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Kelly Ripa recalls hiring babysitters in shifts while Mark Consuelos seemingly struggled with parenting early on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ripa and Consuelos share three adult children and have been married since meeting on All My Children<\/em> in 1995<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Ripa and daughter Lola recently celebrated Consuelos\u2019 55th birthday with heartfelt Instagram tributes and throwback photos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Kelly Ripa<\/a> is looking back on some early moments of parenthood.<\/p>\n In a behind-the-scenes social clip<\/a> from a recent episode of Live with Kelly and Mark<\/em>, Ripa, 55, chats with the audience and recalls what happened when she first left husband Mark Consuelos<\/a>, 55, alone with their kids while they were little.<\/p>\n “We were shooting this show in Chicago. Joaquin was like 6 months old. I hired babysitters to work in 8-hour shifts, like nurses,” Ripa explains. “When I came home, two days later, the last babysitter was on shift. She said to me, ‘You can\u2019t die, because he doesn\u2019t know where anything is.'”<\/p>\n “So I was like, good note,” she adds, nodding her head. “My god, I can\u2019t die!”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ripa and Consuelos share three kids together: sons Michael, 28, and Joaquin, 23, plus daughter Lola, 24.<\/p>\n In March, in honor of the Riverdale <\/em>alum’s 55th birthday, Ripa and daughter Lola<\/a> shared personal tributes<\/a> on Instagram to celebrate his special day.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old shared a carousel of photos and videos with her dad throughout the years. In the caption, Lola wrote a heartfelt message to her dad, whom she calls her “superhero.”<\/p>\n