Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
They would have had their hands full. I went to school with a family that had one set of triplets, two sets of twins and a singleton. I always felt sorry for the singleton.
I am always surprised at the length of baby clothes back in those days and wonder why? There's enough fabric in them for four more babies! I agree they certainly would have their hands full, with a short reprieve once they sleep through the night and then the "hands on" starts again when they begin crawling and walking. I see it with S and J, always keeping one eye on the twins while doing everything else.
The father looks permanently stunned, and it's amazing that the mother survived the childbirth. The four kids are all "plugged in" with a feeder or pacifier type thing in each of their mouths. Hoo boy! Linda in Kansas
It is amazing mama survived and so did all four babies, as premies didn't always do so well back then. Every time I see such a picture I am reminded humans were not meant to have a litter!
My mom was a triplet (unexpected multiple birth to my grandparents who were tenant farmers). There were already 2 toddlers in the family. She weighed just over 2 pounds and had to be swaddled and put into the slightly heated wood stove oven as an incubator.(They were born in the old farmhouse, delivered by a DR to who came in a horse and buggy. He was as surprised as my grandparents. )This was in the early 1900s so multiple births were quite unusual. She grew into an independent and feisty woman.
They would have had their hands full. I went to school with a family that had one set of triplets, two sets of twins and a singleton. I always felt sorry for the singleton.
ReplyDeleteI am always surprised at the length of baby clothes back in those days and wonder why? There's enough fabric in them for four more babies!
ReplyDeleteI agree they certainly would have their hands full, with a short reprieve once they sleep through the night and then the "hands on" starts again when they begin crawling and walking. I see it with S and J, always keeping one eye on the twins while doing everything else.
The father looks permanently stunned, and it's amazing that the mother survived the childbirth. The four kids are all "plugged in" with a feeder or pacifier type thing in each of their mouths. Hoo boy! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing mama survived and so did all four babies, as premies didn't always do so well back then. Every time I see such a picture I am reminded humans were not meant to have a litter!
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a triplet (unexpected multiple birth to my grandparents who were tenant farmers). There were already 2 toddlers in the family. She weighed just over 2 pounds and had to be swaddled and put into the slightly heated wood stove oven as an incubator.(They were born in the old farmhouse, delivered by a DR to who came in a horse and buggy. He was as surprised as my grandparents. )This was in the early 1900s so multiple births were quite unusual. She grew into an independent and feisty woman.
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