large family – Mummy To Twins Plus One

Large family small house

We live in a small house. It is fine and suits our needs. However we do require more space for the kids, more storage as this house has none (this makes it terribly hard as we want to keep some things but need to remove items to make a small house more liveable), and as a growing family we feel that we would like to have more room.

I know other people make do with a small house, no storage and just what we have and have more than 2 children. We are lucky that our house is affordable and we are lucky that we are able to live in an area that is cost effective for us. That said, yesterday there was an article about a family who has 15 children. Yes you read that right. 15 kids, I’m not sure that I could do 15 but if that is what makes you happy and you are able to sort it all out that is great. However I do believe I might have a breakdown if I was in charge of 15 children. At times my two test me to my limits so cannot imagine how 15 would push my buttons.

Maybe I am not the right person to ever have 15 children, and two is just right for me? I have considered having another so that would make it three and who knows it might be three and four if I am lucky to be blessed with another set of twins. Who knows it could happen, not sure but you never know. I planned on having one child before and I got 2. I was very lucky to have the twins as my first kids, just amazed and delighted with how it turned out.

After reading the article about the family with the 15 kids, it stated that they are in the same house that they moved into when first married. The husband has only added an extra three bedrooms to their original two bedroom cottage. So me and the hubby wanting a bigger place with space and storage makes me sound entitled to more but not deserving. We only have two kids and there is two adults. Our house is fine for us but not sure how it would be with more children if we were ever so lucky to do it again. (Not happening at the moment)

It makes me feel greedy that we want a bigger space, when a larger family is in a house that is not that much bigger, well a little as it has now five bedrooms and we only have three; However in the article it mentions that they still only have one bathroom and toilet. We are lucky that we have one main bathroom with a toilet and a second toilet in case someone is in the main bathroom. This is a great addition as there have been times that we really need this, I cannot imagine having to share with 15 kids, this I feel would be a challenge.

I have also looked at what this large family have done with the space they have and it makes me feel grateful for what we have. We don’t need much more in the scheme of things. It would be nice to finally be building our new house, but we are well, happy and fine in the one we have at the moment. So other than wanting the start of the new house to happen soon, not having the bigger house is not a big deal really, just a bit of a pain with not having places for things. What do you think?

I’m sure it is what you get used to and I don’t know if I could get used to it. Could you? Do you have a large family? Send in your comments.

Judging Family Size

Before I got pregnant, I thought I would have one child, then after about 2 years or so, have the second. This was not to be, as I had twins for my first children, so good for me as no second pregnancy for the second child. In the news there has been talk of a lady with ten children and pregnant with quintuplets. I think having ten children would be challenging as there are times that just two drive me up the wall, so cannot imagine what ten would be like, and adding another five to the mix would make things very busy indeed (busy is probably an understatement).

Some of my friends have more children than myself and they range from 1 kid, 3 kids and 5 kids. Not everyone is content to just have two children or one, some love the idea of a larger family. We are content with our little family. However that said, do you think people judge you for your families size? I do know that I have asked people who have one child if they might do it again, and sometimes the answer is yes and sometimes no.

The reason for the no answer mostly is that they are content with having one and did not realise what one child would demand. With one child you can focus all money and energy into that child, also another reason is the mother does not want to do it again and would really like to get back to her job, life and assemblance of being the person she was before she became a mother. If you do it again, you have at least another 5 years of things you need to put on hold, well that is if you are not having help.

The yes answers are nice, and sometimes it is yes but we need to wait until we have more money or the first child starts school, or something along those lines. All fine, but it is really the families decision and not mine or others. It is up to you what you decide and do, it is your family after all.

Other reports about the Melbourne lady who is having quintuplets is she is in her 29th week and about to have the babies any day now. I hope that all goes well, all the babies live and hang in there. I do understand what it is like to have babies in intensive care and it is not fun. We were lucky that we had our twins at 34 weeks and 2 days, our girls were well considering and were only in care for about 2 weeks. So good going all around. Sending positive vibes for her.

With a larger family I am sure that she will have adequate help but it will be hard, but if she has managed all those children, I am sure she can do it. I hope that the media respects her privacy and allows her to get on with things without intruding, not like what happened in the US with the Octomom.

What are your thoughts? Do you have a large family or a small family? Do people constantly ask you why or when will you have another child? Is it annoying? What are your answers to such questions? Send in your comments.