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[quote=Anonymous]Are you a SAHM or are you coming from work?  I was a SAHM with 2yo twins and a newborn and DH worked evenings.  I always made dinner during their naptime (I would pretty much always just throw together something in a pan that could be baked closer to dinner).  So there was no real meal prep, just put it in the oven at the correct time and then take it out early enough for it to cool off before dinner time.  I would nurse the baby while toddlers played then poo her in a baby carrier.  Toddlers would set the table with their plastic dishes while I brought over the serving tray with dinner, we’d eat, then I would cover the leftovers and toss all the dishes in the sink with some water to soak.

Toddlers would play in the bath while I nursed the baby again, then baby’s “bath” would be a quick rinse under the running bath faucet.  I would stick pull-ups on the twins and let them play naked for a bit while I did lotion/diaper/jammies for the baby, then I’d do the same for the toddlers.  I would nurse the baby one more time while reading books to the toddlers as they drank a sippy cup with some warm milk.

After books, toddlers would “help” me put the baby to bed by sitting in the soft chair in her room and singing her lullabye with me as I turned out the lights, swaddled her and put her into a swing.  I know you’re not supposed to swaddle in the swing but we only did it for 20 minutes a night and it was needed.  Between the swaddle and the swing she was okay for long enough that I could brush toddlers’ teeth and tuck them each into bed, then once they were down I would go back in and get the baby settled properly.[/quote]

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