“Waaaaa!” Madeleine screamed at the top of her lungs. It was 1 in the morning.

“Coming, Sweetheart.” Robin said to herself. Patrick had the nightshift that night. The babies had been home for 2 weeks.

It was too late by the time Robin got into Mattie’s room. She had already wakened Vanessa.

“Shhhh, it’s okay.” The mother whispered to her daughters. She picked both of them up. She layed them into their bassinet. Each of the sextuplets had one. Tyler’s was red, Mattie’s was pink, Ryan’s was green, Vanessa’s was purple, Savannah’s was yellow, and Taylor’s was blue. She pushed the pink and purple bassinets out of the room. The girls quieted down at the movement. She went into the nursery/playroom that was for all the children.

“Let’s get you changed.” She lifted Mattie and placed her on the changing table. She changed her diaper and put her back down. She picked up Vanessa, who was soaked.

“Why are you so wet?” she asked out loud. It was Patrick’s turn to put the sextuplets in bed for the night. He obviously didn’t change Vanessa’s diaper.

“I’ll just change your sleeper too.” She picked up a purple outfit for her child to sleep in. Each child had an assigned color so clothes and other things wouldn’t get messed up.

“There.” Mattie began to cry again. Robin heard another baby cry and knew that it was Ryan. She left the girls in their bassinets and went to get her youngest son. She put him in the green bed and pulled him into the nursery. She changed him and pulled all three children into the kitchen.

“I’m gonna get you guys a bottle.” She picked up a pink, green, and purple bottle. She added some formula and started to heat them. She grabbed each bottle, sticking it into a child’s mouth. She burped them when needed.

Robin walked back into the nursery and turned on the music box. She picked up Madeleine and sat in the rocking chair and began to rock slowly. Her daughter fell asleep. She placed her in the bassinet and repeated this on the other two children.

Finally, Robin placed the three children in their beds. They were all still sleeping peacefully.

“Mommy?” she turned around slowly. Jordan was standing in the doorway.

“Yeah sweetie?”

“I can’t go back to sleep.” Robin picked up the four year old and carried her into the kitchen. She sat her on the counter and got milk and chocolate syrup from the fridge.

“When I was little and couldn’t sleep, Grandma Anna used to do this.” She put chocolate syrup and milk in a cup and stirred them. She stuck it in the microwave for a minute and then pulled it out.

“This will help.” Jordan drank the warm chocolate milk out of the sippy cup.

“Thanks Mommy.” She gave the cup to her mother. Robin picked up the little girl and carried her back to her room. She tucked her in and the little girl drifted off to sleep. By then, it was 3 in the morning.

Robin walked to her room and opened the door, but then she heard a cry. She went back into the boys’ room and quickly grabbed Tyler before he woke up Ryan.

“My sweet little boy.” She changed his diaper and fed him. Then she sat in the nursery rocking chair. She began to sing “Rock a Bye Baby.” After she sang it 3 times, he was asleep. She took him back to his room and closed the door. She heard a little girl cry and noticed it to be Savannah.

“Vannie, please don’t cry.” Robin was exhausted. It was 4 in the morning and she had only slept for 2 hours. She fed and changed her. Savannah was the hardest baby to get to sleep and tonight was no different.

“Come on, sweetie. Mommy is so tired.” She carried the child into the nursery. It was the 6th time she had been in there that night. She layed the child in the crib that was in the room and opened the window a little bit. She turned on music and watched her daughter. She yawned sleepily and then drifted off.

“Good girl.” She put the child her room. She walked into the kitchen and got a drink of water. When she turned to leave the room, she saw Talia standing there.

“What’s wrong, Tallie?”

“I had a bad dream about my real parents.” Robin led the child to the living room.

“You can tell me.”

“My parents died when I was 2. I had nowhere to go and they left me alone. The lady at the docks found me and took care of me and then she died. But instead of coming here like I did, I saw some mean guys. They throwed me into the water and I drownded.”

“It’ll be okay, sweetie. You’re safe here.

“I know.” Robin looked at the clock. It was 5:30.

“Do you wanna go back to bed?” The child nodded sleepily. Robin put her in her bed. That was when she noticed that only 5 of the 6 babies had wakened up.

She quickly walked into Savannah and Taylor’s room. She went over to the youngest child’s bed. She was beginning to stir.

“You need a bottle, Tay.” She said quietly. She lifted the half sleeping baby and fed and changed her. She rocked her back to sleep. By the time all that was done, it was 6 in the morning.

“It’s pointless to sleep now.” Robin said to herself. She started to make coffee and sat down to read a medical journal. It had been a long night.