https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:08:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416557 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:46:33 +0000 snowjewelz 2416557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has 2 cousins, both on DH's side! One boy who's almost 3 and one girl who's like 2 weeks older :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416400 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:49:22 +0000 looch 2416400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None of them are local anymore, but we make it a point to talk to them via Skype. My son is very trusting of people, he warms up to older kids a lot easier than younger kids, so he does great with my SILs three kids (ages between 6 and 13).</p> <p>It's a little more challenging with my brother's son, only because of the current age difference. I have a feeling when they are both older it won't be an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416393 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:39:35 +0000 GrapeCrush 2416393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kiddos are 2.5 and 3.5 years old. </p> <p>On DH side, they have 1 cousin who is just over 1 year old. We see them at least 1 time a month, usually a couple times though. </p> <p>On my side they have 9 cousins. My sisters kids(10,8,5) live out of state, so we see them only a handful of times. My brothers kids(5,2.5,1 and 10,1) we see at least once a week because my mom watches my kids and one of my brothers kids one day a week. And the other brother brings his kids over most of the time that day to have the kids all play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416350 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:05:16 +0000 sometimesshesings 2416350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3</p> <p>One on my side who is 7 months older than LO2. They live in town, so we see her every week.</p> <p>Two on my husband's side, one two years older than LO1 and one two months younger than LO1. They live an hour away and we see them about once a month.</p> <p>We keep thinking about moving to a more affordable area, but it's so hard to imagine leaving our families, especially now that we have close-in-age cousins nearby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416338 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:47:10 +0000 travellingbee 2416338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 on my side. And they are 8 and 10 (my boys are almost 3 and 1 week old). Those are the only cousins he will have. DH's sister never had kids and doesn't want any (and is older now). My brother is done. So 2 it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416337 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:40:24 +0000 birdofafeather 2416337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None. Hopefully one from DH's twin sister soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416329 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:06:07 +0000 HLK208 2416329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just one. He was born a week after DS. They really love each other and get along well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2416315 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:43:47 +0000 hocuspocus 2416315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has many 2nd cousins But only 1st cousin..my sisters daughter they are 7 mos apart. (DD is 7 mos. Olivia is 14mos) We live about 2 hrs away but they get to see each other a couple times a month. Love seeing seeing them interact together. Born as cousins but as close as sisters ❤️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2415679 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:26:13 +0000 Finfan 2415679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids have one cousin (6) on my side and one on DH's (11). We live about 2.5 hours from each but try to see them regularly. DD1 (3.5) is obsessed with her cousins. DD2 is almost 10 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2415674 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:21:04 +0000 LilSprinkles 2415674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has two cousins. We see them about once a year, since we live far away from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2415672 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:20:00 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2415672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only 1. We see him during the holidays and a few times a year. However, she has quite a few second cousins she has yet to meet: twin girls the same age, and sisters around her age from DH side of the family, plus a couple more around here age scattered around the globe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins/page/2#post-2415638 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:21:39 +0000 lady baltimore 2415638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has two cousins, a brother and sister who live about nine hours away by car. That is most likely all she will ever have; I would be very surprised if my brother decides to procreate. She'll likely see those cousins 2-3 times a year.</p> <p>I grew up with a lot of cousins who I still see fairly regularly, and one who lives nearby will have a baby about 6 months younger than LO. She will grow up with my cousins' kids the way that I did with my first cousins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415628 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:03:27 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2415628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First cousins? My los have one who we haven't met yet. :( Cousin is 9 months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415611 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:30:38 +0000 Andrea 2415611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 on DH's side that live less than 10 minutes away, but we don't get together often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415597 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:12:52 +0000 autumnlove 2415597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One on DH's side and she is the same age as LO 2. We live a few blocks away but we don't see each other as much as we would like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415585 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:55:06 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2415585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 on DH's side. They range from 16-42. Not too many playmates in that bunch.<br /> There are 14 in th next generation from NB to seven so we lucked out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415538 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:07:20 +0000 Ree723 2415538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One on my side - my brother has a little boy who is three weeks younger than DD1. We only see them once a year (at most) as we live in a different country but they get along famously. We're in the midst of a three week visit with them right now and watching them together is the most heartwarming thing!</p> <p>One DH's side, they have five cousins, four of whom are 5-9, and a 2.5 yr old. All but the 7 and 9 yr olds (boys) live in different countries so we rarely see them. The boys live ten minutes away so we see them a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415534 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:04:32 +0000 lilteacherbee 2415534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None yet :( DH is an only child and my sister is young and not married/seriously dating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415533 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:04:20 +0000 lamariniere 2415533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On my side, currently 1 but with twins on the way.<br /> On DH's side 2. </p> <p>We've only seen the one on my side twice since they live across the ocean from us. On DH's side we see them maybe twice per year since they are in another country, but much closer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415520 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:51:18 +0000 hellobeeboston 2415520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 cousins total. My kids are the youngest and third youngest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415518 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:47:23 +0000 ALV91711 2415518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3. Two on DH's side who are about 15 &amp; 17 and they've only met once when DS was 3 months. My sister has a daughter 13 months younger and one due next month.</p> <p>DS loves his little cousin to bits even though they've only seen each other a few times. They are about 15 hours away. </p> <p>He has lots of second cousins and we see them throughout the year. I really wish we lived closer to our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415509 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:39:31 +0000 Jess1483 2415509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's only have two cousins--DH's sister's kids. They live 10 hours away so we've only really seen them once, and then only their oldest and our oldest. But we will resume our annual week-long vacation this summer (we go in the summer and dS2 was born this June) and should start seeing them a bit more. My kids likely won't have cousins on our side, but hopefully will have more down the road on DH's side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415505 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:35:07 +0000 MamaG 2415505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH and I are the babies and started way later. On my side, two 23 and 21. On DH side three, 18, 13 and 12. We are also 500+ miles away from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415500 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:27:04 +0000 lawbee11 2415500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One. She's 4. They only see each other a few times a year because they're a plane ride away but they get along really well when they're together. My brother isn't even in a serious relationship so I'm guessing it'll be awhile before we get any on my side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415498 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:23:30 +0000 bisous 2415498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No first cousins yet, but she will be getting two this year. :)<br /> I also have a first cousin who is 3--she gets to see him probably every other month with holidays and bday celebrations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415364 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:49:35 +0000 pregnantbee 2415364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One, 18 months, and sadly lives across the country. We've managed one visit per year and have another coming up soon. I wish we lived closer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415354 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:44:02 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2415354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 2 and he has two cousins, little boys who are 2 and 8. They're both my sister's boys, my other sister and SIL don't have kids. The mommy sister has a third on the way so he'll have at least 3 cousins! He's crazy about them, it's really sweet. We see them every 1-2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415351 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:39:04 +0000 alphagam84 2415351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD currently has one step cousin who is 10 years older than her so they won't have much in common. I don't think DH's brother and wife (who has the son) will have kids of their own and my sister most likely won't either. It makes me sad to think DD may not grow up with cousins. We are on the fence about having another baby and one of the factors is that I don't want her growing up all alone and not having relatives when we are all old and dying (morbid I know) so we may have a second just so she'd at least have one other relative. She has 4 second cousins though that we're close to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415323 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:14:54 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2415323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They just have one. She's 6. She loves playing with them and they both love her. As do I. We see her weekly. I can't wait until my brother has kids, but that won't be for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-los-cousins#post-2415317 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:09:53 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2415317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None yet but my sister and DH's sister will both likely have kids someday (both are married, just not ready yet). I wouldn't be surprised if my brother never has kids though. </p>