On-air Alisyn always looks pulled together and perfect. But her family balancing act is admittedly not without its faults. “I don’t sleep much,” she tells us. Though no one could tell from her 6am composure. 

Her day starts at 3:15am and like many of us can relate, her alarm surprises her every morning. “I drag myself into the shower and dash to work by 4am. I spend the next hour being transformed by our hair stylists and makeup artists. Then I have one hour to pour over every newspaper article and website I can find to study up on the news of the day. I review my questions for our interview subjects, get a microphone hooked on, and run out to the studio to be in place when the cameras start rolling live for “FOX & Friends First” at 6am sharp.”

We’re tired already, but this is just the start of the day.

“I’m off the air at 9am, then we do an online show called “The After The Show Show” until about 9:15. During all of that, I’m writing my blog, “Aly In The Greenroom” and responding to readers and viewers comments and questions. We have an editorial meeting from 10am to 11am where we bat around ideas for the following day’s show. By 11am, I’m usually exhausted and starving. I try to go to the gym but my appetite usually wins out and I eat lunch at my desk while looking at email. I often have a story to write or report on, so I stay at work until about 3pm when I dash home to pick up my daughters at preschool by 3:30. I play with the kids until 6pm when the dinner, bathing, reading, pajama routine begins. I tuck the kids in bed by 7:45, do my homework for the follow day’s show and fall into bed by 8:30. Repeat.”

She admits her work/life balance too often makes her feel like she’s “hanging on by a thread.”

And the kids are all under four. The twins, Alessandra and Francesca, are three, and Nathaniel is just 17 months old.