For a “mama to 6”, I don’t think I have ever seen her with all of them on her own in the three years I’ve followed her. Am I unusual in that most days it’s just me and my kids? My husband is at work, including a lot of weekends, they don’t go off to spend weeks at a time with various friends and family, it’s just us.
Funny how Josh had to go to sleep during the day of Isaac’s birthday, but today he could take the boys so R and B could go piss about together.
I would find it extremely unusual for it to just be me and my kids. I think I would be very lonely
I have 7 kids and a big family
My eldest is an adult and has his own life. Still at home, but comes and goes as he pleases. My older twins (19 now) don’t live at home anymore. 1 is away at uni and 1 lives with her boyfriend. My middle twins (now 13) and my youngest daughter (7) stay with the twin that lives with her boyfriend at least a couple of nights a week. My baby (now 2) stays with my mum every Wednesday night. The rest will also stay a random nights through the week at my mums sometimes. They also stay with friends and cousins at weekends
my house is constantly full of their friends too, they raid my fridge for cans of pop and eat all the cheese on a daily basis. There is always noise in my house. Always.
I have a friend that has 2 little girls and hardly any family. She is always at home with just her kids, they don’t see people a lot, play dates are arranged weeks in advance and they live a very structured, routine based life. I find it quite restrictive at times.
I find her life very lonely, I wouldn’t like to live that that. She finds my life chaotic, which I admit it is at times, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I hate routines. My kids hate routines and we rub along just fine without them. Each to their own
Life is very different with 2 kids compared to multiple kids. I think unless people have experienced life in a big family they won’t understand it