Brilliant dad feature week 62
This week the brilliant dad feature is Jason. He blogs at Dads Triplet Blog. He is 35 and lives in South Wales with his wife and four children.
He works for a major motor retailer as a development manager covering south Wales and the west. His Hobbies (mostly pre the triplets) include football and ice hockey, both watching and playing. He is a huge Cardiff Devils fan so most weekends during the season, he can be found down at the ice rink watching the Devils.
He loves spending time with his family, especially travelling and visiting other places, its a big wide world out there and he wants to expose his family to as much of it as possible. Thank you to Jason for taking part.
1. Have you always wanted to be a dad?
I had always planned on having a family, the idea was always the perfect 2.4. I always wanted at least one boy who I could take to football, build Lego with, teach to skate, build dens with, all the cool thing dads do with their sons
2. How did you feel when your children were born?
When Josh my oldest was born I was hugely emotional, I must admit I did shed a tear, he was the most beautiful little thing I had ever seen and I was also immensely proud of mummy more so at that moment than any other time in the entire time we’d been together.
When the triplets were born things were completely different, because the pregnancy was such a high risk everything was such a worry, the birth itself was so clinical. They were delivered by a pre-planned C-section so the room was full of people, 1 team of medical staff for each baby and 1 for mummy.
As triplet 1 (Zac) was born there was a huge sense of relief, aside from being tiny he was perfect. Triplet 3 (Sophie) was also born with no issues albeit she was only 2lb in weight. The real worry was triplet 2 (Ashley), he wasn’t breathing when he was born and I have never felt so scared or helpless in whole life. Luckily within a few seconds (what seemed like an eternity) and a little help from his medical team he was ok. All babies were taken to the ICU unit until they were big enough to leave hospital and were also helped with their breathing and temp control but I’m pleased to say they are all great now.
The feeling I have now is just immense pride for my whole family, mummy, Josh, Zac, Ashley and Sophie, they’re my little angels.
3. What have been your most rewarding experiences so far as a Dad?
The most rewarding part of it all is watching 4 tiny babies develop into little people, all with their own personalities, even at this young age, I could watch them interacting for hours.
The other most rewarding part is being “attacked” by them after I get in from a long day in work, there’s nothing quite like seeing their smiling faces.
4. What are some of funniest moments to have happened to you as a dad?
As you can imagine having a toddler and triplets there have been many many funny moments, in fact probably a new one every day.
The dummy situation with the triplets is funny, let me explain. Zac and Sophie use a dummy to settle when they’re tired or just a little miserable, Ashley however would never take one, that however doesn’t stop him taking the other twos and throwing them across the room so they can’t have them.
It’s also extremely amusing watching Josh trying to keep his toys away from the very determined triplets who must see it as a challenge to get them.
5. Have there been any situations with your children that you have found difficult to cope with?
I found the whole birth of the triplets extremely difficult due the the risk to the babies, I felt so helpless. It was the same during their time in ICU. After the birth the babies were in for 2 weeks and mummy was in for 10 days so it was trying to juggle work, looking after Josh, going to see the babies and to add to all this we moved house 2 weeks prior so sleep was something I didn’t see a lot of.
I think as a family we also found it difficult in the beginning to adjust to the massive change that comes with triplets, prior to their birth we would be out as a family all the time, enjoyed holidays to places like Disneyland and generally had a very good lifestyle that we worked hard to achieve. Once the babies were born we had to re-evaluate a lot of things, finances were a lot different as mummy had to give up work, our ability to go out of the house had changed in the fact that now everything is a military mission, we can’t fly until the babies are over 2 as we simply don’t have enough laps for them to sit on, things have been a real struggle to come to terms with but I’m glad to say I thing we are there with it now!
6. What are your dreams and hopes for your children?
More than anything I the world I want my children to be happy & healthy!
I want them to experience the world, I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life and seen may different cultures, I want them to experience the same, it’s a big wide world out there.
My dreams for the kids will be that they achieve their dreams, if one wants to be a footballer, doctor, ballet dancer, truck driver, it doesn’t matter whatever it is I’ll support and encourage it.
6 Comments
Agent Spitback
May 13, 2016 at 11:01 am
What a lovely interview! I enjoyed getting to know more about Jason and his family. Triplets! Wow! #BinkyLinky
Nigel
May 15, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Thanks for commenting I love doing this feature the answers never cease to amaze me
ShireDad (Dan)
May 13, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Incredibly impressed you find time to blog with triplets! Thanks for sharing your story #binkylinky
Nigel
May 15, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Thanks for commenting
Nick @ Notes From A Dad
May 13, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Great read and great to see how you cope with three kids, all the same age and so young. I totally her you about wanting your kids to be happy – it's my most important goal.
Nigel
May 15, 2016 at 7:07 pm
Thanks for commenting