https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:18:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298673 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:23:52 +0000 Finfan 2298673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just two and I am due with our second in 7 weeks. DH would probably love a third but we have agreed to stop at 2. I don't know anyone in our social circle with 4 or more kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298597 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:27:08 +0000 starlitsky 2298597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 or 3, but I don't have any yet and I'm in my late 30s... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298595 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:25:25 +0000 Eko 2298595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I feel the same as you. I don't know many people with 4# kids. I know a couple, but that's due to one family that had two sets of twins and one family where twins came second pregnancy and third pregnancy was an oops. But they all live in suburban Boston and are sahm. Most people I know have 2 kids for money reasons that live in Boston. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298517 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:18:15 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2298517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IRL we are planning to be one and done but in a perfect world where I have an unlimited amount of money, I would have at least 6!</p> <p>Unlimited money would allow us for me to stop working, get a bigger house and travel the world with our half dozen :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298505 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:10:29 +0000 Mrs. J 2298505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4. We will probably only have 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298491 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:59:45 +0000 Kimberlybee 2298491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love 4 kids but that's not going to happen since we had IF issues in the beginning while TTC. It delayed our family plans by 5 years and lots of expenses. We're expecting #2 and will be done. Having 3-4 kids is very normal in my nonreligious circle of friends so it might be a regional thing. It doesn't seem like a lot to me at all, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298267 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:36:27 +0000 cascademom 2298267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always wanted 2. I have 2 and am happy. Both my husband and I have always wanted this many. We've already discussed permanent measures to make sure we don't have more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298252 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:29:18 +0000 LovelyPlum 2298252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: Eek!</p> <p>4! We are NTNP right now for #2 and will TTC full-out in October/November. I'm thinking there will probably be a gap between 2 and 3, so I would like 3 and 4 to be close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298228 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:12:37 +0000 gentlelunette 2298228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have 4 if we had more money and a bigger home and only if I could be a SAHM. I grew up in a family of 4 and I loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298140 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:43:18 +0000 shellio 2298140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted 4, would maybe even want 5 if all those other things didn't come into play! But we're expecting #3 in a couple of weeks and I think we will probably be done after this - never say never, I guess, but I'm pretty sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2298098 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:22:20 +0000 mrswilson2012 2298098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One or two for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297896 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:31:02 +0000 MrsBrewer 2297896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4!!! We're trying for a second right now 😁 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297884 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:26:31 +0000 lawbee11 2297884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maaaaaybe one more, but I don't know. I don't have a longing for another baby, but maybe that would change in an ideal world (though it's not my reality so moot point!). </p> <p>@Ra: Have you read this? Your comment made me think of it :)<br /> <a href="https://www.scarymommy.com/club-mid/i-thought-i-wanted-another-baby/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scarymommy.com/club-mid/i-thought-i-wanted-another-baby/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297757 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 06:31:20 +0000 Tanjowen 2297757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: Nope, not the only oddball. I only want my one! At times I also really think I want a 2nd, and maybe we will, but I'm content with one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297736 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:31:40 +0000 Nutella 2297736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we both deep down love the idea of 3, but right now are TTC for #2 with the plan of it being the last. Both DH &amp; I are from 2 kid families, so that was the default...but I would love a big family as I missed that growing up (4.5yr age gap with me and my my older brother). We will just have to see how we feel after second LO is with us :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297733 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 01:56:32 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2297733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If none of that mattered, 2. But since all of it matters, 1 :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297729 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:43:06 +0000 agold 2297729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If money and infertility and whatever weren't an option, I'd like three or four. I'm cracking up over the two people who voted they would want zero kids! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297719 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:15:10 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2297719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted 6 hahaha. If we had lots of money and I was physically strong and etc!!</p> <p>I would like four or more though.. But after having been through miscarriages and seeing so many losses around me I'll take things one kid at a time. Soo thankful for my lil dude and the lil one in my womb!!</p> <p>But I always wanted lots of children and minus the newborn stage and sleeplessness I feel like with my personality I could handle more. I'm ok w a mess here and there and tend to laugh when things go crazy (I taught first graders and loved it). In general my husband and I also enjoy simple things in life vs expensive vacations and luxury items so I feel like we would not mind spending what we had on more kids and not grow discontent.</p> <p>I'm in the Bay Area and lots of ppl here make very good $$ at high tech companies (my husband has a diff line of work an I stay at home). I do see a trend towards 3+ kids moreso than when I was growing up even though it's also very common to just have one or two... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297708 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:56:50 +0000 sapphire 2297708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just two. The idea of more is so overwhelming! And honestly, I want to be able to spend our extra money and fun adventures for the family and that is less and less realistic with more than two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297706 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:48:53 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2297706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was the youngest of three and my husband is an only child. I've always wanted two, although I am one of those odd birds who really loved being pregnant, so I actually would possibly consider three. However, my husband would never go for it, so I think we'll be two and through. We'll see, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297686 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:01:43 +0000 rattles 2297686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel in my gut like we're a family with 4 kids, but who knows. I'm one of 5 and DH is one of 4. My dad is one of 10, and DH's mom is one of 6. I love big families, and I'm so close to my siblings. I'd love for my kids to grow up that way! We have two now, and I have no idea what's in the cards for us. I am definitely not ready to be done, and we've made decisions all along the way to try and facilitate a larger family. We always said 3-5, but now I find the idea of 5 overwhelming and worry that with 3, one would be left out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297684 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:58:37 +0000 Ra 2297684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the oddball out. I just want one. Every once in a while I get a wild hair up my ass and think I want another one but I think I like the idea of a second more than the reality. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297679 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:46:12 +0000 MamaBehr 2297679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm crazy, currently pregnant with number four. We are very much done after this one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297673 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:35:49 +0000 MrsRcCar 2297673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4. We have two now. We are actively not preventing so hopefully number 3 will be baking soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297663 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:15:25 +0000 matador84 2297663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I completely envision 4 children but realistically we are probably going to stop at 2. I would love to have more but doubtful it will happen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/3#post-2297611 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:39:53 +0000 DesertDreams88 2297611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All my life I've always said 4. There are so many barriers to that number now (mainly money and fertility), so I think I will have to let my dreams go. :(</p> <p>I love kids. All of my jobs have been childcare: after school program director, daycare worker, camp counselor, teacher for 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 10th. </p> <p>I also love big families. My dad was one of 9 and my mom was one of 5. I LOVE My big extended family and the solid relationships that almost all the adults have. Growing up, all I had was my brother and it took forever to develop a good relationship with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/2#post-2297595 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:30:51 +0000 Applesandbananas 2297595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/2#post-2297587 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:21:08 +0000 ladybee 2297587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I could pick, I've always wanted two boys and then a girl. DH really only wants two due to money and I'm pregnant with our second boy. </p> <p>When our oldest goes to kindergarten, we will discuss if we want another. It'll but a 3.5-4 year age gap between Lo2 and the baby and 6 year between lo1 and baby. I'm not sure about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/2#post-2297571 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:06:40 +0000 LilSprinkles 2297571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two, maybe three. Through, I'm very content with one right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-kids-would-you-ideally-want/page/2#post-2297570 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:06:34 +0000 FaithFertility 2297570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 but I LOVE babies so maybe more...lol </p>