It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, no, corrects Sam Wallace, it was just the worst of times.
When his wife Sarah was recently hospitalised with pneumonia and severe sepsis, the popular broadcaster was trying to hold the fort at home while he and son Brando, four, also recovered from influenza A. Then one of his twin daughters, Sienna, came down with chicken pox. The only ones winning were Cosette and the cat!
Now, six weeks later, as they welcome the Weekly into their “full noise” home on Auckland’s North Shore, Sarah is recovering well and hoping to get back to normal – “we just need these children to sleep again”.
The couple, who have been together 11 years, are always refreshingly candid when it comes to the reality of parenting three under five.
In the week from hell, Sam, 42, admits being in survivalmode meant he let all the kids sleep with him in bed every night and subsequently undid three years of Sarah’s vigilant sleep training.
