Dr Who? Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Have you lot got on here? 2 was fine, but now we have a 3rd it seems much more difficult, and like a small military operation in the morning to get them all ready and out the door. I only have 2 weeks paternity leave, and then I am out the door before the others get up, but my wife has 9 months of it.... Just got me thinking if any of you lot have more than 3? I know someone with 6 kids!!!!
saintscottofthenortham Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Two Girls. Always said I would keep going til I had a boy, but our youngest changed my mind on that, two is enough.
sussexsaint Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 We have 2 with a 3rd on the way , the boys are now 11 and 9 so I'm hoping it won't be quite so manic and actually they will be able to help, being that much older. Actually hoping we might enjoy this one , having 2 was about 50 times the work of just having the one.
daveygwyatt Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I have 5. It's all good til they start doing sports . I'm supposed to be in three different places on Friday night and Sunday at the same time. All worth it I might add
Quickfire Double Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I've got two, one of each, and being one of five myself, I'm quite happy that two is enough!
Swansea_Saint Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I found out tuesday night that we are having our first :-)
Dr Who? Posted 12 January, 2012 Author Posted 12 January, 2012 I found out tuesday night that we are having our first :-) Congrats Swansea_saint!
Dr Who? Posted 12 January, 2012 Author Posted 12 January, 2012 Mine are 10, 3 and one week. The good thing is the 10 year old helps get her sister ready in the morning, but with a baby it makes things tricky, and me tired and short tempered! But it does not stay like that. Just thinking in 3 years time I will have a teenage girl, and a 6 year old girl and a boy the age of my youngest girl.... Oh my god!!
Dr Who? Posted 12 January, 2012 Author Posted 12 January, 2012 I have 5. It's all good til they start doing sports . I'm supposed to be in three different places on Friday night and Sunday at the same time. All worth it I might add 5 oh my! We always said we wanted 3 but maybe 4. The problem in the past was alway money, so we could not afford to have more, but now it is because my wife had a tough and painful pregnancy and the labour went on forever, so 3 it is. Also I am 37 now, and inning the lack of sleep and working full time tough, as I have a senior role now. Love them all to bits.
buctootim Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 having 2 was about 50 times the work of just having the one. Weird, I never found that. Just by having one your lifestyle changes irrevocably anyway, having a second doesnt increase that imo. Also, maybe because my two are only 18 months apart they play happily together, so they dont always need me or their mum, so you get to spend some time with paper / coffee etc occasionally
norwaysaint Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I have two and that'll probably be it, as my wife was very ill through both of her pregnancies and has now started to move on with her career. I've heard a few times that the third child can really upset the balance of the home (I was a third child, hmm). My favourite comment I heard about that was that that two was fine but after the third, it became "like running a nursery with somebody you used to go out with".
trousers Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Just the two. Can't think of any logical reason to have any more than two sprogs. Besides, I had my knackers interferred with about 10 years ago so firing blanks now.
pap Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I'm from a large family, but my own is pegged at two girls. I do feel a little bit guilty about only having two. Brothers and sisters are a gift to your kids in later life. The missus claims that she'd go for one more if we could guarantee a son, but my youngest is 12, we had kids relatively young ( I was a mere 19 when first one was born ) so to be perfectly honest, enjoying the free time that you get when your kids get their own social lives ( better than mine, currently ) and am looking forward to a bit of a break on the child-rearing front in 6 years time. They'll just be after money then
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I know a couple who have 5 boys with 1 more on the way. What some people will do to have a girl ... and everything paid for by you and me.
alpine_saint Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 3 boys, 4th boy due in May. Ages 11, 8 and 2. The step from 2 to 3 was colossal, bit nervous about the step from 3 to 4. We live far away from any sort of family help.
Saint-scooby Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I have 4 and thats great, 3 girls one boy, my eldest is 18 the twins are 12, have to admit I shudder with fear when I see a baby now, ha thats all history.. Another milestone is today, when my son gets his GCSE maths result, he took it early...
Dimond Geezer Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Two boys, 15 & 11. Pleased I got a boy first time around, relieved I got one the second time. No ballet, hair tongs, ponies or pmt, all football, rugby & tree climbing and plenty of hand-me-downs. Once they hit secondary school they get expensive though.
buctootim Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 My dad was one of 14 and my mum one of 7. Families that size just seem outlandish now.
angelman Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 ..have to admit I shudder with fear when I see a baby now, ha thats all history.. Couldn't agree with you more. Can't understand why these celebes feel the need to have kids when they are in their 60s and should be lying on the beach drinking pina coladas. Having said that, my old boss has a friend (admittedly in his 90s) whose grandfather was born in 1791 (I know not relevant to the thread but interesting all the same)
Trader Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Three - 32, 23 and 21. Probably won't have any more.
badgerx16 Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Once they hit secondary school they get expensive though. Wait 'til they're 18 ! It doesn't get easier or cheaper..
View From The Top Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Lad of 9 and lasses of 6 & 4. Snip after the 3rd otherwise we would of had more. Life is just about perfect when I'm with them.
SNSUN Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Nil, but I get married in June and want to start trying pretty soon after. I'm hoping for 2 or 3 eventually but the first might change my mind on that number!
Window Cleaner Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Two 23 and 21, I think I must be an awful parent, my kids actually seem to like me.Mind you we don't see much of them,one at Louisiana Lafayette and the other at Cranfield on secondment from the French Navy. Probably comes of having a vivid memory and remembering what an ass I was when I was a kid.
Huffton Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 3 boys (13, 11, 6) and a girl (4). 3 boys are easy in comparison to madam. My utmost respect/sympathy to anyone who has more than on girl...
Trader Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 3 boys, 4th boy due in May. Ages 11, 8 and 2. The step from 2 to 3 was colossal, bit nervous about the step from 3 to 4. We live far away from any sort of family help. Takes a man to make a girl. Fact.
Shroppie Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Two daughters and two stepsons. All in their 30s but just as expensive as ever.
Durleyfos Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 I have two boys, aged 4.5 and 23 months. Getting the snip next year, two is more than enough!
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 3 boys (13, 11, 6) and a girl (4). 3 boys are easy in comparison to madam. My utmost respect/sympathy to anyone who has more than on girl... Between us, my Mrs and I have 4 girls, two each from previous relationships. We also have a son. girls are 18, 16, 16 (one mine one the Mrs) and 11. our son is 10. With respect to the girls, I love them all, they are infinitely more problematic than our son (so far).
LGTL Posted 12 January, 2012 Posted 12 January, 2012 Am I the only man who would never have the snip? Sod that.
Jesus Reigned Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 I've got 2; 9 year-old boy and 7 year-old girl. I fully agree with the poster above regarding it being so much harder with two; I don't really understand why but it is!! My brother and sister-in-law have just had their third, and I must say it's fantastic to be able to hand the baby back as soon as he kicks-off. As we've got one of each that'll be it for us, although for some reason I've got no inclination to have the snip. That said there'd be no need, as I find that not having sex is equally as good a contraceptive.........
Dimond Geezer Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Am I the only man who would never have the snip? Sod that. I thoroughly recommend it. It's great riding bare-back again, after so many years of wearing a mac.
toofarnorth Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Am I the only man who would never have the snip? Sod that. Do you have kids. Maybe they drive you to it!
Saint-scooby Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Good to see dune has not not reproduced...
Raging Bull Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 3 boys, 4th boy due in May. Ages 11, 8 and 2. The step from 2 to 3 was colossal, bit nervous about the step from 3 to 4. We live far away from any sort of family help. Do you sometimes sit down to wee so she doesn't feel so outnumbered?
View From The Top Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 I thoroughly recommend it. It's great riding bare-back again, after so many years of wearing a mac. This
buctootim Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Good to see dune has not not reproduced... Can you just imagine the kind of woman who would be prepared to....? You dont find many thick ankled blue stockinged Pony club members attracted to admin workers living in bedsits.
alpine_saint Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Do you sometimes sit down to wee so she doesn't feel so outnumbered? Nah, but she is always complaining about a p*ssy bathroom floor.
Lord Duckhunter Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 3 boys and 1 girl, plus 1 step son as well. Would love more, but Mrs Duck has put her foot down. Girl is harder work than all the boys added together, but with 4 older brothers I'm sure we'll manage to keep the toe rags away, when she gets older.
Raging Bull Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Can you just imagine the kind of woman who would be prepared to....? You dont find many thick ankled blue stockinged Pony club members attracted to admin workers living in bedsits. Yes but which ones dune?
Essruu Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 I thoroughly recommend it. It's great riding bare-back again, after so many years of wearing a mac. I don't understand the need for condoms for contraceptive reasons with one's regular partner / girlfriend / wife, and couldn't imagine having to wear one every time. It's a needless faff when you can just pull out and squirt it over her face, her tits or down her throat.
jjsaint Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 Two kids, 5 and 3. They are lovely little people, but I've aged 15 years in the last five.
Dimond Geezer Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 I don't understand the need for condoms for contraceptive reasons with one's regular partner / girlfriend / wife, and couldn't imagine having to wear one every time. It's a needless faff when you can just pull out and squirt it over her face, her tits or down her throat. I had to stiffle a laugh, the boss is talking to a colleague opposite me.
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