For a lot of people, the idea of having children and being the head of a household is a concept they deliberate and seriously consider for many years – it is a big life change, after all. As adults, they may have dreamt of the day they’d finally hear the tiny patter of feet throughout their home – but it seems that this need for children goes back much further than that. In fact, the concepts of motherhood and fatherhood are instilled in us from an incredibly young age. As toddlers, some of us are given dolls and toy babies, as well as kitchen sets, toy building tools, and more. As children play with these items and watch as their parents interact with them, they know what truly makes a mom and dad, and how they can become one in the future.
These ideals are further enhanced if a child later has a younger brother or sister. They might help to wash their younger sibling, help to feed it, play with it, and even help raise it. It’s all good practice if they decide to have a child of their own.
Most couples have an idea of how many kids they want – and whether they are planned or unexpected, many couples these days are able to control when they get pregnant and how many times. However, every so often expectant parents find their lives turned upside down when they attend their first prenatal scan, and discover that they have twins, triplets, quadruplets, or even quintuplets! Although multiple births are not uncommon, the numbers are low, and they often come as a surprise. According to the Multiples of America website, 3,978,497 babies were born in 2015 in the United States alone. Of this number, 139,862 were multiple births. There were 133,155 twin births, 4,123 triplet births, 228 quadruplet births and just 24 births of those who were quintuplets or larger. On the grand scheme of things, these numbers are relatively small. However, what may surprise you is that some women can have two sets of twins – including one lady by the name of CaMarie Hoffman.
Unlike many women, CaMarie Hoffman and her husband never gave themselves a limit as to how many children they wanted. Over the course of their marriage, they have welcomed not one, but two sets of twins into their life – and it hasn’t stopped there. In fact, their large family home is now filled with ten children! In a new YouTube vlog on her All Boys But 9 channel, the matriarch of the Hoffman clan has given us an intriguing insight into their home, and the children that make up their impressive (and large) family…
[post_page_title]The Hoffman family[/post_page_title]
For most parents, the thrill of having a child is unlike any other experience they’ve ever had. However, there comes a time where the house begins to fill up, their bank accounts begin to dwindle, their attention gets distracted, and they realize that having any more children is not in their best interests. But what if you had no limit? Well, one family knows what it’s like to have ten children in their lives, and now they’ve given the world an insight into each member of their family, one person at a time!
