I went from a mum-of-3 to a mum-of-17 in 6 years – folk say it’s impossible, it’s not, but our food bill DOES costs £14K

A MUM-of-three has revealed however she became a mum-of-17 successful conscionable six years.

Kelly Green, 39, and her hubby Timothy, 44, added 14 children to their household successful conscionable a abbreviated magnitude of clip and explained however their nutrient measure has sky-rocketed.

Just six years agone they had 3 biologic kids - Morgan, 22, Braylon, 18, and Slayton, 16.

But successful 2019 they began fostering - welcoming 129 children - of which they adopted 14 girls and boys arsenic their own.

Now the mates walk implicit £14,000 connected groceries a twelvemonth but they wouldn't alteration it for the world.

The brace person Amber, 23, Kayla, 22, Morgan, 22, Autumn, 18, Narly, 17, Kenneth, 16, Emma, 16, Nevaeh, 16, David, 13, Ryli, 12, Charlie, eight, Lucas, five, McKinley, three, Chance, two.

Kelly volition walk astir £1,300 a period connected nutrient and store astatine 3 antithetic stores to get everything she needs astatine a bully price.

The mum has an aboriginal commencement each time getting up astatine 5:45am to get each of the kids dropped disconnected astatine antithetic schools and moving the family.

Kelly and Timothy wanted to enactment young children but person stopped since they became grandparents.

Kelly, a stay-at-home mum from Summerville, North Carolina, said: "Six years agone we were a household of five.

"In 2019, we decided to foster. We learned determination were truthful galore kids retired determination who don't person a parental figure.

"In total, we person fostered 129 children and adopted 14 of them who are each surviving astatine home.

"The main happening is being organised. If my location gets a small unorganised - beingness gets chaotic."

Kelly archetypal adopted a acceptable of siblings successful 2021 and astir precocious adopted Chance, two, successful May 2024.

Kelly said: "We said that we didn't privation to follow but the children we were fostering were household and already calling america ma and dad."

Kelly's time starts astir 5:45am earlier she wakes up her children who spell to simple school.

Kelly said: "I consciousness similar our house runs smoothly if we instrumentality to our schedule.

"A batch of parents inquire however I negociate this each azygous day, but honestly, I bash the aforesaid happening Monday to Friday.

"My docket is precisely the aforesaid each day."

When it comes to the nutrient shop, Kelly goes to Walmart, Aldi and commissary connected the section army base.

She said: "I bash my nutrient buying each Sunday. I marque a database of what is connected the paper for the week.

"I instrumentality to that and it helps maine fund for the week.

"People volition inquire however overmuch I spell done each time and it honestly depends.

"Some days we tin spell 2 to 3 days a week connected a gallon of beverage and past 1 time we tin spell done a gallon successful a day.

"It depends connected the benignant of week we are having."

Kelly and Timothy stopped adopting children aft welcoming their archetypal grandchild successful January 2024.

She said: "We made the committedness to our children that, erstwhile our kids commencement having children, we would stop.

"We privation to beryllium capable to beryllium determination for our children and their grandchildren.

"We person a kid who is preparing to get joined adjacent year, we didn't privation to adhd to our household during that clip either.