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'My gifts from God' – Cape Town mom's joy as she celebrates first Christmas with her triplets

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Berenice Jacobs holds her three girls, Chloe, Cleo and Claire. (PHOTO: Supplied)
Berenice Jacobs holds her three girls, Chloe, Cleo and Claire. (PHOTO: Supplied)

Life is busy enough with just one baby – but when there are three bundles to care for, it’s go-go-go all the time.

Berenice rises at 4am to feed the babies, goes through about 40 nappy changes in a day and somehow finds two-and-a-half hours in her hectic schedule to pump breastmilk.

Nights are an up and down affair with one of the girls often needing a feed, a change or a cuddle. But Berenice Jacobs says it’s all worth it. The triplets are a gift from God, even if she’s permanently exhausted.

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