Big Families

[mom25kiddos]

We have five children, and have done DW several times, but are always looking at ways to make life easier with many children (ages 12, 10, 4, 3, 2). Do any other parents of a lots of kiddos have any great tips? We typically eat at non-buffet and share meals as kids aren't big eaters, and that helps with costs, bring our own snacks. Any other great tips? We will likely bring a double and single umbrella stroller this trip-any better options? We are staying on site and haven't done that before so will be a new experience.

 

[mjkacmom]

When we went last, we would take turns dividing up the bigs and the littles 9 and 11 were the bigs, 4, 4, and 6 were the littles). We stayed at the beach club, so one should stay back for afternoon rests, and the other would take the bigs swimming, or over to a park. Most of the time were were together, but sometimes it was fun to get a break from the littles (mine were older, so we just rented a double from the parks, and all 3 would jump in).