Beyond Outnumbered: Practical Survival Strategies for Parents of Multiples
Featuring Kylie McClellan
With Lauren Zatezalo, OT student, and Melissa O'Neal, OTR/L
Kylie McClellan is an occupational therapist who also raised triplets. That combination of clinical training and the lived reality of three newborns at once makes this a different kind of conversation. This episode does not offer inspiration. It offers a realistic, OT-grounded picture of what functional daily life actually looks like when the standard postpartum advice does not apply.
About Kylie McClellan
Guest bio coming soon.
What You Will Learn in This Episode
- What postpartum daily life genuinely looks like for parents of multiples: not the highlight version, the functional reality.
- How an OT thinks about adapting daily routines and home environments when you have more than one newborn.
- The specific places where standard postpartum advice breaks down for parents of multiples, and what to replace it with.
- What Kylie did in her own postpartum period with triplets that she would do again, and what she would change.
- How to ask for and structure help when you are managing multiple infants, using the OT framework for building a functional support system.
Show Notes and Resources
Multiples of America (multiplesofamerica.org). MOST: Mothers of Supertwins (mostonline.org). Postpartum Support International (postpartum.net).
From This Episode
Transcript excerpt coming soon.
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