how many babies would you want to have?

Philippines
March 26, 2007 12:26pm CST
i would want about four. we are four in the family, it's hard but it's really fun! how about you? how many kids would you want to have?
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26 responses
• Canada
26 Mar 07
I would LOVE to have at least 6 kids, but sadly we are having to stop with 4 and choose to be content with that because of the day and age that we are living in. It is very expensive to raise children in the world today. Sometimes it is a huge worry, to even provide the basics and necessities of life, but with so many kids out there focused on material things it is also very difficult to explain to them why their friends can have this and they can't. It makes you feel like such a bad parent like you are failing in someway because it would sure be nice to get them the things that other kids have so that they can relate to the other kids and not get teased because they have older style clothes, and none of the gaming things that other kids have. I Love my four children dearly though, and they are good, kind and patient children. They seem to understand that we don't have much by way of material goods, and that what we have provided for them we have worked very hard to get, so they respect it that much more. My heart is happy, and I will not long for the more future children I will not have because of finances. Though it would have been nice, I can appreciate and feel blessed by what I do have.
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• Canada
16 Apr 07
Thank you so very much for the best response!
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
you're really a proud mama bear! i can almost think that it's my mom saying those words! thank you, thank you for the response! i'll give you a +!
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@rainbow (6761)
28 Mar 07
I wanted 6, but the years have convinced me 4 would be better and my boyfriend is determined to stick at 2 so we will see, time will tell no doubt, lol.
• Philippines
28 Mar 07
average of 4 and 2 is 3! think about it.. hahaha! yeah, time will tell.. Thanks for the response!
@aweins (4199)
• India
27 Mar 07
i want only one .
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
don't you think your baby would be lonely by being the only child? but that's alright, i guess.. thanks for the reply!
@ydnac22 (802)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
im dreaming to have 3 lovely kids. one girl and two boys.
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
i always thought that set-up would be cool! thanks for the reply!
@pava1326 (130)
• India
27 Mar 07
i want lot of kid. as many as i can. may be 12 or more. or at least 6.
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
wow! that's a lot! i hope you would find someone who would have the same dream as you.. thanks for the reply!
@lexikot (10)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
2 kids only. one girl and one boy.. i have a girl already and i like to have a baby boy 6 years from now. LOL
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
six years! hehehe! that seems to be a long time, but i guess that's alright, just don't make your child feel that she'll be the only one.. hehhe! thanks for the reply!
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
26 Mar 07
I always wanted to have 6 kids...I ended up having 3 (one passed away though) and my husband says no more..LOL UNLESS we win the lottery jackpot, if that happens I get to have my "rainbow tribe" YAY...LOL not that we'll ever win mind you but the thought is comforting at least ;-)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
time to start placing those bets! you can never tell! :)
• India
26 Mar 07
I would need two ,elder should be a boy and next a girl with a gap of atleast three years.More than two would be hard since I have seen my aunt burning fire out of brain.How it will be to care husband in one hand and four five children in other.I can't bear that and could'nt imagine that even.
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
i'm the eldest and i've been always wondering what it would be like to have an older brother... hmm... thanks for the reply!
• Canada
26 Mar 07
Honestly, I was told that I couldn't have children when I was 20. At 30 I found out I was pregnant and I had my miracle baby at 31. Now that I know that the Doc's were wrong and I can have kids I would have a whole house full if I could afford it. I guess when you are told you can't have something for so long when you realize you can you want it that much more, and cherish it that much more.
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
wow! i'm really happy for you! i hope you could afford to fill your house. children are really wonderful blessings!
@vesuvius (1677)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
I am not a married man but I sure am thinking about that too. I would really want a BIG family because I guess that would be so happy - maybe like 20 kids would be super cool. But today's economic conditions would not allow me to fulfill such a 'dream' and live comfortably at the same time, so I guess I'd rather go for 1 or a 2.
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
wow! that's a big downsize, from 20 to just 1 or 2!! talk about shot back to reality!
• United States
26 Mar 07
right now we only have one, but i am pregnant with the second. my husband would have liked it if we only had one, but he is thrilled that we are now going to have another. anyway, now he is tryin to convince me that 2 is enough. not in my opinion. i would love to have 3. 1 is just too lonely. 2 is not enough. 3 is just perfect. right now, we have decided to take it easy after this baby is born. we are going to see where life takes us and how we are doing financially. we want to raise our kids with good and happy memories. so if we are just making it, then we are going to stop and not have any more kids. we dream of taking them on nice family vacations and out to theme parks. if it seems like having a third child would hold us back from those activities, then we probably wont have a third one :( as much as i would love to have 3, i also want all of my kids to have a good life. i dont want to have 3 kids who never got to have good experiences by traveling and doing new things.
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
congratulations! financial state is really something couples should consider in family planning. thanks for the response!
@joanna08 (394)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
when i was in highschool i told my friends and classmates that I want to have many kids, 12 particularly. We call it a basketball team and a volleyball team. Now that Im in collge I still want a big family because I came from a small one, and im an eldest of only 2 children. Imagine growing up in that environment, i was fairly independent. SO now that im in college, i would like to have 6 to 8 kids. :))
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
start checking what sport would need just 6-8 members! hehehe! thanks for the response!
@shezah (46)
• Pakistan
26 Mar 07
Well would prefer four kids two girls and two boys to have a balanced family i have even choosed their names as well and i would llove to have twins thats my biggest desire cause i love kids toooooo much.
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
my parents are lucky they have two boys and two girls.. i would like that too! i also want to have twins! unfortunately there are no twins in my family tree, maybe in my boyfriends'. hehehe! thanks for the response!
27 Mar 07
I would want to have two. Though we are 5 in the family we still love to have only two, One daughter and a Son. I think the more we have we cant concentrate and give equal love for all. So we prefer only 2.
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
it's a good thing you both agree on that and not just a one side thing. thanks for the reply!
@mayenskie (1307)
• Philippines
28 Mar 07
In the future i would like to have as many as 4. But 2 would be ok. but then i want a big family. Its much happier. I want to have both girls and boys. Not all boys or girls.
@stacy624 (2776)
• Canada
16 Apr 07
I have 7 wonderful children and expecting our 8th in Aug. I still think I will have at least 2 more before im done =)
@martinha (631)
• Portugal
16 Apr 07
I would love to have at least 2. I don't have any right now but I still have time for that. I like big families but I always think I wouldn't have to take care of all those kids. I don't if it's difficult or easy and I don't even know how my life is going to be...
• India
26 Mar 07
well i also m of ur opinion.i would also like to have many children.atleast 4 or 5.i think it is quite a tough ask to have children.it is a mans job.and i feel children are only the hope for the future to the parents.so i m definitely going to go for a cricket team wat abt u
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
haahahah! good luck on that one! thanks for the reply!
• Malaysia
16 Apr 07
I have 4 daughter and 1 son. What do you think? Enough http://baby-comel.blogspot.com
• United States
16 Apr 07
We just had our first baby a boy in January. It's wonderful so far! Hopefully we'll have at least 2 and maybe 3 or 4! I really would love a little girl too so maybe we can keep trying for one for awhile. My little boy is awesome so boys are good too!