Mum of Triplet Toddlers Deals with up to 30 Nappy Changes and Feeds A DAY

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00:00 The best thing about being a triple parent is while they're identical and they look alike,

00:03 they do have completely different personalities.

00:06 It's really true that it's three times the love.

00:09 Austin is the oldest, aren't you Austin?

00:26 You're a big brother.

00:28 Austin likes to teach and tell us things.

00:31 He likes to tell us what's going on and correct us if he gets something wrong.

00:34 I do that part.

00:36 Okay.

00:37 You're the youngest, aren't you Ethan?

00:40 Yeah.

00:41 Ethan has his seat on the sofa and he's the little boss,

00:44 so he has to sit there and nobody's allowed to sit in his seat.

00:47 You like hunting for crocodiles, don't you?

00:49 Yeah.

00:50 And playing in the sea?

00:51 Yeah.

00:52 And then Rupert?

00:53 He picks things up really fast.

00:55 I tell him something once, he'll understand it and just do it.

00:58 You going to make your bed?

00:59 Yeah.

01:00 We had a bleed, so we'd gone in at six weeks early for a scan.

01:11 The woman could see that we was worried, so she turned the screen quickly to reassurance

01:16 and said, "Oh look, there's a heartbeat."

01:18 And then she found a second one and said, "Oh, there's two."

01:21 And then she found the third one and said, "Oh, there's something else,

01:24 so I'm just going to go and speak to somebody more senior and get a second opinion."

01:28 So my mind went into overdrive that there's something else.

01:32 So when she came back and she said it was a baby, I just burst out laughing

01:36 just with reassurance and happy that it was three babies.

01:40 What was your reaction?

01:41 Just absolutely shocked.

01:42 It was the fact that there was all sharing more placentas.

01:46 I really thought that went to, "Oh my God, what's the risk?"

01:50 We had lots of pregnancy complications.

01:52 The 81 weeks then told us that Ethan had stopped growing.

01:57 At that point, we needed to have the C-section urgently.

02:01 We just kept thinking, "Everything's going to be okay because it has to be."

02:06 After they'd delivered Austin, Ethan's cord became wrapped around Rupert's neck

02:11 and they just very calmly discussed and resolved it

02:15 without setting me or anybody else into panic.

02:19 Thankfully now everyone's here and causing chaos.

02:23 If you imagine having one child and experiencing all the fun and excitement of them growing up,

02:36 you'd get that times three.

02:38 I think the hardest thing is if they get poorly.

02:45 If one catches something and gets poorly, you just know it's a matter of time

02:50 until the other two get poorly.

02:51 You can't necessarily give them your invited attention.

02:54 We got really routine as well.

02:56 Once we got to that point where everything was organised, it was a lot easier.

03:00 Shall we go wake up Austin and Ethan?

03:02 Wonderful.

03:03 I think the routine is absolutely key.

03:06 It's all about staying one step ahead of what they need.

03:09 Keep them well fed, make sure that they nap so they're not tired.

03:12 It's really true that it's three times the love.

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