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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would first speak to your current nanny and ask her how she feels about taking on two more babies. Some nannies would be okay with it, others may not.

I personally think it's impossible for ONE adult to care for three kids so young AND be able to address their needs adequately.

There are always the nannys who say they can do it all, and I believe they believe they can.

But what would they do in this case? The older child just got into something in the house, made a horrible mess and in the process hurt his finger and is crying. He needs to be consoled while the mess needs to be cleaned up before it affects anything else.

Well if this happened during nap time for the babies, that would be doable.

But imagine if both babies are awake, screaming in hunger. Which baby do you pick to feed first? And how in the world do you even pick when both are starving at the exact same time? Because as any parent and nanny knows, kids are very demanding.

Just some food for thought.

In my opinion, I would hire a nanny to work alongside the one you have now.[/quote]

I can't imagine you actually have any twin experience.  For starters, you don't pick one twin to feed.  Unless one twin has severe feeding issues, feeds are usually simultaneous.  Second, you don't wait until twins are screaming in hunger to feed them.  You learn their schedule and feed them BEFORE they get to that point (which nanny will have time to learn during maternity leave).  Third, because you know when you will be feeding the babies, you plan for that and have an activity ready for the 3 yo to engage with nearby.  So if 3yo creates a major mess during feeding time for babies, you might delay feeding a few minutes, but it's NBD because babies aren't starving.  You leave them contained in a crib or swing or other safe space and engage 3yo in cleanup, then proceed with planned activity for 3yo and baby feeding on a 5 minute delay, which again is no problem really.

Activities I've used for toddler siblings during baby's/babies' feeds: 
Aquadoodle mat
Play dough
Sensory bins
Coloring
Stickers
Puzzles
Books on tape

I try to do something a little different each time for variety.
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