First day as a Stay-at-Home Dad of Three

Will today was my first day alone and caring for three children as my wife has returned to work.  It is a big change not only for myself but also for my other children.  Over all I feel it was a good day other than the fact that everyone has been sick for more than a week.  I am anxious for everyone to settle into the new family dynamics and start a routine that works for everyone.  I think the hardest thing is the fact that before obtaining custody of my niece we had our way of doing things as a family of four.  And you think that adding one more to the mix would be easy to incorporate into the routine we already had.  But we are just learning my nieces way of doing things for herself, along with the way my other children do things.  The fact that she was been in foster care for her whole life makes it hard as she is opposite of my children and the way be have raised them.  My children are very independent and outgoing, while my niece is very clingy and attached to things, like a pacifier, which my children never really took too.  Adjusting has also been a challenge as we just spent a week in Ontario and prior to that had a two week vacation in Newfoundlands.  So over the past month we have been traveling which throws the kids schedules out of whack.  The two little ones have been getting up at 430 AM since we have been back, which has been a hard adjustment for me.  But over the past couple of days they have slowly been sleeping  longer.  I just keep telling myself that things will get better and that we have only been home for a week as I feel very burnout, although being sick does not help.  Life tests you everyday and whenever you over come a challenge or obstacle you only become stronger.  Thanks for reading.