Girls, I will try.

First off, there is no point in being scared! What will be will be.....and you WILL cope!

If you look at my sig, my three are close together. 17 months between Olivia and Charlie and then just 14 months between Charlie and Lexie. When Lexie was born I had 3 under 3.

If I can do it, anyone can, LOL!

Don't forget that newborns will sleep a lot in those first weeks....take advantage of this time to either get your older one to nap too, so that YOU can nap too. I shamlessly maniplulated their sleeps to try and get them to sleep at the same time at lunchtime, even just for 30 mins, so I could regroup!

Others may disagree, but I also had no shame in exploiting the DVD player for a while in the early weeks so that I could sit on the couch with the newborn and BF, knowing that the older ones would be entertained.

Try and get a groove happening for bedtime rituals as soon as you can. Then if your day goes to all hell, at least you know the bath & bedtime is coming and that that will be the "restart" button for all........

Easier said than done, but try to go with the flow.......let the house go if needs be, and allow them to get to know each other too.......the joy of seeing my 3 together more than makes up for the bedlam.......and literally kept me sane in the early weeks when Lexie was born........to see Olivia and Charlie beng gentle and kissing Lexie.....bliss.

GOOD LUCK!!