Zoe Fuimaono is a 27-year-old, Auckland mum of four who welcomed her second set of twins this month. She will be sharing her and husband Junior’s story of raising four kids under two with us – including all the ups and downs. This week, we caught up with the family at their Auckland home to see how they were doing.
When we arrive at Zoe and Junior’s West Auckland home on a sunny Monday morning, it’s a hive of activity.
Zoe is busy feeding newborn Harlow as she gets glammed up by her make-up artist friend, Daneka. Junior is quietly tending to Harlow’s twin brother, Noah, and two-year-old twins, Theo and Henry, are running around happily, grabbing mum’s phone one minute and bouncing on the trampoline the next.
But amid the chaos, mum and dad seem remarkably calm and composed – despite their tiredness.
“We’ve been coping pretty well, I think” Zoe tells us, just weeks after welcoming their second set of twins in early January.
WATCH: At home with Blessed in Doubles’ Zoe and Junior Fuimaono
“The babies are sleeping through the night, they’re breastfeeding really well, and they barely cry – it’s honestly been a lot easier than we thought it was going to be.
“But that’s because they just eat sleep and poo,” laughs Zoe, 27.
After having an epidural for the birth of Theo and Henry, Zoe was keen to try and have a natural birth this time around – though she’s quick to point out childbirth is different for every woman.
“I just wanted to feel everything and let my body take over, obviously if something had gone wrong then we would have had to change tactic, but it was great that things went smoothly.”
While the couple certainly have their hands full with their four little ones under two years old, Zoe says luckily, the family are starting to find a routine that works for them.
“When they wake up, I express, we feed them then we change them, burp them and then back to bed. We try and do that within an hour…and if one baby wakes we wake up the other baby.”
Junior, who works in the police force, says he will return to work when everything’s a bit more settled.
“It’s going to be full on when he goes back,” says Zoe, “but hopefully I’ll be able to keep all the balls in the air.”
You can read Zoe’s column each week on Womensweekly.co.nz. Catch up on the last one here.
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