Home At Last

Finally we had everyone home on October 3rd, just shy of 1 month old. It was a bit of a hectic time but we actually settled into things pretty quickly. Daniel was off work when the babies were born and then again when everyone was home. Both my parents and Daniel's were here with us off and on to help us out. We appreciated it so much!
At first the babes were eating every 3-4 hours throught the day and night. They didn't start stretching out their night time feedings until they were about 3 months old. That first month or two was kind of a foggy blur of feeding, me pumping, washing/preparing/sterilizing bottles over and over in a day. In the beginning I spent over 12 hours of the day/night feeding, pumping and doing bottle stuff.
Basically once everyone was fed and sleeping there was very little time to do anything except clean up and start getting ready for the next feeding.
Sleep came in bits and pieces through out the night but I could usually get a total of 4-5 hours. Your body just learns to function on less sleep (as all of you parents know). I know you are supposed to sleep when the baby(ies) sleep, however, that just wasn't as easy with 3 babies. I did get a few naps in when we had grandmas or grandpas with us.
I had problems with my incision not healing properly and went through a few weeks of home care coming to the house. It kept getting worse, so I had to go back in for another surgery to clean things up. I just had to stay overnight in the hospital and then came home the next day. What a relief it was to finally get that healed!


We quickly figured out the best way to feed 3 babies at one time. If I would have fed everyone separtately that is all I would have done all day. So in the beginning I sat on the floor with all 3 propped up on a pillow in front of me. Two bottles held with one hand and one with the other. It only took a little while to really get the hang not only feeding, but the burping part when everyone else wanted to keep eating.

After they got a little bigger I would have two on a pillow in front of me and one in a bouncy chair beside me. Maggie is the one usually in the chair because she is lighter than Casey to lift in and out of the chair with one arm and Mitchell is too squirmy. I could prop Maggie's bottle up with receiving blankets if I needed two hands for the boys. We have it down to a science now.


Daniel has mastered feeding two at once, so sometimes I get to cuddle just one baby. Or if we have company over and it's mealtime they get handed a baby pretty much as they walk in the door.