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amother

Linen

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:44 am

Oldest was 4 years and a month. I was 28.

#BestBubby

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:44 am

hodeez wrote:

I was 23, oldest was 3

You win!!!

allthingsblue

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:50 am

I am shocked at the amount of women who had 4 kids so close together, simply because in real life I see those who either space their kids from the start, start spacing after the first two are very close together, or start spacing after 3 were born close together.

I have only one friend out of many who has had 4 under age 5.

Kol hakavod to you moms!

nchr

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:51 am

allthingsblue wrote:

Even if you have every two years, you'd still have your oldest be 6 when the fourth is born. If you had the first three very close, you'd like also have a 5-7 year old as an oldest. That's very close, but what I see is that usually the first 2 are super close (less than 18 months) and the next are about 2 years apart until child # 6. I guess it depends on the community.

amother

Smokey

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:52 am

I was 32, my oldest was 8

allthingsblue

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 10:55 am

nchr wrote:

Oldest being six is different than oldest being five!

miami85

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 11:03 am

My oldest was not quite 7 (a month later) and I was 32.

mommy9

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 11:31 am

Oldest was 3 and 11 months. I was 26.

mha3484

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 11:48 am

Oldest turned 7 a few weeks after my 4th was born. I was 32. Even though he was my 4th child I only had 2 at home so it was kind of a different situation then most people. My last baby which is my 4th living child I was 35.

amother

Pumpkin

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 12:01 pm

I was 35, oldest was 10.

imasinger

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 12:52 pm

I was 44, oldest was 16. Second marriage for #3 and #4.

syrima

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 1:56 pm

I was 30, oldest was 8.

saralem

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 2:10 pm

oldest was 4 and I was 30.

SuperWify

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 2:30 pm

allthingsblue wrote:

Me too! I’m quite surprised!

News flash! Super mom does exist!

amother

Amethyst

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 2:36 pm

mha3484 wrote:

You were 32?
You were 35?
Did you loose a child or pregnancy? Hug

Sorry I’m so sleep deprived and a little dense sometimes Banging head

tsc3

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 3:20 pm

amother [ Amethyst ] wrote:

You were 32?
You were 35?
Did you loose a child or pregnancy? Hug

Sorry I’m so sleep deprived and a little dense sometimes Banging head

Sounds like she lost a child. Had her 4th at age 32 but only had 3 living children even though it really was her 4th. Then she had her 5th at age 35 but only had 4 living children.
Whatever it is huge hugs to her. Hug

amother

cornflower

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 3:45 pm

allthingsblue wrote:

I’m due soon with number 4 and my oldest is 5, but I had them close together because I am 37. I wonder if the very young moms had their first four so close together on purpose.

heidi

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 3:51 pm

Oldest was 8. I was 33

amother

Aubergine

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 4:47 pm

Not sure what "on purpose" means. It wasn't by mistake, but neither did I sit down and make goals (4 kids by 26. 8 kids by 34. 12 kids by 40.)

I was happy that Hashem sent me a child, then another child, then another, and then another. I didn't have any compelling reason to NOT have a child, and I love my children dearly and do my best to care for them properly.

Nothing supermom about it either.

saralem

Mon, Aug 26 2019, 5:29 pm

I was thrilled to have my kids close together. The rest of them are a bit more spaced out. Between 2-3 years apart instead of 18 months apart.

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