large families

Hi all, I'm wondering how you teach your children skills and provide the interactions and feedback they need to develop optimally, especially if you have children close in age (e.g., having 3 at age 5 or under). When you have one child, you can focus on so many skills - uninterrupted reading...

My husband (46m) and I (40f) currently have four kids at home (9,7,3,2). We live in a large enough (albeit with most sharing rooms) house zoned to the best public schools and drive a car that fits everyone. We have one frozen embryo that we had been planning to implant before we had our...

Are we crazy?!? We very well might be! My husband and I found out that we’re pregnant with baby #5 last weekend! Still waiting for my doctor to come back from vacation so I don’t have anymore details besides that lol. We’ve always wanted a big family, and it think it’s pretty neat to have them...

I'm so overwhelmed lately and I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. My wife(36f) and I(37m) have twins(B&G) that will be turning 3 years old in three months, then exactly a week after the twins birthday, our oldest(B) will be turning 4. There is so much I need to write out but I'm just so sad...

I am looking for some perspectives and ideas in order to get inspiration for a change in our morning routine, ideally from parents of children 3 to 8. Background: currently with three kids (2 - 4 - 6). They wake up around 6 AM and need to be out of the house by 8 AM. During those two hours the...

We’ve got 3 kids (5, 3 and 1 y/o). We’re (non-urgently) considering having a fourth. I feel like I have a sense of what having one more would be like while they’re still young, but have trouble envisioning what the challenges will be as they get older (I suppose that’s true whether we have 3 or...

Long story short, my husband and I have a 2 month old and 14 month old and have been doing well with the support of visiting family members. We initially imagined having 2-4 kids, but did not have our first until about 8 years of marriage due to focus on education/career. Both babies were...

Hi everyone! Our family has decided to take a 2 week vacation to Japan during summer. My mom and sister are also going to be joining us as well. Gonna be honest, ever since we had kids we haven’t flown so that’s gonna be 14 years of no flying or really traveling far. We are super excited, me...

I’m trying to weigh the pros and cons of transferring our baby girl embryo this Fall. I have two boys (almost 2 & 4) and I’m 40. Husband is not 💯 in … yet. One of my arguments is I feel like with three kids life is still routine and monotonous but less so. There’s more happening, more self play...

(Big thank you to @larsonmcl and all mods for approving this post!) Hi everyone! My name is Belén and I’m with the University of California, San Francisco. We are currently doing interviews with parents of infants under 1.5 years of age to learn about how stressful/scary events impact families...

Quad stroller? Will soon have 3 under 3, we currently use the peg perego double adapter stroller which still allows the car seat adapter. By the time our 3rd is here, my youngest will be out of the infant car seat into a stroller seat along with our almost two year old. Been looking into these...

I need help with a lens shift or advice on how to manage cleaning a home with so many people in it. Me and my fiancé have 4 kids afes 10, 8, 5, and 8 months (3 are mine from a previous marriage). I add the last part because although he loves the kids and treats them like his own I feel more...

I’m in school a couple of times a week, and I have a very part-time job about one evening a week. Otherwise I am home with our kids. My husband works roughly 40 hours a week at a coffee shop doing a variety of things there (barista, roasting coffee, education, etc.). MY HOUSE IS SO MESSY...

The room we come in is 7x9 (doors on both 9ft walls face to face on the left) We are remodeling it, it will be stripped down. We will be 7. Should 1 put hooks? School lockers? What's the best way to organize it? I want space for guest too. Maybe a place to store winter coat?

Before I start, I know there's no right answer to this! Appreciate everyone's perspectives, it really helps me think through it. Our (37M, 34F) kids are currently 6, 3, and 2 months. We've deliberately spaced them 2.5-3 years apart for my own sanity and wanting to have the time to treasure the...

Would you be pissed? He works 10 hour days/4 days a week and I have 2 part-time jobs and do a lot of running around with our kids. I do get more time at home alone but it’s not a ton more. Almost every time we are home together for the day he goes to “lay down with the kids”, they get up and...

UPDATE: I can’t thank everyone enough for the suggestions and support. We took many of them. One that has worked very well was a toy rotation system. I also have been giving the kids daily jobs which they love doing and take pride in! Our daughter was officially diagnosed as ADHD and were doing...

Someome made an off comment to me like I was hoarding but what people don't realize is not everyone only has 2-3 kids! I have 5 kids and am shopping for my grandparents and am shopping for a months worth of stuff! I have a lot of pull-ups? I am buying pull-ups for 3 kids! My grocery cart does...

Hi, Parent! Ever found yourself meticulously planning a well-balanced meal only to face a little rebel's uprising at the dining table? We've all been there. One day, carrots are the heroes of their stories, and the next, they're the villains to be banished. It's not just about getting them to...

Hi , so I currently have 2 boys , 9 and 8 and baby girl 10 months old. I can’t help but feeling a little guilty that the little one is going to grow up alone in her childhood years . As of now we don’t really notice it that much because the boys are still young , they live their little...