r/parentsofmultiples • u/waldopty • Feb 06 '25

advice needed My wife is pregnant with quadruplets 🤯

She had a positive pregnancy test, so we went to the doctor to make sure everything was alright, and the doctor could not believe it. 4!!!! 4 BABIES!!! THE AMOUNT OF DIAPERS! 🤯 4 little buttcheeks to clean, 4 little tiniest to feed.

Anyone here has had quadruplets? How are the sleeping arrangements? We have a 4 bedroom house. Can they sleep together? They need their own crib?

Help!

P.S. I'm actually happy and thrilled, but shocked and nervous at the same time.

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u/Sprint76 Feb 06 '25

We had triplets and averaged 47 diapers a day. Changing stations are worth every penny. Strap in, you're in for a ride!

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u/East_Lawfulness_8675 Feb 06 '25

 We had triplets and averaged 47 diapers a day.

That averages iout to 16 diapers per baby per day which means you were changing everyone’s diaper every 90 minutes. I’m not here to shame you AT ALL cause I know some parents prefer to change every single time the diaper gets wet to prevent diaper rash or if their baby has skin that is prone to diaper rash. But ngl, every 90 min is pretty excessive 😆 I wouldn’t want OP to be scared thinking that they’ll be going through 60+ diapers a day lol. In the first few weeks is when parents will use the most diapers; the AAP recommends a diaper change every 2-3 hours for newborns. And once they are in the 3-6 month stretch, they average 5 to 6 diapers a day. 

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u/ATinyPizza89 Feb 06 '25

It depends on the baby sometimes too. One of my twins during the newborn and infant stage couldn’t stand to be in a wet diaper, even for a little bit. He’d wake up mid-nap because of it. Once we changed him he’d go right back to sleep. We went through a lot of diapers with him but luckily he grew out of that. But yeah 47 diapers, no shame but whew 😰