Some have defined a big family as any family with more than the socially acceptable number of children. Others have defined it as four or more children.

What is the socially acceptable number of children??? I don’t know, so I looked up the Statistics for New Zealand and it reports a number of 2.6 as the average total number of family members per household. Does that mean that the socially acceptable number of children is 0.6??? Hey even if it is two children I still have more!

What if one of the measurements were "is your family too big for the average car"?

An obstacle I have come across is transport, before Ava (number four) was born we were five, so it was important that the car we drove had a bench seat for a back seat to make seating for three as comfortable as possible.

However now we are SIX! And even though Ava is small her safety capsule sure isn’t! Clearly the sedan just isn’t enough so we don’t even consider travelling with the full family.
So, What options are left?

1– Don’t go anywhere ALL together
2- Do multiple trips (not long distance obviously)
3- Use public transport (gives me a headache just thinking of it)
4- Buy a bigger car (I hate people movers)
5- Buy a second car and take two cars everywhere
6- Rent a bigger car for longer trips when required

At the moment option one has been what has been used, and it has not been an issue to date... yet

I will keep you posted

- Eric

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