Kim And Kanye Are Reportedly Pregnant Again. Do You Have To Be Rich (Or Famous) To Have Four Children?

We stay in Gateshead for our holiday and rent a friend’s place for a couple of weeks. We’re fine with it as all we need is a beach, countryside, a few new places to go and most of all, each other!

The biggest challenges of having four children for us financially is school fees. At most Jewish schools, you need to minimally pay for the Jewish lessons even if the secular education is state-funded. There’s also a lot of washing and packed lunches to make. I now make those two days ahead so I have a day off.

You have to juggle a lot of people’s needs but it makes you very organised and clever with time management. And the older ones take care of the younger. My eldest, who is 10, loves to care for my one-year-old and read bedtime stories to my five and seven-year-old if I’m with the toddler.

I’ve had to be very creative over the years to cut costs. It may sounds cliched, but my children are happiest when they’re with their family or friends. We don’t do many expensive outings. I’ve learnt kids like the park more than most places!

Carla Pedonomou, 36, has three children aged 13, eight and seven – and is pregnant with her fourth.

Having a fourth wasn’t an easy decision and now one which has been met with the slighting irritating question, “was this an accident?” – charming! However, after having my first at 23 and the subsequent two only 16 months apart, while in the midst of a house renovation and bereft with the loss of my dad, there has always been a feeling that I missed out on time to just sit and sniff my baby – which sounds weird, I know! 

Then, coupled with the fact I’m now clucking for the first time in my life and EVERYONE around me is at one or another stage of the baby game, I couldn’t help but feel compelled to dive in, one last time.