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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 7 babies. 4 DD’s ages 4,9,12,17 and 3 DS’s ages 7,13 & 15 and one thing that really bothers me is comments in public when we’re all out about how many kids we have, about how we do it, why we had that many, etc. We’ve gotten a lot of rude comments and looks. It’s summer now so we get more. I know it’s expected and most people are curious and don’t mean any harm but it’s really annoying and feels invasive. We’re just a typical UMC family, not rich or anything, and have just had a bit more kids than most others.[/quote]
I’m staring with mildly horrified fascination and thanking my lucky stars I’m not you.  :lol: [/quote]

Seriously. How do you keep everyone fed? Someone must be hungry, not everyone can get as much as they need with 9 people to feed at every meal. Is the dishwasher going constantly? The laundry? How do you make it to the kid’s back to school nights? How do they get to sports/activity practice?[/quote]

I’d say pretty much all they do is buy food and eat a bunch of sandwiches pasta with jars of sauce.

Kids do their own laundry. The older kids are essentially second, third fourth parents.

Mom usually takes care of the infant, but once they’re toddlers, they just sent them off with the older children.

As for sports, they need to get rides with friends. Or an older sibling drives them.

Listen, the way you’re raising your children and the way these children are raised is very, very, very different.

Most of the kids have to fend for themselves[/quote]

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