https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:34:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777983 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:24 +0000 Anagram 777983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I'm one of 6, too! But none of my siblings have been crazy enough to do that. So far, I only have 6 nieces and nephews (from just the oldest 3 siblings).</p> <p>But our cousins are still having tons of babies. In their case, it's religious though. No BC! Also, in their lifestyle, they kind of need the child labor. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777966 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:39:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 777966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg this thread makes me laugh! I cannot believe the majority of you only know familes with 4 or fewer kids.</p> <p>Maybe it's regional, maybe is social - but the majority of families I know have AT LEAST 4 kids, and I know plenty of families with 8 and a few of 10-12.</p> <p>I am one of 6, DH is one of 5. </p> <p>It will actually be really weird among those I know if I decide to "only" have 2-3 kids!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777879 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:20:18 +0000 banana 777879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My previous boss had 6 kids (2 sets of twins!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777840 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:08:29 +0000 runsyellowlites 777840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7! We have a friend that has 7 and it wouldn't be surprising if they had another! Most of our friends have 4-5... we'll probably have 3-5 ourselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777830 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:04:41 +0000 anbanan15 777830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is my age 6 kids. They have 4 adopted and then had 2 biological children. </p> <p>My neighbor growing up had at least 14 kids, but as @Foodnerd81: pointed out it gets hard to keep track. My FIL is one of 8. My mom is one of 5 and my dad is one of 4. DH and I are both one of 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777814 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:30 +0000 pui 777814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a family with 5 kids. That's about the most I have ever seen around here. Most people have 2 or 3 kids. A few have 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777807 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:21 +0000 dagret 777807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an intern who's 1 of 12. They're mennonite. She's the only "contemporary" family I know that's that big - my dad was 1 of 9 and my mom 1 of 5; my inlaws 1 of 5 and 1 of 6; I think bigger families were more common a generation or two ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777661 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:11:02 +0000 Mrsbells 777661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know someone in real life who has 5</p> <p>I also know a few who have 4 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777658 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:10:21 +0000 IcebergMom 777658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@woodentulip: when we move to our Florida island beach home we will be a family of three! Maybe four? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777596 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:47:32 +0000 petunia354 777596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my cousin, she has 2 boys and 2 girls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777594 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:47:24 +0000 autumnlove 777594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom was one of 12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777583 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:41:51 +0000 googly-eyes 777583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma had 15. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777565 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:34:54 +0000 Smurfette 777565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma had 4 kids. That is the one one I can think of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777547 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:52 +0000 MrsKoala 777547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a family that has five but most people I know have 2 or 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777507 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:18:34 +0000 sarac 777507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My fathers wife had 6. She wanted more - when she married my father they wanted to have more, but he was so old that they decided not to.</p> <p>If I had a lot of family in town and didn't have so much desire for a career, I could see having as many as my crappy fertility would allow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777408 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:52:18 +0000 yoursilverlining 777408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL is one of 9.</p> <p>Since the advent of reliable, available birth control though (haha) the most I personally know is 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777401 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:49:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 777401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Yeah I thought a lot of kids was 'normal' for a long time! I also wanted to have a lot until I got older and realized how much work it is and how expensive it is-- now 2 or 3 sounds good, but sometimes I feel bad because I know how much I appreciate all my siblings! I was talking to my mom this weekend and she said she wouldn't have minded another one after my youngest sister but my dad thought 5 was enough, which was funny since we always joke that the youngest was an accident (aren't siblings sweet?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids/page/2#post-777395 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:45:25 +0000 chopsuey 777395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma had 10 kids.<br /> Inlaws have 5.<br /> Everyone else who's my age has two or less! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777393 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:44:46 +0000 woodentulip 777393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh wow. Somehow this thread totally has me feeling stressed out! I can barely manage two kids...kudos to the parents with more!</p> <p>I have a friend with 4, and I knew a couple of families growing up with 5. But that's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777389 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:42:22 +0000 Chillybear 777389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My neighbor had 5 in her first marriage (b,b,g,b,b) then divorced and remarried he had 2 children (g,b) they had a child together (b) they range in age from 28 to 16 and her daughter has a 4 year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777369 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:29:39 +0000 matador84 777369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my friends has 4. A lot of my students parents have 4 or more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777366 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:27:08 +0000 regberadaisy 777366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: wow.</p> <p>Most people I know have 3 or less as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777364 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:26:15 +0000 littlek 777364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: OMG</p> <p>My dad was one of 4. My mom was one of 6. Most of the families I know have either 2 or 3 kids. Our babysitter has 6 kids though. She is sooo good with LO!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777357 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:22:29 +0000 LovelyPlum 777357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: you too? Cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777354 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:20:44 +0000 LovelyPlum 777354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I'm one of 5 too! I just always thought *we* were the norm and everyone else was weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777338 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:10:39 +0000 Running Elley 777338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my friends from high school is one of 11! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777337 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:10:15 +0000 Weagle 777337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin has 12. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777329 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07:26 +0000 Dandelion 777329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A good friend of mine has 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777323 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:04:38 +0000 Ginger333 777323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know quite a few families with 4 kids and three of my friends have 5 kids.</p> <p>Larger families seem to be a lot more common around here than where I'm from. I don't know anyone "back home" with more than 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-do-you-know-irl-that-has-the-most-kids#post-777313 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:56:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 777313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew a family growing up that had something like 14 kids-- they were still adding to the family when I left town for college and stopped keeping track (one of the older ones was in my grade). </p> <p>My mom is one of 6 (would have been 7, one passed away at a few days old). I'm one of 5. Of friends with young kids, I think so far the most is 3 kids-- two different families both just had their third this year. At least one of them will probably keep going, they always wanted a big family. Both families have 3 boys. </p>