Adding to an already BIG Blended Family!!

Am I crazy?!?!?!?!

Ok, so I have 2 offspring, the blue one is 18yrs old and the pink one is 6. :)

My awesome DP has 5... Boys 13, 7 & twin 4 yr olds, and 1 girl 8.

We are currently planning on ADDING a baby to this mix!

That will mean that at any one time, depending on when my son decides to grace us with his presence, that there will be up to 8 children and 2 parents in the house.

Am I insane? I LOVE kids, and I LOVE his kids, but is this just going too far? It can get pretty chaotic at meal & bed times!!! (I tend to be more strict than DP and his Ex Wife ((who is awesome by the way)) )

None of my friends nor family have large families like this, so I feel that no one 'gets' it. I have always wanted HEAPS of sproglets, but it just didn't happen that way.

Any advice from others who are in a similar situation, or have large families, would be appreciated!

We have 5. DP wants three more.

I said one and after that we will decide.

Not really the same...but together dh and i have 2. He then has 6 others, but none of them live with us.
But i too always wanted a larger family, like 5 or 6 kids. It is doiable re bedtime, you just have to be organised.
One of my dreams is the chaos of everyone sitting around the dinner table eating and laughing and fighting =)

I am not really in the same position as we only have 4 children. Although I don't do pregnancy well and have had 3 complex births out of the 4. I could still have another 1 or 2 if I could get pregnant and DH felt the same way. I could nag DH and probably get my own way but what is stopping me and why I agree 4 is plenty is
1) we absolutely can not afford it without everyone making huge sacrifices (and the older kids don't get a choice but would miss out on a lot) and
2) DH has helped me achieve my dreams with my career, home, family etc so I feel its my time to help him achieve one of his which requires me to work a lot more then I have the last year and be in the position to contribute significantly to an investment loan.

Before I had my last baby a month ago I couldn't have reached that point and wanted another right or wrong. The decision now is much easier although its a little sad that all his firsts are now my lasts if that makes sense.

Hi :)

I have 5 and can't imagine 8 lol

As long as you have the room and patience - why not!

MEL! I didn't realise you were still here! I didn't know you'd added to your bunch with Felix! Congratulations!

We definitely have the room. The funanci stability (even with me on maternity leave). The patience? Well that is yet to be determined! HAHAHAHA!

DH and I have 6 children. He brought three from a previous relationship (they have no contact with their biological mother - DH has sole parental custody), I brought two from previous marriage (who see their biological father every second weekend), and we had a baby together who is now 12 months.
DH works full time and I'm doing a PhD. It's busy. It's fun (mostly). We have done a good job of blending the families and all the kids have benefited in their own ways. It's so rewarding to build new parent-child relationships and watch them flourish. Its not always easy though. I would love to chat more about issues to large and blended families - seems pretty quiet in here though!! I'm guessing there's not too many of us?!

Researcher ~ I'd welcome any advice you have in preparation for this major shift in our lives!