Courtney Rogers, 37, of New Mexico, and her husband Chris, 34, have welcomed kids in the last 12 years—and their everyday family life is full of juggling.

After giving birth to her youngest, a supermum who carried 12 children in 12 years transformed her clan into a real-life Cheaper by the Dozen family.
Courtney Rogers, 37, of New Mexico, and her pastor husband, Chris, 34, welcomed Cambria, weighing 6 lb 12 oz, into the world on March 7, increasing their total number of children to the magical number 12.

The parents claim they had no intention of having so many children when they originally chose to start a family, and even had a miscarriage when they first began trying — but their brood is now “perfect.”

Clint, their oldest son, was born on March 30, 2010, and the couple continued to have five more males, followed by six daughters.

“Everything’s wonderful how it worked out, too, because we had all of our boys at the start and the last five have been girls, so it all evened out,” Courtney said.

The eldest children are the six males, followed by the six daughters .

Clint was born three weeks before I turned 26, but I had no idea I’d have further children.

I believed I was too old at 26 and had no idea they would arrive so quickly, much less include a pair of twins.

“Then we decided we’d have a maximum of 10 children, but I still considered myself young and healthy enough, so we bumped it up to 12.”

Clay is twelve, Cade is nine, Callie is eight, Cash is seven, twins Colt and Case are six, Calena is four, Caydie is three, Coralee is two, Caris is one, and Cambria is one.

As if the kids weren’t enough to keep them busy, they reside on a farm with over 200 animals, including pigs, lambs, and chickens.

Cambria’s family is delighted to get her home after she spent the first several days of her life on oxygen after her C-section delivery.

The baby drank too much liquid and needed to be watched for many days.

While Courtney and Chris awaited word on Cambria’s health, they were reminded of the traumatic delivery of their second-youngest child, Caris, who was delivered by emergency C-section because doctors were concerned she wasn’t receiving enough oxygen.

With 12 children under the age of 12, Courtney and Chris are working hard to organize their family.

Courtney has only gone seven months without being pregnant since becoming a mother 12 years ago. The longest time span between two of the children is 20 months, during which Courtney had a miscarriage.

“It would be weird not to have another baby,” she stated.

Pregnancy was mainly kind to me; I didn’t feel ill and was never on bedrest, so I was always able to care for the kids.

Courtney posts about her family’s life on Instagram, where she has approximately 35,000 followers.

I’ve had a lot of fun having babies.

With so many children to manage, Courtney can see their tiny personalities emerge as they get older.

“The small girls know they are the youngest because they try to get away with everything,” she said.

With no plans for further children, the parents are now focusing on home upgrades, including an expansion on their four-bedroom property to create seven bedrooms.

It will also give Courtney more time to concentrate on the weekly shopping, which includes 80 disposable diapers (despite the fact that they mostly use reusable ones), six loaves of bread, and ten gallons of milk.

Courtney claims that the homeschooled children are all really close and enjoy “paling up” with one another.

“We do everything together,” she said. We collaborate and homeschool together.

When the kids are younger, I assist them with all of their schoolwork, but when they get older—about the age of 12—we transition to online tuition.

A typical day in the Rogers home begins with breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by math and art courses.

Lunch is usually served between 11.30 a.m. and 12 p.m., when Courtney feeds the younger children sandwiches and puts them down for a nap while the older children prepare their own meals.

The kids get a variety of language sessions, activities, and reading time in the afternoon, with Zoom piano lessons thrown in on occasion.

Dinner is served around 5 p.m., and it is generally a food that Courtney has batch-cooked, such as spaghetti or homemade pancakes.

A normal lunchtime will see the family consume 24 eggs, while breakfast will consume an entire box of cereal.

Courtney is responsible for keeping the home neat in between educating the kids and putting them to bed at 8.30 p.m.

Courtney’s family life is shown on her Instagram account, which has about 35,000 followers and is called @littlehouseinthehighdesert.

Having such a large platform, however, has exposed her to some ugly harassment from individuals who are opposed to her having so many kids.

“People we know don’t say anything to our faces,” she said, “but there are always those on the internet who have something nasty to say.”

“It is difficult at times since most people think we are insane for having so many, but I have numerous online friends with large families.”

I’m happy right now, but I know I’ll miss the infant stage, though Chris could have something to say if I become broody again.

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