Do you know any moms with 4+ kids who are inspirational?

[Anonymous]

The few that I know are organized, super energetic, and seem to be great moms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:no. they are all frazzled.

Or they outsource care to nannies/grandparents.

Or they luck out and the oldest or the oldest two are girls and the kids are spaced apart enough that the older ones act as parents to the younger ones.

I've seen this quite a lot (I know a lot of Mormons, FWIW).

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ones I know all look like a mess and so do their kids. I was 4 but I wonder if it’s too impossible to keep up with everything and I would inevitably let me and my kids look like this.

I know several.

What a strange, and insulting, question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

They may not have a nanny but most probably have housekeepers, babysitters and other help. Many try to minimize the help they have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

I know a couple of people like this. I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you hire a nanny in this situation?

[Anonymous]

I live in Fairfield County, CT. There are many 4 kid family kids here. I can't think of any that seem overwhelmed or frazzled.

[Anonymous]

Clearly OP isn't reading Mormon blogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

I know a couple of people like this. I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you hire a nanny in this situation?

I would not as I'd want to take care of my own kids. Why have them to pawn them off on someone else if you are SAH (if you are working, need to work its different but if you are running errands or exercising... no). I'd have a much bigger house, nicer cars and a housekeeper twice a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clearly OP isn't reading Mormon blogs.

Hahaha! ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

I know a couple of people like this. I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you hire a nanny in this situation?

I would not as I'd want to take care of my own kids. Why have them to pawn them off on someone else if you are SAH (if you are working, need to work its different but if you are running errands or exercising... no). I'd have a much bigger house, nicer cars and a housekeeper twice a week.

The people I know are working. Two physicians. Kids in daycare. No housekeeper. What’s the point of this? It’s like they are trying to prove something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Know a ivy-educated doctor with 4 going on 5 whose kids are always put-together, mom looks put together (not some fitness model, but slender and dresses fine), kids are clearly well-cared for and incredibly sweet. No nanny/local family but they manage. Great family.

I actually know several mom's with 4+ kids. Very common in my area. Many well-educated parents, a few that seem to be a little overwhelmed, but most seem to manage their households just fine.

I know a couple of people like this. I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you hire a nanny in this situation?

I would not as I'd want to take care of my own kids. Why have them to pawn them off on someone else if you are SAH (if you are working, need to work its different but if you are running errands or exercising... no). I'd have a much bigger house, nicer cars and a housekeeper twice a week.

The people I know are working. Two physicians. Kids in daycare. No housekeeper. What’s the point of this? It’s like they are trying to prove something.

med school loans are no joke

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a homeschooling mom of ten who is inspirational. I am not sure what you mean about looking a mess and keeping up with everything. She looks fine, and her kids look fine. She makes meals every day and educates her children, and she is well regarded by friends and neighbors as a kind and cheerful person, but I am pretty sure she doesn’t keep up with politics or have monthly bikini waxes.

What exactly does “keeping up with everything” look like to you, OP?

I’m talking kids a mess, house a mess, everything is sloppy.

I used to work as a cleaning lady, and I have to tell you, there are only two kinds of people in the world - those who can live like pigs, and those who can’t, no matter what. Which type my clients belonged to, definitely did not correlate with the number of children they had.

[Anonymous]

I know two. One’s household income is, literally 8-10 million a year. She is great mom and has a lot of help and looks great but it is hard and she knows she won’t knwo how her kids are doing til they are older. Another with four here is a mess. Kids need attention and she doesn’t get it.