large families

Anyone found a good storage for bags of cereal? I desperately want to have cereal containers to alleviate the mashing smushing hulk like behavior my kids exhibit while trying to get their bags in the cereal cabinet BUT none of them are big enough to hold a malt-o-meal bag. Obviously refilling...

It’s now or never on our 3rd baby (frozen embryo). If it takes, ages will be 3.5, 2.25 and newborn. So we’re looking at no kids in full time school for another year, older ones can be in preschool for 3 hours a day, and I will keep a nanny while on long mat leave. If I was in my early 30s it...

After being done with having more kids mentally, physically, and emotionally, I am now accidentally pregnant with a third. I have been deeply depressed and crying on and off ever since I found out. My choices are grim: terminate or keep, neither I am super thrilled about. My kids are currently...

I just found out I am pregnant with (assuming all goes well) my third child. I already have a boy and a girl who would be 4 and 2.5 when this one is born. This baby was planned and wanted but I’m still freaking out a bit. Three under 5 won’t be…easy…I imagine. We are very fortunate to have...

Do you get up before your kids? Do your kids wake you up? I’m struggling hard with my 3 year old. He can bust child locks off now, which is what worked for a while. Then we had a baby gate, but he needs to use the potty in the mornings now (he’s just starting to ease into night training, and...

Kids are 8, 4, 2, and 7mo. We are going tent camping for 2 nights.. We just spent the last 2 1/2 hours packing up our 2 vehicles to the brim. The kids running around excited acting crazy while we frantically try to remember all the things.. Are we crazy? lol we figure if it’s a nightmare we...

I’m currently pregnant with my fourth and we’re very happy. Having said that, I’ve been a little reluctant to announce because in this day and age and amongst the family and coworkers I interact with, people mostly have 2-3 kids and seem to have a hard time comprehending having any number of...

Just found out I am pregnant again this morning. It’s not unexpected, it’s wanted, and I was so overjoyed! Then I thought about going from family of 4 to 5, the money we’d need, car upgrade etc. obviously we discussed it before we “threw caution to the wind” and decided we’d be ok, but it’s a...

My husband and I have four kids (5F, 4M, 2M, and 6mo.F). The oldest has her own room, the boys share a room, and the baby currently sleeps in our room. Over the last month about 4-5 nights a week, our four year old has started crying in the middle of the night because he wants to sleep with us...

My wife and I just found out we are expecting twins in April! We already have a 3 year old. We’re already overwhelmed by the news but we’re excited as well. If anyone has any great resources for parenting twins and a 3.5 year old, send them our way! Thanks!!

Hi there. I love following this sub for all of your tips and inspiration to streamline the less-fun parts of parenting! My spouse and I have two kids, ages 6 and 1.5, both boys. They're crazy, don't get me wrong, but they're also a delight and we have a house full of as much laughter as there...

Hello! I’m somewhat unexpectedly pregnant with baby #5. We have 4 already, 2 boys and 2 girls and thought we were done and taking precautions to prevent more. Well, surprise! After a late night breakdown on the living room floor upon seeing the positive pregnancy test, I’ve more or less come...

We're embarking on an addition and renovation of our home this year, and it's time to start working on plans for the kitchen layout. I'm yrying to gather information and ideas from all corners of the internet about how to make our kitchen efficient and practical for our needs, but I haven't...

My husband works so much at his extremely stressful job, including weekends, that it’s usually just me and the kids (6,4,2 and baby on the way). Not exaggerating when I say he has 0 household duties besides putting his dinner plate in the sink and he might spend a few hours with us every other...

My first two are 17 months apart - they are 2.5 (almost 3) and 17 months right now, and I’ve started having baby fever badly. If we started trying this next cycle and happened to get pregnant right away, we would have a 3.5 year old and 2 year old when the new baby is born. I’ve always wanted...

Anyone else have this struggle? I’m newly separated and have nine babies, I need at least 5 bedrooms but if possible I’d like 7 so I don’t have to put my 2 year old son with his 6 and 8 year old brothers.

Hello! I’m due with my fourth in January. We either purged or lost most of our baby gear when we moved and when we unexpectedly had a house flood. What would you say are must haves for baby gear when you have four children? Children will be 7, 6, and 2 when baby comes along. We have a pack...

My two oldest boys are about two years apart but one of them is rather skinny while the other one has a booty (: They have the same size underwear and untill recently where sharing a room (they are 6 and 4). I just have one bunch of boxers and singlets for them that they share, but I can imagine...

Y’all. What is your schedule like? We really would like to have four kids but I can’t imagine how it works. Right now we have an almost 2.5-year-old and a 6-month-old. My husband works during the week and I work weekend evenings from home but my job is so busy with things that need to be done in...

We have 3 girls- currently 0.5, 3.5, and 5.5. All summer babies. Our youngest is in clothes worn by both of her older sisters and two cousins (also summer gals and right between ours, currently 2.5 and 4.5). I love it. Emotionally, financially, environmentally- couldn’t be happier to see these...