Large families

7 children - I have 7 children ages from 25 - 6. Yes very large family !
United States
September 9, 2007 3:52pm CST
Many people say I am crazy for having 7 children, but the truth of the matter is at times it is not any harder having 7 children, than it is to have just 1. Yea I agree it does cost more to care for them, and feed them. If you have the experience of shopping in bulk, and cooking large meals, it doesn't cost that much. The only time it becomes hard with a large family is if the children are fighting with each other, or they all decide to talk at once, and they try to over talk the others, and thats when it gets loud. I love having a large family I feel I was very blessed! I even have other children adopting me as their mom, and I am there for each one of them, as well as my own!
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@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
29 Sep 07
That is great that you have 7 children that are all close from what it looks like in the photo. It also sounds like you are a good mom. What are there ages? I only have 1, but I have 2 step-children and 2 step-granddaughters. :)
• United States
30 Sep 07
25, 22, 19, 13, 12, 10, 6
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@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
30 Sep 07
wow, thats a hand full!:)
• United States
1 Oct 07
Yes it is, but the older ones are able to help out some.
• China
28 Sep 07
My God!How big it is of your family!But in my country ,in most families there is only one child.People cann't afroid to raise so many children from primary school to university!I think you are a great mother!
• United States
30 Sep 07
Thank you ! It is hard but you learn to adjust !
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
23 Sep 07
Well that's amazing, those kids are lucky to have you as a mom. What a cute photo as well, they all look so happy. I have to ask, do they ever fight? If they all choose to talk at the same time, what do you do?? Break out the tylenol?????
• United States
25 Sep 07
Thank you ! Yes, they do fight, and when they do I break it up, and yes I end up with a big headache ! When someone is picking on one of them the good thing is they are all there to help them out !
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
9 Sep 07
It must be difficult to have quality time with each of those seven children. How do you juggle time with each?
• United States
10 Sep 07
It is really not hard, because I take 1 day for each child, and we plan on a place to go, or something to do together. I have time to spend with all the children after I am finished with the individual child's time !
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
11 Sep 07
If you happy to have that many Children and a large Family then that is all that counts I have 2 Children and I am lucky to have them as I was told I would never have any the Pregnancies where hard but I would do it all over again to have my 2 (they are both Adults now) after my Daughter I was not able to have anymore but I am grateful for the 2 I have
• United States
30 Sep 07
Yes, I agree as long as a person can have children they are lucky.
@gapeach65 (805)
• United States
25 Sep 07
my 4 children - These are my 4 children, in front of my son's huge truck.
I think it's great that you have so many children, imagine all the love! I have 4 children myself and like you, have many children who have "adopted" me as mom too. There are too many people who judge people who have lots of children these days. Sure, it's harder when you have children at all or have more than one, but that's all part of life. I love every moment of being a mom and having a large family.When my husband and I got together, he had 1 daughter from his previous marriage and I had 2 children, a daughter and a son, then we had one son together, so we have a large blended family. He's so happy that he's not alone any more. There is so much love in our home, and I think everyone who comes in feels that too.
• United States
30 Sep 07
I think that is great your, mine, and ours ! That makes the family complete !