My kiddos are 25,24,23,21,19 and 18 yo twins.
When people made inevitable comments, particularly after the third child, I just worked on my very best smile and nodded benignly.
Some comments are not worthy of ANY response...even a witty one IMO.
Funny though, now that they are all young adults, no one comments on how many 'they' are, just how wonderful!
Water off a duck.
And, for what it is worth, in my experience, more kids are easier to manage than just 2 or three. There is a learning curve so to speak. When the 'youngers' observe an elder kiddo go to time out for a particular thing, they learn from that as well.
The only thing I was never able to really get ahead of was laundry. As they grew, the loads increased! Well that, and milk. Always wished we'd gotten a cow!
Congrats to you and family on your newest addition.
Best
**ETA**
I just SPIT my coffee over suz t's comment regarding 'prophylactic planning' of...conversations!!!
Touche...touche!!! lol