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McGhee Sextuplets: They’re Making Me Look Bad!
McGhee Sextuplets parents make it look as easy as flipping pancakes.
I just saw the Oprah video about the McGhee Sextuplets. First of all, boy are those kids cute! Secondly, they have some really cool stuff- for example that kidney table with the seats in it—genius! I guess this must be something they have at infant daycares, but I’ve never seen one.
Thirdly, I’m just not sure how the mom keeps it together!? They say she ‘stays home’ with the kids. I ‘stay home’ with my kids and have a meltdown if I have both of them together for longer than three hours at a time! I think my body would probably surrender if I had to care for Fuzz times six. I know she’s not nursing (I mean, who the hell can nurse six babies at once, unless you are a cat or a pig or something), and she has volunteers come in four times a week (according to Oprah) but all the other things are equally exhausting. Just feeding and burping one baby is a job. Meanwhile, according to her husband, Mia keeps the house in tip top shape and runs the house with ‘an iron fist.’ She was cleaning and organizing while she was being interviewed. I’m looking at my living room right now: 2 baskets of folded laundry, a pile of unfolded laundry on the couch, train tracks and trains all over the floor, some dishes from dinner still on the table. I ONLY HAVE TWO KIDS…AND I’M EXHAUSTED!! Clearly, one needs a schedule with six, which it appears the McGhees have down to a science. But even still, does one need to have OCD in order to care for six babies at once? I can’t imagine what my house would look like if I had six. You might not be able to find any of us in the piles of laundry and dirty diapers. They should have sextuplet boot camp for those of us whining about our singletons.
What do you think? Could you handle six and still keep it together?
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Elissa commented on Feb 22 11 at 5:36 amDamn! Now I feel like a total slacker. I only have one little baby and if anyone even mentions house work to me, I just laugh in their faces! Just getting the dishes done seems like a major achievement to me, and if I get a load of washing done as well, you can pretty much call me super mum, as far as I’m concerned.
You might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m totally serious. I save up all the major cleaning for the weekend and then tackle them as a tag team with my husband. Even then, I’m only taking about essential things, like cleaning the bathroom, there are still things everywhere. I can see three piles of books and a basket of clean, but unfolded laundry from where I’m sitting, and that’s without turning my head.
What I want to know is when does she get to take a nap?
Naomi commented on Feb 22 11 at 10:51 am@Elissa- I KNOW you’re not exaggerating because my house is in a similar state constantly. Even if I constantly keep up with the laundry and dishes, the house is still a sty.
I totally concur re: the nap-seriously!!
Toya Colbert commented on Feb 22 11 at 1:06 pmI saw this beautiful family on Oprah! God sure is Good they have been wonderfully blessed with 6 gorgeous babies.
Danielle commented on Feb 22 11 at 3:47 pmThe answer to your question…no, I could not handle 6 and keep it together. I can barely handle two and a full-time job, with a fully involved husband and lots of other family help.
PlumbLucky commented on Feb 24 11 at 12:40 pm6? Well, I know I wouldn’t be working if there were (hypothetically) more than my two bambinos. And well, housework sure has gone to heck in a handbasket. And I have a very involved husband who is supportive of me working, otherwise I’d be in a world of hurt with just the two!
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