https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:36:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-907717 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:25:57 +0000 pastemoo 907717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandparents didn't. We aren't sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-907673 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:16:17 +0000 Mrs. Blue 907673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are not at all sure. Depending on a great variety of factors, we might stop at the two we have or have up to 4. We shall see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-907643 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:08:06 +0000 bisous 907643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a number...but at least 2 and no more than 5. Definitely depends on our financial situation, too... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-907570 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:45:53 +0000 MrsF 907570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure we will have more than one, but not sure how many! DH keeps saying he wants 4, but I would think we'll have 2 or 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-907315 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 07:28:54 +0000 heartonastring 907315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before we had DD we always said two, but now we might be open to being one and done. We've decided to not make any decisions yet though and to revisit it later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906601 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:43:38 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 906601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: us too.</p> <p>I'm 25 now. I'd like to not have any kids after 30/32. If we did them 1-2 years apart, we could have dh's magic number of 5...but I doubt that'll happen, because 4 seems like plenty. But, who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906568 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:15:58 +0000 Weagle 906568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're taking it one child at a time. We love being parents! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906550 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:58:20 +0000 lomom 906550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um.. He wants more and I don't. Lo is 12 weeks so we aren't committed either way. </p> <p>I love the idea of having an only child. We've always talked about it in terms of how many we could afford and responsibly parent and right now, my answer to that is 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906548 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:55:32 +0000 Rubies 906548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am done at two but my husband wants more! He doesn't mind stopping at two but he does mention every now and then when we should try for #3 (he needs to hold his horses as I'm still pregnant with #2!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906544 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:51:43 +0000 DigAPony 906544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we're flexible, because we don't really know what our financial situation will be like in the years to come and that's what will likely dictate how big our family is. Ideally I'd like to have 3 or 4 and be done by 35, but who knows. (I'm 27 now and pregnant with our first.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906542 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:49:16 +0000 allison 906542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Yeah, I want to be done by early 30s. I'm 27 now, so that leaves time for a couple more, at least! </p> <p>We don't have a set number. "2 or 3" is our standard response. It all depends on how everything plays out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906516 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:17:23 +0000 LovelyPlum 906516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LittleFox: we feel similarly. Iwas actually on BCP for about ten years, but NFP just feels so much more "right" for us :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906320 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:41:21 +0000 sslm 906320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've kind of decided to see how this one goes, even though we are both pretty committed to having more than 1 since we both really enjoyed having a sibling growing up (and now!). We think 2 or 3, but who knows!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906281 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:12:56 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 906281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have no idea!! I think we will decide after each one if we should do it again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906268 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:53:52 +0000 Dandelion 906268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a concrete plan. More like a concrete age when we want to be done having babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906242 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:26:26 +0000 NavyRN2012 906242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! We're definitely taking things one at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906225 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:11:03 +0000 Mrs. Polish 906225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a set number, but I think all of our friends do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906224 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:09:20 +0000 Ash 906224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LittleFox: same as your response to lovelyplum :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906181 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 05:53:07 +0000 rachiecakes 906181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were set on one and done and now we're both not sure. If we didn't love city living, we'd have like 4/5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906159 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 04:57:37 +0000 PrincessBaby 906159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dont know exactly, we'll have #2 and then go from there. We both come from families with 3 kids so we both lean toward that.</p> <p>DH said something about "if we end up having like 5 kids," and I almost passed out, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906128 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 03:04:43 +0000 Penny Lane 906128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've agreed to take it one kid at a time. who knows what life will bring us in a few years</p> <p>our stock answer when people ask how many we want is 12. the looks on people's faces... priceless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906117 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:35:22 +0000 SugarplumsMom 906117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ideal was 2 pre-baby. But we we've been reassessing things since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906040 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:03:36 +0000 LittleFox 906040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: We use it, too! We're Catholic and want to be open to children in our marriage, but even outside of that we just don't know what our "right" or ideal number will be in the end. I ask DH how many kids would be his ideal, and he sys "I dunno, however many we have." We still discern timing and whether to TTC/NTNP/TTA based on our life circumstances and family/individual needs (we're avoiding for now) , but we just don't know if "perfect" for us will be one child, two, three, four, or even more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906035 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:51:38 +0000 sera_87 906035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My max is 5, but I'm flexible with how many kids we end up with within that maximum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906025 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:46:39 +0000 LovelyPlum 906025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Us! We have an approximate number, but we use NFP, so we are open to more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-906016 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:41:15 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 906016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're trying to be open-minded about it too! we knew for sure we wanted more than 1, but we don't know if we want 2 or 3... it depends on a lot of things, and right now i feel like i'm happy with 2, but we're leaving the door open for 3 just in case... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-905991 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:26:16 +0000 stargal 905991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup I constantly ask my hubby and he never gives me a clear answer. We both want a lot but he def doesn't have a number. The last time I asked him he goes "why stop a good thing.". Ummmmm I don't want to be the next duggar family. Ahhjh.<br /> Buti ideally I want four. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-else-not-plan-a-specific-number-of-kids#post-905983 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:21:05 +0000 LittleFox 905983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one LO and are definitely open to more in the future, but we don't have a set or ideal number of children. We're taking it one at a time and keeping an open dialogue. It seems like everyone else knows how many children they want, though! Anyone else being flexible about it? </p>