For Mothers of FOUR...are your children close in age?

Question

I have had four children in just 4 and a half yrs. My body feels like its falling apart, and two of them are still in diapers. At one point in time I has three carseats at once......I guess my question is more of an inquiry into how other mothers of four or more young ones gets by each day; I want to hear experiences I guess? Thank you!

Answer 1

You survive...you just go day by day, and it gets easier really. And then one day to realize that you had a whole hour to yourself without anyone screaming at you. Yay!

LOL..I have seven kids, and when number four was born, we had a five year old, three year old, fifteen month old and a newborn. All still in seats, the oldest was the only one potty trained. My husband was working for the air force, and he was gone all the time...civilian sucks because they can be deployed as much as military, but we got none of the help that military wives qualify for!

Oy...then four and five are 17 months apart, then five and six are two years apart, and six and seven are two years apart. Dh got a different job so that he could be around more to help. Right now we have two boosters and a carseat, and I'm so thankful that my six yo finally weighs enough to be out of a booster. We went to one of those carseat safety checks and had three officers working on our truck at once!! We have one in pull-ups and one in diapers, and the baby is still nursing.

When the oldest were younger, we basically got through the day by having a strict routine, definite playtimes, and naptimes, meals on schedule. With the younger ones, the older children help out now, so I can see that it's not nearly as difficult as it was then. It's not easy, but it certainly is a blessing. Children are a heritance of the Lord! Just tell yourself it could be worse. out of our seven kids, we have two with autism, one with social anxiety disorder, one with a corn allergy, one with celiac disease, and a baby that is still nursing. But every single child has edified my life in a new way, each one has taught me something new about the world and about myself.

Answer 2

I am a mother of 4, my oldest 2 being 12 and 10 and my youngest two being 13 mo and 1 mo old. And yes, after my youngest was born I too felt like my body was shot! I feel for you having 4 kids so close together. Being as my youngest two are in diapers, every day just seems like a 'schedule' (though I wish I really had one!) If I can get them both to nap at the same time, I look forward to the shut eye, but mostly it is a constant, go go go for me until my older two come home and can help out a bit, even if it's just to enertain the 1 yr old! Ah... sweet 5 minutes of personal time....

Answer 3

Well I am about 32 weeks pregant with my second child and my first just turned a year old about 3 days ago plus my 3 step sons live with us and they are 6,4,and 3.We all get up around 7:00 and get the 6 year old to school by 8:05 come home and by 10:00 my daughter(1) is ready for a nap so we all take a nap and then we take the 4 year old to school at 12:00.We come home and I feed the other 2 kids.Then from 1:00 to 3:00 we play.I pick the 6 year old up at 3:10 come home for a feew minutes and then pick the 4 year old up at 3:45.Then we come home and the 2 older boys do their home work.Then we eat supper around 6:00.IThen I do dishes while they play and then we get baths and they go to bed at 8:00.Plus I do laundry twice a week at my grandmas house,clean the house every other day,find time for my showers,plus we got docter appointments,wic appointments,housing interviews,groccery shopping ect.Plus my husband is working out of state right now so he is gone for 10 days at a time and home for 4.So by the time 8:00 comes around I am so ready for bed.I know whatca mean by having 3 carseats at the same time.I got 2 in carseats and 1 in a booster seat and come Feb.I will have another one in an infantseat.Plus we got 2 parakeets and 8 fish to take care of.

Answer 4

I'm not exactly a mother, but I have 3 brothers, meaning my mom is a mother of 4. Ages --> 17, 16, 13, 8. The 16 and the 13 are kind of far apart and so are the 13 and the 8. If I am not mistaken (not sure on this one), I'm supposed to have a sibling currently about 11 years old, but I think he/she died during birth.

I guess my parents were able to raise us properly so the older brothers could take care of the younger brothers and the 8 years old is learning to become more independent each time.

It's not exactly the age of the children that matters... it's how the parents raise them ^^. Of course, God helps the most. God bless you!

Answer 5

sorry, I only had 3 and they were 6 1/2 and 7 years between. However, I have friends who have even more than 4 kids, and they just learned that they can manage as long as both parents participate in the whole family thing, and they get enough sleep. I know one woman who had twins, followed 15 months later by triplets, and she had 5 car seats and 5 babies in diapers at the same time. She also had a whole village helping her out, though. I think the idea when you have that many kids is to not sweat the small things and learn to understand that often clean and neat aren't the same thing. with kids that close together, you aren't going to have a neat house for another 15 years, unless your kids are denied something.

Answer 6

I am a mother of four with the ages of 5 and under. I can tell you right now I love them all, and wouldn't change a thing. You will have your good days and bad and so will they. The only real advice I have is to get everyone on a routine. It saves you time and aggravation. Set the ground rules now because if you don't things can go haywire. Learn to multi-task Good luck to you and don't forget to take a nap every now and then!

Answer 7

my daughter is 10 in march and her sister will be 5 in march and my son kaden is 1 today so quite a age gap ide be done in aswell if there age was so close together good work mum keep it up

Answer 8

My kids are 21 months apart.