Three aged 3 and under. Anyone?!

[littleraysofsunshine]

Any tips ?!

No, but I salute you!

My daughter was born when my twins were exactly 18mths old ... So I know how tough it can be. To be fair, that was 17yrs ago for me and it's amazing how you forget haha. I would say, accept ANY help that is offered to you, try to stick to some sort of routine and above all ... Be ultra organised! I loved having mine so close together .... Hope you enjoy it as much as I did

Not any more but have been there (twice) with a stretch of 4 aged 5 and under, so I know how tough it is. But we all survived. Biggest tip is to make sure your partner pulls his weight. And also to work at least part time.

I did, I have three under five now.

Firstly I found breast feeding to make things so much easier. Getting bottles organised before going out would just have been too much.

If you can afford help or have family that would help regularly, get it sorted before the third is born. It's really hard trying to make decisions and even get out to see places with a newborn and the other two. I put my twins in daycare 2 days per week for six hours but if I did it differently I would have for a nanny for those hours.

I wouldn't have got through without my incredibly supportive husband. Is your husband helpful and / or will he step up?

No yet, but I will have three under two and a just three year old in a few weeks so any tips would be great

3 under 3 that's me!
It's quite hard, 2 are twins age 2.6. They are much harder than DS.
Tips - deep breaths. Don't expect too much. Be prepared to be late wherever you go. Be kind to self. Practically I try to make sure DDs are sorted first and then concentrate on DS.
Mealtimes are the hardest so I make everything in advance so it's not a desparate hungry dash.
And I only do bathtime when I've got help. And I only do online shopping.
And lastly I try to enjoy them, they'll be grown up before I know it and I want to make sure I don't spend their first years really stressed. They are amazing and I'm so delighted and lucky to have gorgeous LOs. You'll love it!

Dc3 is due in 1.5weeks, I have a 3.2yo, and 19.5mo. I have already found that life is much happier when ORGANISED! But still a lot of practice needed!

People keep saying how hard it's going to be, but I raised the two of them alone for ten months, and I know everyone does have bad days even with just one child surely?

I am looking forward to it, just the transition into the not having a spare hand scenario kind of thing. Dp works mon-fri sometimes Saturday. And does football once a week but end of season soon. He is great though, very good with household things too if not better than me!

I just don't want to waste time being snappy where I haven't planned meals, shopping, making sure I have time for myself too etc. and also dd1 has started preschool every morning as of yesterday so that'll be testing getting three ready and dropped her off at 8:30am when it usually happens that newborn will want breastfeed or poop when stepping out the door lol.

I've pre warned her teacher, but if they give her space to someone else because of her attendance then we have a back up school for September (actually my first choice)

Oh yes, bottles are a no no, breastfeeding all the way. So much easier in my experience!

And I'm working hard at not expecting so much from myself or the kiddos. (I do get stressy when I've had a rubbish nights sleep, but I'm working on it.) they're not small for long. I can't believe my three year old is three already.

I've been there theres 16mo between dc1 and dc2 and 10mo between dc2 and dc3 so there was 3 in 2years and 2 months my best advice is to try and get some sort of routine in place I found it helped to have a plan of action everyday. Also if help is offered grab it with both hands.
The months fly by and before u know it everything is kind of second nature. It can't be that bad we ended up with 6 kids in 9 years best of luck