Getting a kid ready for bҽd is really a struggle for most average parents. So, what happens if you have eight children including twins and triplets? Must things be much more chaotic?
27-year-old mom, Chloe Dunstan, from Perth, Australia, has shared a glimpse inside her busy nighttime routine which has her cook and eat dinner as early as 4:30 pm. At the age of 22, the Australian mum already had three children with her husband Rohan – Evan, eight, Otto, seven, and Felix, six!
Before even having the chance to breathe, triplets Rufus, Hank, and Pearl – almost five – came along before they were joined by twins last year. This busy couple quickly learned how to adjust to life as a family of ten, which meant being incredibly organized. On her YouTube channel, Chloe Dunstan conceived all her kids naturally details her very busy home life. In one clip, the young stay-at-home mum revealed that her nighttime prep starts at 4:30 pm. That is also when she’ll cook dinner for the entire family.
At this time, the older kids often help tidy their playroom, while the rest have a nap. Chloe said in the clip: “The babies have a nap in their rockers, while the others do some tidying up,”
“At the same time, I’ll cook the dinner for the kids.” She says pasta packed full of veg is a super quick and easy meal to prepare for the huge brood. Understandably, the quicker the better because she has very little time to spend cooking in the kitchen. However, the mum still ensures the meals are nutritious as possible…
By 6 p.m., her children are seated to eat their meal, with Chloe and her husband just occasionally joining them. On busier days, the couple does not eat dinner until all of the children have fallen asleep, which might take several hours. While the book of the moment changes on a regular basis, she said that their current favorite is The Gingerbread Man — and happily, they all agree.
After dinner, the kids take turns taking baths and putting on their pajamas. In the meantime, Chloe tries to clean and nurse the newborn twins. At the same time, she is keeping an eye on the older lot. She claims, however, that there is no time to sit and watch TV in the evening because Chloe has the kids brush their teeth and then get into bed to read a book. Chloe claims to have accumulated over a thousand books since becoming a parent, all of which are neatly arranged in color order on the bookshelf.
By 8 p.m., the kids are nestled in and ready to sleep, and only then can the mother relax and spend time with her husband. While these situations appear to be stressful, Chloe appears to have everything under control. “It’s definitely grown easier over the years,” she confesses. “The night-time routine has obviously gotten easier over the years, as everyone save the twins can now dress.”
“It was a lot of work having the triplets there for a while while they were small.” But I believe that when you have a large family, you have to do whatever works best for you.” She claims The busy mother previously revealed to FEMAIL that she homeschools all of her children — even before the global pandemic. “Because we homeschool, there are a lot of people around, but we keep it fairly calm.” “The kids do a little schoolwork, and then they largely focus on doing things they enjoy, like sketching, art projects, scientific projects, playing, and spending a lot of time outside,” she explained.
Chloe also explained what a regular day as a mother of eight can look like. The mother will get her children started on schoolwork first thing in the morning while continuing to manage her thriving online toy store from home with her husband. “With a career, homeschooling, and homework, it can be a lot,” she said, “but we handle it well together, and doing all of this means we can optimize family time, which is incredibly important to us.”