What's your family like?

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SeattleSheri

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What's your family like? Child-wise, that is.

Do you have kids? If so, how many kids do you have? What are their ages and genders? Do you want more kids?

If you don't have kids, do you want them? If so, how many?
 
We have 3 kids: 2 boys (an 11 year old in 5th grade and a 9 year old in 3rd grade) and then a girl (a 6 year old kindergartener). Love them to pieces, but we are DONE!
 
I have a 14 year old daughter (Julie) and a 12 year old son (Daniel). We adopted Julie from South Korea and were in the process of adopting another girl, when I got pregnant with Daniel. I am glad because I like having one of each gender. And two kids total is enough for me.
 
rach3975 said:
We have 3 kids: 2 boys (an 11 year old in 5th grade and a 9 year old in 3rd grade) and then a girl (a 6 year old kindergartener). Love them to pieces, but we are DONE!
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We have very similar families, minus the 6 year old girl :) ... which I totally would have loved to have! What was the biggest change when you went from 2 kids to 3? I'm always curious about how the dynamic would have changed for us if we had more kids.

I have two boys, 11 (5th grade) and 8 (3rd grade). I can't believe I'm going to have a middle schooler next year!! :blink:
 
I have 2 kids, my oldest is Ben (8) and my youngest is Grace (6). I have wanted another child since Grace was 3... but it just hasn't ever felt like a good time to have another... and, now I feel like they are too old to add in a 3rd. At this point it would totally change our lives. That third child would not grow up with close siblings, their experience would be like an only child in many ways. Also, since both of my pregnancies were not positive experiences I admit it scares me to think about being pregnant again. I'm 97% sure we are done.

I am happy with the two of them, they get along really well. They are very close. It's so easy being a family of four in America... traveling, theme parks, eating at restaurants, etc. And I don't have to get a minivan. :) Aaron and I are both the oldest of two siblings and I always wanted to break the two-kid pattern in our families. I am thinking we probably won't.
 
SeattleSheri said:
We have very similar families, minus the 6 year old girl :) ... which I totally would have loved to have! What was the biggest change when you went from 2 kids to 3? I'm always curious about how the dynamic would have changed for us if we had more kids.

I have two boys, 11 (5th grade) and 8 (3rd grade). I can't believe I'm going to have a middle schooler next year!! :blink:
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I wasn't sure if we'd have a 3rd or not; it took some convincing to get DH on board. I was the oldest of 3 kids, but he was an only child.

I thought going from 1 to 2 kids was a hard adjustment. Once I was used to juggling multiple kids and sets of needs, going from 2 to 3 was much easier. I tell people 3 is busier than 2, but not necessarily harder. Now that they're older I think our family dynamic is influenced more by their personalities than by the number of kids.

Here 6th grade is in elementary school, but after that we're districted for one of the few secondary schools (grades 7-12) in the county. I'm dreading that adjustment. I wish DS could go to a middle school or junior high instead.
 
All my life I wanted to have 6 kids (I'm from a 6 kid family myself), but when it came to pregnancy, it was just too hard on my body, so we stopped at two. I would have had more if pregnancy and delivery were easier, but DH is from a small family, and he only wanted 1 or 2 anyway. We're happy with our status quo though, and our girls are 8 and 11 now.
 
We have two boys - ages 6 (1st grade - will be 7 in July) and 3 (will be 4 in a few weeks). We're pretty much 100% done. There are times, when I feel like my baby is less and less like a baby, that I feel the slight twinge to wanting another.

But most of the time, ALMOST all of the time, I am okay with our two. The newborn/infant/clingy stage is SOOOOO hard for me, it'd be hard to convince me to go through that again. Yes, even for a girl (we get asked nearly daily when we're going to try for a girl). :p
 
We've got 3 kids. Marcus is almost 8, Jamesen is almost 6 and Gemma just turned 3. We are very done having kids. I miss my kids as babies and the fun they were, but I don't want to start over and have another one.
 
My husband has a 12 1/2 year old son from his first marriage who is with us about 30% of the time. We have an almost 6 year old daughter and a 1 year old son together.

I would like to have 1-2 more kids, but NOT BIOLOGICALLY. Babies are such soulsucks. Both of ours were surprises (and the last one was a BIG surprise!), and DH is now fixed, thank God, so no more surprises for us!

I have always wanted to foster/adopt and still plan on doing so once our kids are a little older. Ideally, I would like one more of each that would 'fill in the gap' between our two biological children, but we'll see what happens when we get to that point. DD definitely needs to remain the oldest and she desperately wants a sister, so we will do our best to work that out. We are nowhere near being able to afford more children, but I hope we will be ready in another 3-4 years when DS is school-aged.

My mother's second/current husband adopted me when I was 4 years old, so I have always wanted to continue that legacy in my own life. :wub:
 
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I have two boys. Cole (will be 6 in June) and Cade (will be 2 in November). I would really like one more. Maybe when Cade turns three try for one more. My husband tells me No. Yet, I don't want another just to have a girl. I'd be perfectly fine with another boy! I just don't think we are done yet. If that makes any sense. Will it happen? Who knows we shall see :)
 
We have a 3 years old son at the moment. We are planning to have another one and then DH is done most likely!
I always want 3 kids (I am the oldest out of 4), I never like the idea of having only one child, but, after so much discussion & bargaining with DH (the only son), whom only want 1 child, we ended up agreeing at 2 kids. As to when exactly, it's still up in the air... hopefully within next year or two. I don't want to be pregnant at such a late age.
 
We have two kids...our daughter, Mattisen, is 11 and in the 5th grade. Our son, Cole, is 7 and in 1st grade. I don't think we'll have any more but the door isn't completely closed on it either. I'm one of seven children so big families don't scare me. LOL!
 
We have 4. 20 girl, 16 boy, 14 girl, 9 boy. I actually didn't want children at all lol or rather accepted I probably couldn't have any from so many medications I was in in my teens. Imagine my surprise when I went for 1 of the many procedures I had done to find out I couldn't have it that day, I was pregnant! Once I had her, I was in love!
 
We have 2 girls, Rian (6) and Lola (almost 4).

We want more. I've wanted to have another for 2 1/2 years. It's hard. It's getting to the point where I don't WANT to do the baby thing anymore though and that's sad & tough to admit.

DH's family isn't helping with the baby issue. We're both from families of 5 kids. I'm one of the oldest (twin) and he's the baby. He has 2 brothers but one's passed away and his other brother only has girls & refuses to even think about another child (though his wife would LOVE another). Guess who's pressured to have a boy to carry on the family name? Me. Lovely. Not just by his parents either, but EVERYONE. So hard and frustrating to deal with it every time we see them and for them to not understand how hurtful it can be.
 
britaneejean said:
DH's family isn't helping with the baby issue. We're both from families of 5 kids. I'm one of the oldest (twin) and he's the baby. He has 2 brothers but one's passed away and his other brother only has girls & refuses to even think about another child (though his wife would LOVE another). Guess who's pressured to have a boy to carry on the family name? Me. Lovely. Not just by his parents either, but EVERYONE. So hard and frustrating to deal with it every time we see them and for them to not understand how hurtful it can be.
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Ugh, Brit... I know how sucks that feel! That's just the worst pressure to feel :cursing:
For me, as an Indonesian, I got it from friends and relatives as well! Too nosey!
I'm just glad my parents don't do that to me, they just want me to have another baby, that's all. :)
 
We have 2 children - Oliver is 3 and Sparrow is 18 months. I want a third... kind of. I love babies but Oliver is hard work - if I could guarantee all my children would be like Sparrow (who is the most placid child known to mankind) I would have a whoooole lot of kids. We are most likely done however, partly due to my fear of another ... full on child (dont get me wrong, I love Oliver more than anything LOL but I couldn't handle 2 of him!) and because I had PET with both kids so don't cope with pregnancy well.
 
I have two boys (ages 7 and nearly 9) and I always figured I would have two - until my second was born. Then I thought about a third - partly because I would have liked a girl, partly because I loved the baby/toddler stage (mine are harder work now!) and was sad at the thought that my second was going to be my last one.... My husband was dead set against any more though. Within a year or so, for my health and sanity I figured two was just fine and I am perfectly happy with that!
 
Two: Christopher is 27 (married w/ 2 kids of his own) and Cheyanne is 14 and is just finishing up 9th grade.

We always believed in zero growth population - only 2 children; 1 to replace each parent and no more. We almost didn't have 2 since Cheyanne was a total surprise. :D
 
I have 2 - a 9 year old girl and a 5 year old boy. And I'm done! I like our family of 4 - it feels complete. We fit in a regular car, can get a table for 4 at dinner, there's one parent to hold each child's hand... we just work. ;)
 
We have one boy, who is 8... Which knowing now, it was a miracle that we even had him!

We have been trying for a second for the last seven years, naturally... Hubby and I agreed we would not go down IVF road, etc (religious reasons)... I am an only child and I know it isn't the most horrible thing you can do to your child... Unlike What most say to me when they find out we only have the one. I would have loved to have a second... See their little personality grow, who would they take after, etc...

It has taken me years to be okay with just having one... However I do feel like a freak during homeschool events... :D
 
Biologically I have 1, girl 4. I'd love another but not sure if that is the cards for me due to medical issues. The 1 was a miracle.
I also have 2 step-daughters, 16 & 14. The 16 year old just got her license. (Lord help me)

So in all I have 3 beautiful and amazing girls. I'd like 1 more (hopefully a boy)
 
misfitinmn said:
The newborn/infant/clingy stage is SOOOOO hard for me, it'd be hard to convince me to go through that again. Yes, even for a girl (we get asked nearly daily when we're going to try for a girl). :p
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OMG people say to me "oh! not going to keep trying for a girl!?" or "awww you didn't get your girl..." on a regular basis - I HATE it - so rude if you ask me, that is such a personal question kwim?? Also I hate that it devalues the fact that I have 4 amazing kids, and they are exactly what God planned for me - I never would have guessed how much I would love being a mom of all boys :) Sometimes I'm tempted to tell people to shut their mouths when they say something like that to me! :cursing: LOL

I have 4 boys - Gareth almost 15, Owen 12, Reece 10 and Tennyson 7. We are done :) The moment I had my second, like literally hours later, I knew I wanted 4 kids, and when Tennyson was born I just knew our family was complete. I love babies and I miss that stage all the time, but I LOVE the fact that they are all school aged, that I can leave them home with their brothers with out worrying about getting a sitter or anything. Life is WAY busier and harder in some ways but I appreciate the freedom so much, especially after the craziness of having 4 little ones!
 
I have two girls ages 10 and 8. We are a complete family and I knew that since my youngest was 6 months old. She was so hard of me emotionally that I did not want to go back to infant/baby stages. I am so happy to be done with that stage of my life. I love where they are at now and it gets better and better!
 
We have 3 kids. Austin, 18, is graduating high school this year (on the 22nd of this month to be exact) and will be attending Southern Illinois University (pre-med) this fall. Ethan, my second, is 11 and currently in 5th grade. My baby girl who is becoming less and less of a baby is 8 and in the 2nd grade. She is my little diva girl for sure.

There is a huge gap between Austin and the other two. He is from my first marriage (his dad passed away) so there was a time period of just us. I was terrified to be honest when I found out I was pregnant with Ethan. It was like being pregnant for the first time again with the gap. I was worried about doing all the baby stuff again when Austin was already 7 years old and we had found our family groove. I am happy to say though it all went smooth and the age gap really hasn't been as huge of a deal as I thought it would.

I am definitely done. I love babies but I am at that time in my life where I am done. I am getting too old for starting over again haha.
 
DH & I are both 34.

Keira, she will be 10 on Saturday
Cooper he is 7
Harper he is 2 1/2

We are done, at least I hope so!

I had my tubes tied after Cooper was born, but now we have Harper! Lol! DH got a vasectomy this time.


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I have three kids, a boy (11 years old), a girl (10 years old) and another boy (almost 8). I would LOVE another child or two but we haven't been able to conceive for the last 7 years or so. This is my second round of infertility, far longer than the first time around (3 years before our first child).
 
I am married with three kids... Boy 10, Boy 7, and Girl 8. We homeschool... which was a big reason why I got into digital scrapbooking to begin with.
 
3 boys here and I also get the 'do you want to try for a girl' question lol

Jack is 13, Harry is 9 and Charlie is 2. No more, definitely no more!!! Charlie has been the hardest by a long stretch, still doesn't fully sleep through at night and I'm constantly tired, plus they've all had eczema with Charlie's being the worse of all 3 and it's been HARD work.
 
I have great stepkids, but they do not live with us. E is almost 19, B is almost 17.

We have been trying to have a child together for over 7 years and dealing with infertility and multiple miscarriages. We really love kids and wanted 4 together...but now we are just hoping to at least get one.
 
I have one daughter, who just turned 14. (I still can't believe that! :crying: ). I am divorced but have been seeing the same guy for the last 2.5 years. At first, we both thought we wanted at least one child together. The older I get though, the more I'm thinking it would be too hard to start over, so the one is probably gonna be it for me.
 
I have two girls my youngest just turned 12 and my oldest turns 17 in a couple of weeks. We started out pretty certain we'd only have one but after a few years we decided to add one more. We were certain we were done after that. I loved being pregnant but we knew that two was plenty for us. I was a little concerned about the age gap but it's really never been an issue. I have to say I'm really enjoying my kids as they get older, I was fearful of having a teen for the bad rep they have but so far it's been really great.
 
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