Do you have enough space for your growing family?

amother

Blonde

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 9:54 pm

amother [ Black ] wrote:

Plenty of room bh. We live in a shoebox but a nice one. My oldest sleeps in the bathtub, the next two sleep in the entrance (we have a built in bunk bed that goes to the ceiling when not in use) and my little one sleeps by the pantry. It’s a good thing we don’t stock up on food items so much!
My bedroom is used as the dining room during the day.
Were very happy bh.

Birth control and therapy both- asap

amother

Black

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 9:59 pm

amother [ Blonde ] wrote:

Birth control and therapy both- asap

amother

Powderblue

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 10:28 pm

It's funny you ask, because we just bought a motel.

I feel that for proper development, every child needs their own space. That includes, in our case, that every child must have their own room, own bathroom, and own private entrance.

We took the lobby as a master bedroom.

However, it is a smaller motel with only 14 rooms, so we will have to use birth control at that point. But DH said that if it turns out to be surprise twins, we will build an addition.

amother

Burgundy

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 10:32 pm

We live with my parents and many younger siblings. We have a one in-one out policy. When one of my siblings get married and move out, then we will have another baby.

Israeli_C

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 11:29 pm

aricelli wrote:

I bought my house when I had two and a half kids

What does half a kid look like?? Tongue Out

amother

Coral

Mon, Jun 24 2019, 11:43 pm

aricelli wrote:

Ok- I’ll bite!
I feel squished! I bought my house when I had two and a half kids- I thought my house was huge! And now, a few kids more and I’d love to move! Its divided on three floors so the noise is diluted bh but it no longer seems “huge!”

I bought my house when we had no kids. Was huge then. Still isn’t horrible except for sleeping. You get used to what you have. My kids don’t realize how small it is even if their friends live in bigger.

amother

Burlywood

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 5:45 am

amother [ Powderblue ] wrote:

Do your kids need to share your swimming pool with each other?

amother

Burlywood

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 5:47 am

Israeli_C wrote:

What does half a kid look like?? Tongue Out

It depends if you cut them vertically or horizontally.

[disclaimer: no DCs were harmed in the writing of this post]

Ruchel

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 7:32 am

BH, 3 rooms, 5 children. Probably not moving unless we see it's worth it. We're well.

amother

Firebrick

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 10:21 am

huge apartment for our neighborhood - 4 BR (one doubles as DH's study / computer room and guest room) with 9 kids, although 2 are married.

amother

Goldenrod

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 11:06 pm

My husband and children live in an 1800sf colonial.

I got a lovely she shed in the yard and live in peace by myself. Very Happy

flowerpower

Tue, Jun 25 2019, 11:24 pm

We finally moved last year to a brand new development when I found out I was expecting and wouldn’t have room for another kid in my tiny shoe box. We were already using some drawers, the bathtub, A mattress under the dining room table every night as beds for the kids. One kid even had to sleep in the doghouse every night. The dog wasn’t too happy about it though.