A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BEING A MOTHER OF TRIPLETS

Many people ask us what our days are like...........so I thought I would explain it in detail.

Starting in the am, our first feeding of the day is around 2am, then 5am and then again at 8am it switches over to every two hours during the day and then back to every 3 hours at night. The first week we had to feed them every hour and a half. To feed all three by yourself, it takes about 45mins to an hour............so, that meant if you were feeding them all by yourself, by the time you were done with all three, you had about a half hour till you started your feeding cycle all over again. Thank God, after our doctors visit this week, we got to switch back to every 2 hours during the day and 3 at night, because we got all three to gain about a pound from birth, which was a great accomplishment.

So, feedings start every three hours at about 8pm.........therefore, our nights are very very long. Up at11pm, 2am, 5am and then again at 8am. Not to mention that Ivan wants to be fed at around 6:45, so we are up for him too.

To keep our sanity, Ali and I have been switching back and forth, taking shifts at night to get through each night. Lucky for us, for the most part the babies sleep in between feedings fairly well, and seem to eat and sleep on somewhat of a schedule together. Trust me, we have had our nights where we were both up and thought we would never get back to sleep.

It seems like Reese and Declan are the fussiest at night...........and feed off each other. If one starts crying, the other one starts too. Stella just sleeps through it all. It is amazing that you can already tell their differences in personality, even at such a young age.

As far as how many diapers we go through in one day, well WHO KNOWS. I feel like we are constantly changing diapers and onesies. Not to mention doing loads after loads of laundry and we are CONSTANTLY washing bottles........and CONSTANTLY warming formula.

In the end it is all worth........we have three AMAZING children and we would go through a thousand sleepless nights for them. It is so worth it!!