

I shall woefully lurk.

Great Idea PYBF

I have ds1 11

dd1 8

ds2 6

ds3 2

dd2 11 months

I am 26, dh is 32

I would love more, but don't think we will.......

Oh oh oh oh oh Can I join?? Can I can I??

Well I'm going to anyway

I have dd1 12 (going on 30!)

Dd2 8 (twin 1)

Dd3 8 (twin 2)

Dd4 4

Ds1 15 months

I'm 33, dh is 36

I would love more but find it a major squeeze in our 3 bed so probably won't

Life is chaotic, noisy but fun Apart from at the moment coz ds1 has tonsilitis

Could i join to??..i do qualify honest!

DD1 15
DS1 12
DS2 10
DS3 9 (almost)
DS4 7 (almost) (twin)
DS5 7 (almost (twin)
DD2 3 (twin)
DS6 3 (twin)

Me is 33..DP is 33.

wow you make me look small fry!

caz you must have started young

Magnolia i dont believe you have finished yet as you refer to DS as DS1

BTW I normally shop at sainsburys but have decided to try out ASDA as a budget measure - it is arriving at four ish today

The sum total of the shop is...da da daaaaaaa

£249!!

lets hope it lasts the holidays!

Ooooh, I hope they set up a board. Not that I am qualified to join yet, with only DD1 aged 3, DD2 aged 21 months and bump due next month. But give me 18 months-2 years and a bit of luck and I'll be right there with you.

regarding people congratulating you, I found it surprising that people were sooooo congratulatory about my 3rd actually. I guess it's because I have had it in my plan, so I personally wasn't going through the whole excitment/terrified thing that first timers do....

funnily enough people have been oddly and sweetly congratulatory over this pregnancy which is nice...started out a bit sort of shocked congratulations but now most people say lovely stuff

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yes Lisa lisa I am surpirised how many are coming forward

I'm jumpin in

DD1 14 next week
DD2 12
DD3 9
DS1 7
DS2 5

I am 35, DH 38, and with this ot we both feel ancient most of the time!!!!

got DS1 with nasty sick bug today tho, so wait for easter sunday and we will all have it as we go down like domino's in our house!!!!

yes psycho ds4 has one today and dp said 'bodes well for the holiday!'

hi can i join im 30 dh 31 and we have
ds 6
dd 4
ds 2
ds 4.5 months and i recon we are done dh says no more unles we can get one that s*s gold !!

paula....don;t you just find that!!!!

I swear there is some type of geenie watching over me, and as soon as he see's me all relaxed and thinking we could actually have a nice calm holiday, he zaps me with something and ensure's it all goes to pot....!

Chinese Laundry... Don't even get me STARTED!

I knew that my life had become truly pathetic when I nearly, oh so nearly started a thread about how often people wash everyone's bedding.

I might change my name to short-order-cook first though.

I'm in. Thanks.

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We only have 4

DS1 11
DD1 9
DS2 6
DD2 2

PYBF - I was 15 two months before he was born

dh and I have been together since I was 13, and we got married just after I turned 16

I did an asda shop on line the other day, and it came to £354 for about a fortnight! (excluding milk and fruit and veg! )

Wow Caz, did the age gap cause a stir with your parents? (the being with him at 13 I mean )

I was 16 when I met dh and moved in with him within a year My parenst were not impressed
Feels nice to prove them wrong though

can your section be called 'lucky bitches'! i come from alarge family and wish i had a huge brood.

You could say that magnolia (he was 19) but I was very grown up, and he was (is) very immature)

It caused even more of a stir when I got pg!

We have been married for 10 years, and they still say it won't last

They have come round a bit lately as my sis is now a single mum, and they are not at all sure about my brother's wife, so they are starting to think that actually dh isn't so terrible after all