An exhausted mother has gone to great lengths to have a moment of alone time from her four daughters.

Ashley Gardner, who gave birth to quadruplets after IVF treatment, shared a hilarious video of herself hiding in the pantry eating lollies.

The video, suitably called 'Sums Up Motherhood in 34 Seconds', shows Ms Gardner chewing on a red liquorice stick while one of her daughters tried to peek under the pantry door.

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Alone time: Mother-of-four Ashley Gardner shares a hilarious video of herself eating red liquorice in the pantry

I see you! But one of her daughters cheekily peeked under the door to look in on her

The Quad Squad: Mrs Gardner and her husband Tyson welcomed quadruplets in December of 2014: Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline

The video starts with the mother-of-four, from Utah in the U.S, chewing sweets wide-eyed with her back pressed against the pantry door.

In the background her four daughters - Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline - can be heard squealing.

As she furiously bites down on another piece of liquorice Mrs Gardner said by way of explanation: 'Mum desperately needed a treat to get through the rest of the night'.

'So I'm hiding in the pantry. Eating a treat. Is that wrong?'

Sugar hit: Mrs Gardner hid in the pantry while her husband was out shoveling the driveway, and said she desperately needed a treat to make it through the night

Mrs Gardner and her husband Tyson welcomed quadruplets in December of 2014.

The pregnancy came after an eight-year struggle with infertility, that saw the couple embrace IVF in the hopes of starting their dream family.

Mrs Gardner had two eggs implanted, and in what was a one in 70 million chance, conceived two sets of identical twins.

The couple has since shared an insight in to their life raising four beautiful girls on their YouTube, blog and social media.

But while their Instagram is littered with adorable photos of smiling toddlers, not everyday is easy.

Mrs Gardner said her husband was out shoveling the driveway when she took a moment in the pantry to eat lollies.

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Adorable: The family runs a YouTube channel and blog to share an insight in to their life as a family of quads

'They don't ever go away. They want everything you have,' she said of her kids.

As if on cue, she panned the camera down to the gap at the bottom of the door.

There one of her daughters could be seen, her face pressed against the floor as she tried to look in to the pantry for her mother.

'See! She's always there,' Mrs Gardner said.

The hilarious video received more than 706,200 views and more than 1,100 comments on YouTube.