A SUPERMUM with 12 kids has revealed that she only gets four hours of sleep each night – but would still never say never to baby number 13.
Zoe Sullivan, 45, husband Ben and their dozen kids make up one of Scotland’s biggest families.
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They are parents to Elisabeth, 18, Olivia, 17, Noah, 14, Evangeline, 12, Tobias, 11, Agnes, six, Joseph, five, baby Flo, one, and two sets of twins – Charlotte and Isabelle, 16, and Leah and Erin, eight.
The bumper brood live in a six-bedroom house in Burghead, Moray, where they regularly document their hectic lives on their YouTube channel.
But Zoe has now given an insight into their busy life as she revealed how they get from day to day.
Speaking to the Press and Journal, said she only gets six hours of sleep to be able to fit everything in.
And to give herself more hours in the day, Zoe gets up every morning at 4.45am – and it’s no different on Mother’s Day.
Zoe said: “I can’t bear being late to anything, and I can’t bear being rushed.
“So if I get up early, I can have a shower, think about what I’m going to do for the day, and get ready.
“I like to get some of the chores in as well before the kids go to school, so I might do two loads of washing and those sorts of things. It does let me get more done.”
She added that mornings throughout the week are the most chaotic for the family.
Zoe carried on: “There are varying stages of teenagers using the bathroom, so I need to be in and out of there before anyone needs it.
“They’ve all worked out among themselves when their bathroom time is. Everyone has their slot.”
But the busy days mean that Zoe is left exhausted at the end of each day.
Zoe said: “I fell asleep standing up next to the oven yesterday, that’s how tired I am!”
She added: “I don’t get to bed until around midnight, so I probably average four or five hours’ sleep – on a good night.
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The dedicated mum cleans every single day and can always be seen in her YouTube videos carrying out chores and tidying.
Despite her best efforts, she revealed she is faced with hateful messages about the state of her home.
Clapping back at haters previously, Zoe said: “I spent years trying to justify myself in other people’s eyes.
“The fact is, not everyone will like you, or agree with the way you do things.
“We are all different and we all do life differently. Doesn’t mean one or the other are necessarily in the wrong.
“I know I’m a nice person and I know I’m a good mum and I no longer feel the need to justify it to other people that don’t know me and don’t like me.”
“So yes, by about 8pm, 9pm, I’m done, I’ll be asleep on the sofa.”
Despite their huge family, Zoe explained that she and Ben never decided that wanted a certain number of children.
She explained: “It’s not something we ever really discussed!
“We never said we would have a certain number of children. We just sort of carried on.
“I think the more we had, the more we realised how much we love having a big family.
“And to be honest, the more you have, the easier it gets, in a weird sort of way.”
And she said that no matter how exhausted she is, she would “never say never” to having a thirteenth baby.
Zoe added: “It’s an open-ended question. But never say never!
“Ben’s 49 now and I’m 45, so we’re getting to that point where we’d really have to think carefully.
“But I would never say no to another one.”