Always fun to see another foster parent's perspective. We have 4 permanent (2 bio, 2 adopted). We have had up to 7 at once, and it wasn't too bad. So maybe 8? But that's only if the others are older. I can't do diapers anymore. I am so over that phase. Bring on the teens!Well going to buck the trend. We have 4 plus 4 long term foster placements we hope to adopt.
Me too, very happy and blessed with our 2 health adult DS! Family will grow when the grandkids come, hopefully soon!I'm fine with the 2 I have, wouldn't want anymore
I was so happy to be past the diaper phase too!Always fun to see another foster parent's perspective. We have 4 permanent (2 bio, 2 adopted). We have had up to 7 at once, and it wasn't too bad. So maybe 8? But that's only if the others are older. I can't do diapers anymore. I am so over that phase. Bring on the teens!
In my family three kids is a small family. My great aunt had 10 surviving children and one that passed at birth. I have a cousin who has nine and the vast majority of my cousins have at least five. My maternal grandmother was the oldest of seven. My paternal grandmother had four and one that passed. I’m sure she would have had more if medically safe. As it was her house was always FULL of kids, grandkids and neighborhood kids. Kids always came from her house filthy and exhausted. We/they couldn’t keep up with HER.I forgot the too many part in my earlier reply. I would say 27 kids would be way over our limit........
See, now the gap between my oldest and younger two made it difficult. Nine and half years between them so I had angsty tween/teen and terrible twos/rotten threes at the same time. Was a very rough patch for me. It’s awesome now though. She’s like a third parent/big sister/best friend all rolled into one for them.I think timing matters as much as numbers. I have three and that's worked out well. If having the 3rd hadn't been such a production, we might even have decided to go for a 4th. But if having the 3rd hadn't been such a production - she came along almost 4 years later than planned - three would have been a real handful! It was the gap between them that made it as easy as it was, easy enough that we thought about having one more so DD10 would have a close-in-age sibling.
ETA: That's for kids I've raised since birth. We currently have 5 kids in our home, the other two being kids we invited into our home when their family situations became untenable, and that's probably my limit. My house just isn't big enough for any more people! But they were both teens when they came into our home, and I'd take teens over toddlers any day so my "limit" for birthing children and raising them from the start has always been lower than my tolerance for becoming a second mother to the older kids in our lives who need a bit of extra support.