Newly sɪɴɢʟᴇ mum, 30, of eight kids ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ 12, including 5 surprise quintuplets admits ‘ life as a solo mum is tough’. Kim already had son Kurt, 12, from a ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜs ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ, and daughters Ava, eight, and Indiana, six, with her husband. However, the mum then went on to give birth to Aᴜsᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀɴ’s first ever ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ quintuplets, despite the one in 55 ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴs ᴏᴅᴅs.
She was thrilled to Fɪɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ she was ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ in 2015, but life took a ᴅɪFFᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴ when she and her husband Vaughn, 35, ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ there were five ᴛɪɴʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙᴇᴀᴛs in her ᴡᴏᴍʙ. Tucci went ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ a ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ with ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ sᴛʀᴀɪɴ, Fᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ into a C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ at ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ 30 weeks as her kids had ɴᴏ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ. The parents, from Perth, welcomed five children to their brood in January 2016 a son Keith and four daughters – Ali, Penelope, Tiffany and Beatrix. But raising eight children ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ one roof has taken a ᴛᴏʟʟ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ, as the couple revealed they are ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ sᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ. Tucci Fᴀᴄᴇs ᴅɪFFᴇʀᴇɴᴛ challenges ,like tending to the needs of all five babies, plus her ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ daughters who are 2 and 4. She spends ᴊᴜsᴛ $250 a week on her grocery bill stocking up on staples such as milk, bread, cheese, yoghurt, meat and fresh fruits and vegetables. She said :” I usually shop at different stores for different specials, buy things in bulk because it’s so much cheaper. We go through so much toilet paper. I ᴊᴜsᴛ get the cheap ʙʀᴀɴᴅ. People forget it’s toilet paper at the end of the day, it’s going to be Fʟᴜsʜᴇᴅ so you don’t need ᴇxᴘᴇɴsɪᴠᴇ toilet paper.” 
She added :” I usually meal prep meals for the quins because they eat earlier than we do, I try to feed them all, so I can have a somewhat peaceful cook each night for the rest of us. I would make a pasta dish with hidden vegetables like pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini and carrots blended together – make a sauce out of that. The big family go through 21 litres of milk and seven loaves of bread a week and washes about 20 kilograms of clothes a day. The sleeping arrangement is actually not too ʙᴀᴅ, the quins all go to bed at the same time at 6.30pm. I get them to bed, and they all sleep very well. The ᴏʟᴅᴇʀ kids go to bed a little later but it all comes down to having a routine. Then the quins get up at about 7am.” For her, the ʙɪɢɢᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ would be having to sᴘʟɪᴛ my self into so many people just to give enough time and attention to everyone. And of course her lovely husband who has sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ she from day one.
Adjusting has been difficult for all, but Tucci’s ᴇʟᴅᴇʀ daughters have ᴇsᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇᴅ. She shared:” They do love them, but it has been a ʜᴜɢᴇ learning ᴄᴜʀᴠᴇ for them. They’ve had to learn how to share mommy, share daddy and learn that the babies do need a lot of time and attention. Now I have let all the ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ go, I’m the happiest I have been in such a long time. I’m happy that Vaughn is happy and I know that life can only get better for both of us from here.”
