We have 8 ages 16-1. I err on being more understanding of other’s circumstances as well. Although, I do like comment #5 because I tend to have a healthy sense of humor and would love seeing the expression on someone’s face of imagining a more “outrageous” number of children to care for!

Also, when I catch myself getting looks, I have been known to head off comments by sharing my own quip, “they were having a two for one on toddlers on aisle five!”

Wish people would help you more my son and I are door openers we love to open doors for people we get weird looks for doing it and I’ve been doing it since I was a kid myself drove my parents nuts apparently I just think it’s cute when my son does it he is slightly autistic and sweet as sugar most of the time and so many people rag on me because he is not potty trained yet its hard sometimes but worth it my younger 2 are girls 2 years apart and smart but stubborn as a box of rocks lots of people underestimate them cause their cute and end up wrapped around their little fingers giving them exactly what they want but I have found that most adults are jerks and fudge heads They don’t even notice my son is autistic or that someone other than them might need help i get told that using a leash on my kids is cruel but how is one woman supposed to keep her autistic child and her 2 year old close while also holding a an infant with no stroller in sight

Better full than empty. I love it! I will use it excuse I have 5 kids of my own and I wouldn’t change it for nothing. I am so in love with them. I don’t see what is the big deal when people see a big family? I feel they are negative because maybe they can’t handle no more than one. To all the mommas out there you guys have a heart of gold. God has made us to love so much and blessed us with a big beautiful family.

What a sweet response!! I might borrow it :)

I think everyone needs to turn the sensitive meter down a few settings.

Full of joy.

You know it’s interesting how even the most innocent comment with no ill intent can be taken as potentially offensive. I have said this comment a million times over to parents. I only have 1, pretty well behaved child and I still feel overwhelmed. I can’t even fathom more than 1. Kudos to the mom with more. My health is so shot that it wouldn’t be wise to have anymore, which makes me sad, When I say comments like this to strangers, it’s more of a recognition of how hard it is to wrangle a little one on the go, how hard it is to deal with a little one having a hard day because they refused to nap, etc. I have no idea about the mother’s parenting abilities and I am not judging her but apparently even the most benign comment meant to try to connect with others can be taken so out of context and interpreted as something mean. Maybe I should clamp my mouth shut, stare straight ahead and ignore the humanity in front of me. Maybe then people will have no reason to get offended over every last living thing! I”m really so tired of the politically correct world we live in where no matter what is said everyone is so hyper sensitive to what others actually meant. What a sad world we live in.

Love this one!