Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 who was it that said 3-4 was a cinch? ack! not for me! 1-2 was easy, but i think that's because my oldest was 3.4 yrs, very mature for his age.....#3 just came unexpectedly 3 mos ago when #2 was 20 mos old and we are SO done now.....#2 is a little hellion right now , well ok, 'strong-willed' - lol! and it has been really hard to deal with him with a newborn as well......so i totally admire those of you with alot of kids - you are saints! especially if some of them are strong- willed - hehe carrie > In a message dated 12/28/01 6:21:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, > titus2quiver@e... writes: > > > > On the subject of large families, we are expecting baby #8 in May (and hope > > God gives us many more). Are there others on the list with a large > > family like us? > > If I wasn't ALWAYS going into the red at the bank - I'd be right there with > you - we don't even own out own House..... so no more kids here. > Chelly > San Diego, CA > Mommy to Trenton 8/19/99 - No Shots! > > WWW.YOURAVON.COM/CMERCER passcode: MIKCHER > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 <<who was it that said 3-4 was a cinch? ack! not for me! 1-2 was easy, but i think that's because my oldest was 3.4 yrs, very mature for his age.....#3 just came unexpectedly 3 mos ago when #2 was 20 mos old and we are SO done now.....#2 is a little hellion right now , well ok, 'strong-willed' - lol! and it has been really hard to deal with him with a newborn as well......so i totally admire those of you with alot of kids - you are saints! especially if some of them are strong- willed - hehe >> ROFLOL... that was me! #4 is a my little piece of sunshine! I have to grin at the idea of SOME of them being strong willed! They are ALL strong-willed (especially , #2)... life was hardest when I was pregnant with #3, as I was very tired and it was the peak of 's autistic symptoms. Now he is a relatively easy to deal with five year old. 2-3 was hard, but I'm not sure if it was because of the autism, because we moved 1400 miles one week after #3 was born, or if it was the fact that I spent the first five months of his life doing round the clock nursing care for my dying MIL. His whole first year is a blur to me. But 3-4 has been a piece of cake. My biggest fear is that I'll forget Amber somewhere! We had the two big kids (9 and 5) with us when we were coming home from watching my oldest dance in The Nutcracker. Jon and Amber (3 and 7 months) were at my mom and dad's home. I went straight home from Symphony Hall! LOL... I'm in the driveway and Joe says " Don't you think we should go pick up the kids? " I had literally FORGOTTEN them! Completely! I didn't think that was possible. I actually hate summers because my oldest goes to spend a month with grandma and grandpa in ID. I miss her so much. And this summer, gets to go, too! It is going to be SO weird to only have the two little ones! Goldmeer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 I wanted 4 children ... I got them, perfect happiness, but our son's death pushed us to decide for a 5th one (to get the family on track, towards a happy thing), and this 5th is going to be 5 AND 6 !!! But, having been through 16 monthes of cancer treatment for my son, let me tell you that I would not be afraid to have 15 children as long as they are healthy ... ===== Cécile, wife to , mother of Nathalie(11.5), Sandrine(8.5), Karine(6) and andre(forever 3.5) dx 02/00 NBIV N-MYC amplified. Left us on June 14th, 2001 andre sent us two new babies due next Spring .... e-mail : cecilecogez@... andre's story : http://www.caringbridge.com/page/alexandre __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 Hi Cicile, I wish you 2 extremely healthy, placid babies (having twins with 3 others sounds wonderful - especially when they are old enough to help out!) after all you've been through. I wanted to know also, how will you go with getting vaccination exemption for your babies? I had heard that there were no exemptions allowed in France - even for medical reasons. But that could be wrong? All the best, Meryl -----Original Message----- From: Cicile Cogez [mailto:cecilecogez@...] I wanted 4 children ... I got them, perfect happiness, but our son's death pushed us to decide for a 5th one (to get the family on track, towards a happy thing), and this 5th is going to be 5 AND 6 !!! But, having been through 16 monthes of cancer treatment for my son, let me tell you that I would not be afraid to have 15 children as long as they are healthy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Hello Meryl, As long as I am able to get a medical certificate telling my children are allergic to vaccinations, they will be exempted ... All vaccines are not mandatory either (MMR is not, for example). But it's very difficult to decide what to do ... I had almost decided they would get the polio and tetanus (but not the others), but I am not anymore convinced it's a good idea ... What do you all do ? Thanks ===== Cécile, wife to , mother of Nathalie(11.5), Sandrine(8.5), Karine(6) and andre(forever 3.5) dx 02/00 NBIV N-MYC amplified. Left us on June 14th, 2001 andre sent us two new babies due next Spring .... e-mail : cecilecogez@... andre's story : http://www.caringbridge.com/page/alexandre __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Absolutely nothing. Kathleen In a message dated 12/30/2001 2:01:03 AM Central Standard Time, cecilecogez@... writes: > Hello Meryl, > As long as I am able to get a medical certificate telling my children > are allergic to vaccinations, they will be exempted ... > All vaccines are not mandatory either (MMR is not, for example). > But it's very difficult to decide what to do ... I had almost decided > they would get the polio and tetanus (but not the others), but I am > not anymore convinced it's a good idea ... > What do you all do ? > Thanks The Four Stages Of Life 1. You believe in Santa Claus 2. You don't believe in Santa Claus 3. You are Santa Claus 4. You look like Santa Claus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 NO vaccs,no vit " k " jab at birth and no antibiotic eye drops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Ditto, Kim > Absolutely nothing. > > Kathleen > > In a message dated 12/30/2001 2:01:03 AM Central Standard Time, > cecilecogez@... writes: > > > > Hello Meryl, > > As long as I am able to get a medical certificate telling my children > > are allergic to vaccinations, they will be exempted ... > > All vaccines are not mandatory either (MMR is not, for example). > > But it's very difficult to decide what to do ... I had almost decided > > they would get the polio and tetanus (but not the others), but I am > > not anymore convinced it's a good idea ... > > What do you all do ? > > Thanks > > > The Four Stages Of Life > 1. You believe in Santa Claus > 2. You don't believe in Santa Claus > 3. You are Santa Claus > 4. You look like Santa Claus > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 09:04:41 -0400 Busse <laurabusse@...> wrote: > that's right, Tas'! > > i had thought that with 7, she must have the most difficult, stressful > life of anyone i knew, and it was just the opposite. having 7 was easier > than having 1 (except for the cooking part!!) because when i had 1, i had > NO BREAK at all. but she had lots of helpers. she would sleep til 10 am > every morning!! I'm not kidding! whenever i would call before 10, the > oldest would answer and say she wasn't up yet! what a riot. good for > her! > > and when i took a few of her kids off her hands i thought i was doing her > a favor but i wasn't. they had a family 'dynamic' that was upset when > any of the kids were gone! they all played well together, the whole > family, and i never saw them fight. and they would miss each other. > it's like they had their own self-contained little 'tribe' or 'village'. > > > This is so true. My mom has told me on several occasions that family life was much easier with 5 kids than it was with 2. I am the oldest of 5 and my mom had much more free time and much less stress than she did when there was only a couple of us. She regrets to this day that she didn't have more (Dad wasn't going for it then but I think he too would do it differently if he could go back in time). We (the kids) cooked, cleaned, babysit, chauffeured, shopped, you name it. Once I was old enough to help out the whole dynamic of our family began to change. My mom got a graduate degree, was involved in the community as a rape counselor, etc. Her and dad went on trips, went out. frequently, etc. without any disruption to family life. A lot of people think you have to save that kind of stuff until the kids are gone. Not so with a bigger family. People from small families of two or three kids often don't understand how wonderful and pleasurable the dynamics of a large family can be. Done well its like a smooth running little tribe. You also learn was it means to share, to compromise, and that the world doesn't necessarily revolve around you, LOL! There are educational (the older helping the younger) and economic (multiple incomes, economies of scale) and social (you should see my mom beam when we all together on holidays or reunions) as well. The only thing we missed out on was home schooling, which my mom wanted to do but during my childhood (which was before the homeschooling boom) EVERYONE thought she was crazy. The *New* Ten Commandments http://tinyurl.com/245sr " They told just the same, That just because a tyrant has the might By force of arms to murder men downright And burn down house and home and leave all flat They call the man a captain, just for that. But since an outlaw with his little band Cannot bring half such mischief on the land Or be the cause of so much harm and grief, He only earns the title of a thief. " --Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 we have one son. i didn't give birth til i was 36. kinda late to start a big family, but i always wanted 4. shoulda started much earlier. we LOVE being parents of an only child. and he seems to be a very happy child. he says he doesn't want siblings cuz he goes over his friends' houses and sees them fighting all the time. i see them too, like at the pool, and they're nasty and it's awful. so we are a happy family of three; and that's just the way it is. :-) People from small families of two or three kids often don't understand how wonderful and pleasurable the dynamics of a large family can be. Done well its like a smooth running little tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 , With your son being very bright, I think you're lucky you only have one. I have 3 ('gifted' and 'highly gifted') and I think the fighting is worse than 'normal' kids - especially in that they get bored so easily. Cheers, Tas'. Re: large families we have one son. i didn't give birth til i was 36. kinda late to start a big family, but i always wanted 4. shoulda started much earlier. we LOVE being parents of an only child. and he seems to be a very happy child. he says he doesn't want siblings cuz he goes over his friends' houses and sees them fighting all the time. i see them too, like at the pool, and they're nasty and it's awful. so we are a happy family of three; and that's just the way it is. :-) People from small families of two or three kids often don't understand how wonderful and pleasurable the dynamics of a large family can be. Done well its like a smooth running little tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:49:06 -0400 Busse <laurabusse@...> wrote: > we have one son. i didn't give birth til i was 36. kinda late to start > a big family, but i always wanted 4. shoulda started much earlier. Yes 36 is late. On the other hand Geena had her first child at 46 and a set of twins at 48. Helen Hunt has a late child (41), and Mimi had a child at 49. I know of one family where the mom of 40 and the daughter of 20 were both pregnant at the same time. These days, everyone seems to have different time schedules. > we LOVE being parents of an only child. and he seems to be a very happy > child. he says he doesn't want siblings cuz he goes over his friends' > houses and sees them fighting all the time. i see them too, like at the > pool, and they're nasty and it's awful. Well thats too bad, but I was responding to your post about a family with 7 kids who got along just fine and the mother wasn't under a lot of stress. Hopefully your son will understand that siblings fighting is NOT related to size. And I would hope every parent, whether they have one child or ten children, would love their kids like you love your child. The *New* Ten Commandments http://tinyurl.com/245sr " They told just the same, That just because a tyrant has the might By force of arms to murder men downright And burn down house and home and leave all flat They call the man a captain, just for that. But since an outlaw with his little band Cannot bring half such mischief on the land Or be the cause of so much harm and grief, He only earns the title of a thief. " --Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 thanks, michael. :-) laura And I would hope every parent, whether they have one child or ten children, would love their kids like you love your child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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