Most people I know have 3 or less. One of my friends has 3 kids (ages 3 and under) and is adopting a 4th.
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My next door neighbor has 8.
Eta: I'm one of 5 and I know a lot of families of 4 or 5, so I guess I don't think of those as "big," lol.
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My co-worker's sister has 5 under 5 0_o
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I used to babysit for a family with seven!! My mom's mom (and aunt) both had 10. My aunt who married into the family was one of 13! The largest families I know of now with young kids has four. They went for "one more" and had twins.
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My mom's friend in one of 13. FIL is one of 10. DH is one of 9.
Of my friends, a girl from high school just had her fourth. -
My grandpa was one of 12, but i've only met a couple of them
That I know personally, my grandma and DH's granny had 5 kids but lost one so now they've got 4 each.
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My cousin has 4 and my friend's sister is expecting her 5th.
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I have a friend expecting her 8th
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My aunt home birthed her 8 kids with just her and her husband!
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My mom was one of nine (all of whom were put up for adoption...say what?!)
As far as people close to me in age, my best friend's sister has 5.
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I know a family with 5. Next to that, I know 2 families who are expecting their 3rd.
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@Honeybee: woah.
I know someone who recently moved to PA who had triplets, then a single. They're the only people I know who have 4 or more.
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My grandmother was one of 12. The youngest is only a year older than my dad would be (if he were alive).
I have two cousins that have 6 kids each. One is saying she might have another...the cousins are siblings. But in their culture, the older kids are like second parents (this is the family I have that are like amish people). The oldest kids help with farming, do a lot of the cooking, do the cleaning, etc.
When we were there for Christmas, one of the oldest girls was "being rebellious" by "purposely making the bread slowly". We'd all met up at my aunt's house for lunch (and my aunt is their grandma), but the oldest girl didn't come and when I asked why, her mom said she was being punished for purposely making the bread slowly, so they left her at home.
Her weekly Saturday chore is to make all the bread for the week from scratch. They make all their foods from scratch (no processed anything) and she's supposed to make loaf bread, homeade English muffins, and either rolls or biscuits each Saturday.
I thought it was awesome. Those kids are being raised right, in my opinion.
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The most I know of IRL is 3!
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I don't really know any with more than 3.
DHs grandparents are both from families of 11-12 kids, but I think that wasn't so uncommon 85 years ago!
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I went to school with a girl who was #3 of 7.
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My MIL comes from a family of 10 kids & FIL comes from a family with 6. They knew a family that had 21 children. Other than that a HS friend of mine has 5.
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My husband's cousin is expecting her fourth. My best friend is the eldest of seven. My MIL is one of five. I'm sure I know more but it is the south... More space for big families I guess?
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A friend of mine has 5 boys! 4 are hers and 1 step-son.
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Several of our friends have 5. We will not be joining the ranks of the 5 kid club
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two of my coworkers each have 5
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a coworker with 4 and dh's bff with 3
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I know two girls from high school with 5 and 6 kids, no multiples. 1 is divorced and the other is single/never married. I can't imagine raising that many kids on your own!
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My brother and SIL have 5 and I'm not sure they're done yet.
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most people I know have 2 or 3. one of my husbands friends is one of 11....I could never do that!
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A family I used to babysit for just had their 10th?! There were only 4 when I babysat them
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My former college roommate has 4 kids. She got pregnant and married right after college ended. She's got the most kids of anyone I know from high school or college.
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A friend of mine has 4.
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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).
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.
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I know quite a few families with 4 kids and three of my friends have 5 kids.
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.
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A good friend of mine has 8.
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My cousin has 12.
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One of my friends from high school is one of 11!
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@Honeybee: I'm one of 5 too! I just always thought *we* were the norm and everyone else was weird!
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@Foodnerd81: you too? Cool!
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@Weagle: OMG
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!!
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@Bookworm: wow.
Most people I know have 3 or less as well.
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One of my friends has 4. A lot of my students parents have 4 or more.
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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.
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Oh wow. Somehow this thread totally has me feeling stressed out! I can barely manage two kids...kudos to the parents with more!
I have a friend with 4, and I knew a couple of families growing up with 5. But that's about it.
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