I moved in with my man after a one-night stand – now we have 11 kids & feeding them takes 4 trolleys for just snacks
Plus, the staggering amount of laundry loads Alicia does each day
BUMPER BROOD I moved in with my man after a one-night stand – now we have 11 kids & feeding them takes 4 trolleys for just snacks
LIFE could have been very different for Alicia Dougherty had she not had a one-night stand with her now-husband Josh.
The lovebirds decided to move in together after just one day - and now have a staggering 11 kids together.
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Alicia and teacher husband Josh raise 11 kids together near New York
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The couple have four biological children of their own and have adopted or fostered the rest
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The New York-based family went viral in 2021 after they started posting TikTok videos of their family life on their Dougherty Dozen page, which now has 7.5million followers.
Fans have been left stunned at Alicia's 'chaos hour' routine and how her weekly shop comes to a jaw-dropping $1280.36 [£984.64].
The mum shared how their bumper family began, writing: 'Don't mean to be a bad influence but we moved in together 2 days after our 'one night stand'.
'And now we are a family of 13. Guess it was meant to be.'
The couple's kids aren't all biologically their own, and Alicia and Josh, a teacher, reportedly suffered 11 heartbreaking miscarriages before deciding to foster and adopt.
However, just days after fostering their first son, Alex, in 2010, Alicia learned she was pregnant.
The rest was history as Alicia and Josh went on to welcome four biological children - Zoey, Dash, Bodhi, and Harlee - while also adopting/fostering Alex, James, Jordan, Jason, Patrick, Bree, Nevaeh, and Dayshawn.
Six of the Doughertys' adopted children have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), which is where alcohol passes from a mother to her baby through the umbilical cord.
Of course, keeping all those mouths fed isn't easy, and Alicia, who wakes up at 4am to get organised, recently showed off what a typical day of meals looks like, starting with 16 boxes of cereals laid out.
Lunch was grilled cheese sandwiches, with soup and fruit - and then they popped to Walmart to get a 'snack', which required a whooping four trolleys.
I'm a mum-of-12, I feed my kids on three takeaways a day, I spend a fortune and people troll me but it's my money
The family then went to the cinema, with Alicia splashing out on a large popcorn box for each kid.
Finally, she used a gigantic metal dish for a goulash dinner and garlic bread.
This was all on top of Alicia managing to keep on top of the family's five loads of laundry per day.
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Alicia gets up at 4am to get breakfast and the house ready for the kids
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Lunch is grilled cheese sandwiches
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Alicia fills four trolleys full of items during her Walmart shop
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Each kid gets their own box of popcorn at the cinema
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Parenting life doesn't phase dad Josh either, who is inspired to be the father figure he never had, claims Alicia.
She told Today: 'Josh was raised by a single mom who worked three jobs.
'And so Josh loves having this big family that's always together.'
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