Settling in

Things are finally starting to feel settled in the Huber household. The boys are thriving and seem to be growing bigger every day. They are lifting their heads and gaining better head control and they are definitely starting to be able to see people and objects around them. They are still eating every three hours and we can't quite seem to stretch it out yet at night time but we are hoping that sometime soon we might start getting 4-5 hour blocks so that we can get some sleep. I must admit that the days go by in a big blur right now.

My day at home goes something like this...
7:30am-Mike leaves for work and the boys all wake up just about when he closes the door and pulls out of the driveway (or so it seems). It takes about 1.5-2 hours to change, feed, and settle the boys.
9:30am- I want to start doing laundry or dishes or take a shower but instead I have to pump to start stocking up breast milk for the day. If I don't pump every 3-4 hours my milk supply starts shrinking and then we have to give the boys more formula. I pump for a half hour.
10:00am- the boys are starting to stir but I hold them off with their pacifiers and scramble to get some laundry in and grab something to eat and drink. If I forget to drink enough water my body starts making less breast milk and I am pretty much a slave to the breast milk so that my boys can get enough nutrition. By the time I am back upstairs and have finished eating something quick one or more of the boys is really mad and ready to eat.
11:00am- feed and change babies.
1:00pm- if they settle down right after eating then I have enough time to pump again and maybe fold some laundry and start the dishes. If they do not settle down quickly and they are cranky then I sometimes spend the remaining hour or hour and a half trying to do two things at once by switching between pumping and getting them settled down...whichever baby was cranky usually settles just in time for the next feeding session to start for the other two. I try to get out and get some exercise if it is nice out by taking the boys on a walk sometime in the afternoon, I have to stretch their feeding session from 3 to 3.5 hours apart and sometimes they get cranky but I usually need to get out and get some air.
2:30pm get the boys in the house and feed and change babies.
4:00 or 4:30pm- pump again and quickly try to finish either laundry or dishes (but rarely both) before Mike gets home.
5:30 or 6:00pm- Mike comes home, and then we both feed and change babies so it takes a little less time. One of us, usually Mike, makes dinner during this feeding session. Then once babies are fed, I pump and off and on one of us keeps them quiet by running between them and either holding, burping or giving pacifiers while the other person tries to eat dinner and make bottles for the night to come. 9:00pm I pump one last time while Mike starts feeding babies. 9:30pm I go to bed and Mike stays up and feeds and cares for babies until 2:00am.
12:00am - Mike feeds and changes babies. (and keeps them happy until the next feeding session)
2:00am- Mike wakes me up and I pump again. Then once I am done pumping, I take over the feedings and after 4.5 hours sleep my day begins. Mike goes to sleep.
3:00am- I feed and change babies.
7:00am- After 4.5 hours sleep, Mike wakes up and gets ready for work the day starts over again.

And this is the glorious life of a family with triplets...but I cannot tell you more because true to form, Mike has just left for work and there is now a baby crying in the other room. I mean literally, house door closes and Mike's car starts and like magic baby cries...its actually quite impressive...

Please don't wake us up...we are snuggly

What I wish my mornings were like- peaceful babies

What they are usually like...come home daddy, come home!