We hear this sentence a lot when we take the babies places (so does Mali, our nanny), and we are a little perplexed by it. Yes, it is probably unbelievable to some people that we are able to get places on time with 3 babies. And yes, it does take a lot of effort and planning to do so. But really, what's our alternative?? Stay locked in the house with 3 babies all the time? We had enough of that this summer when it was 95+ degrees out. Now that the weather is nice we're trying to take the babies lots of places, including parks, daytime parties at friends' farms, the outdoor pedestrian mall, the indoor shopping mall, etc. Here's a little rundown of what it usually takes to get everyone out the door:
First, we pack the diaper bag. We keep it pretty well stocked most of the time so all we usually need to add is bottles. Here's an example of what usually goes in the diaper bag. [hint: as soon as we get home from an outing, we try to re-stock the bag so it's ready for the next outing. We also keep an emergency mini diaper bag in the car at all times in case we forget the big one]
Then, we make sure all the babies are dressed and have clean diapers.
Finally, we load them up in their carseats and haul them out to the car, making sure they each have a toy for the ride. We are not looking forward to the day when they switch to the convertible carseats and we have to figure out how to get 3 increasingly mobile babies to the car safely. We don't have a garage, so this could really be a challenge in inclement weather.
oh - we also make sure we have the right stroller/carrier for the occasion. Sometimes we take the triple-wide, sometimes the triple-long, and sometimes we still use the double snap n'go and wear the 3rd baby. The triple strollers are really heavy and hard to get in and out of the car.
So there you have it. That's how we get out of the house with 3 babies. I imagine it's not that different than the process for getting out of the house with 1 baby - it just takes a little longer.
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