Big Family?

ml005 · July 2017

Does anyone have a big family? or plan too? I always feel weird on here posting how many kids I have.
We are on #6. our others range from the age of 10-2 .

if you have a lot of kids do you find naming hard? our top 2 names are VERY similar to one of our other kids names, so we are having the hardest time finding any others we like.

NME44 · July 2017

I have two kids, on my third. I am having a hard time naming both because the names I like are similar to my other kids' names and because this is our last so very specific middle name which doesn't sound awesome with all the names I like. And because I'm mourning all the names we'll never use, lol!

failuretofly · July 2017

I'm on #2 and though DH says we're done after this one, I really hope in a few years we can have 3 or even 4. Something about a big family appeals to me! I think DH thinks I'll be too much of a stress case for more than 2 but I've always heard after 2 it gets easy! Haha

Is that your experience @ml005?

alysapuggles · July 2017

I love the idea of a big family, but it won't happen for us. We both have extremely small families, and everyone is very spread out/don't really keep in contact. I have no cousins, for example. DH has a few but not in touch, and they are far away. DS will likely have no cousins. It was actually part of the reason we decided to have #2, so that DS wouldn't be completely without any family at all one day. This will be it for us though. Even if we wanted more, we are getting old! lol

eazybreezy225 · July 2017

This is number 4 for us. We never had issues with naming them.
My BIL has 9 children. I think he had a hard time naming them because the last 2 girls are named Sara and Clara... they are 3 years apart in age and it drives everyone crazy because everyone constantly stumbles on their names.

flowerpower5838 · July 2017

This is our second, but we will definitely try for 3. I think that the third will complete our family, but we won't be making any permanent decisions for some time after a theoretical third just in case. I think it's less common, but I definitely don't think there is anything weird about having a larger family!

As for names, the trouble I am having is that every name we discuss has some sort of association to it. Be it someone we don't like, a niece/nephew's name or something similar or a friend's kid's name or something similar. And we are some of the first of our friends to have kids! I can't imagine getting started later and having so many names seem like they are ruled out. There are a couple of names that DH has vetoed on the off chance that we have another son - his name would be James so J names or one syllable names are out. Soooo annoying.

ml005 · July 2017

I can remember how hard 2 was. I was a wreck, my first time in public was the worst ever.

I now take 5 to a store NO PROBLEM but, I have to give the the rules over and over again while we drive to the store and I try to reward them after we are done with a treat or something.

ml005 · July 2017

my first 3 have a name "style" they all have 7 letters & have a repeated double letter. when naming number 4, we realized the trend and decided to go with the double letter trend & number 5 was a name we fell in love with and it just so happened to be the same trend.

we have a Garrett, Makenna, Jordynn, Madilynn and Elliott.

flowerpower5838 · July 2017

Here are a few ideas if you're wanting to stick with that trend:

Juliette, Lillian, Bridgette for girls

Bennett, Aaron, Matthew, Scott, Wyatt for boys

eta: sorry i know that you didn't ask for suggestions lol i just couldn't help myself and I had a few on the top of my head!

ml005 · July 2017

No I love suggestions. thank you!

clyon14 · July 2017

I come from a big family(7 kids) and have always wanted one, but it's just not in the cards for me. My first pregnancy was pretty difficult and this one has been even worse. We have decided that 2 will be the number for us and we'll just pray for lots of cousins. As for names I have only had to come up with two so it hasn't been very hard. My parents came up with very different names for the seven of us though. We are also spread a part pretty far age wise so I think our names kind of reflect the stages my parents were at in their lives.

tmk0325 · July 2017

SO comes from a family of 5. For me, it's just my brother and I. On SO's side, this will be grandkid 13 and on my side #5 (so far 4 boys under two)! I actually never thought I wanted more than 2 and then we had twins and I was felt that I wanted one more to complete the family. I doubt we will have more than three. SO works all the time and I don't think I could handle any more than that on my own. Plus daycare is expensive! However, my parents each come from a family of 9 and his parents 13 and 6, so we have TONS of cousins! It makes get togethers a lot of fun. So I do enjoy big families in that regard!

KLake42 · July 2017

I'm pregnant with twins, and we have one genetic-normal frozen embryo, so we have the potential for 3 kids.

After we have and raise our babies, we want, at some point, to open our home to fostering (being open to adopting, but with the goal of family reunification). We want our babies to be older (mature enough to handle the emotions of other kids coming and going), so it will be a while- maybe their teen years? But I love the idea of a house full of kids, and we really hope that we can provide a place of stability for kids going through a hard time. My wife had some rough stuff in her childhood, and has always wanted to provide the sort of "safe haven" that she found in a few places, staying with friends of the family, when she was little.

My dad has 7 siblings, and I have always loved the stories of chaos from his childhood.

KathrynJ088 · July 2017

I have 7 siblings (8 of us total) and it was awesome, but my parents also spent about 25 years raising either babies or teenagers (sometimes both)! We've got 2 and now the twins, so I'm pretty sure we're set at 4. I could see us possibly changing our mind and planning for 1 more, but I'm scared of ending up with a second set of twins if we were to try again!

Amber_Waves · July 2017

Given my age, that we don't get pregnant easily, and how sick pregnancy makes me, we're pretty sure that this baby will be an only child unless we adopt. Adoption is a serious possibility for us especially since DH and I both envisioned having "kids" and we both adore our siblings. Also, Dh has a family trust that pays for college, so some of the financial burden of having kids isn't there for us; I have multiple friends that stopped at two because of the long-term costs.

disneyfan0511 · July 2017

I'm one of 4 and loved having a "bigger" family growing up. This is #3 for us - depending on how my c/s goes we may have #4. Time will tell. Naming #3 is SO hard and it's our first boy so I thought it would be easy!

Natachamommy2eight · July 2017

Congratulations! I'm pregnant with my husband and my 10th.. A Lil girl due December 11th!... A large family is a beautiful blessing x

Marley629 · July 2017

I come from a big family (I have 7 siblings and 2 half siblings). I at one pointed wanted 3 or 4 but since this LO took a lot longer than we had anticipated and this pregnancy has been extremely difficult, this one will be our last which makes me sad but I know it's what best for our family.

Natachamommy2eight · July 2017

my Clan

mamaalicie · July 2017

We are on number 5. And we are having a very hard time finding the right name. Both me and my husband have a daughter fromour previous marriages. But this will be out 3rd together. Our sons names are Annatolí, and Bélomoré. We are having a girl this time and we can't agree on anything. But I have to get my tubes tied after this. I have really bad reactions to birth control and I'm allergic to latex. We have used other options but I still got pregnant. We are not sure if we want to be done but I need to give my body a rest since this will be 3 baby's 2 and under when she gets here. I love having a big family. I grew up with 3 sisters and even though we didn't always get along it's nice to have them when you need them. My husband has a brother a few yrs younger than him and a sister 10+ yrs younger than him and he always felt very lonely growing up. So glad to have such a big family. I feel so awkward when I go out and don't have at least 3 kids with me. They are a part of me and when I get a chance to go to the store by myself I always rush so I can get back to them.

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