Ask the Moms, part 17 - bed rest

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Bed rest. Those two words were my primary fear from the moment I considered getting pregnant. And when I found out I was having twins, I freaked out even more. I do not [...]

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Ask the Moms, part 16 - Playing favorites

“Ah, clearly a Mama’s boy.”
“Which one is the better baby?”
“Which one is the evil twin?”
Yes, the HDYDI moms have heard them all. OK, so maybe the last one is sort of a joke, but you stop finding it funny after a while. Fair or not, we’ve probably all had people suggest that we [...]

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Ask the Moms, part 15 - bathtime

What’s harder to hold onto than a squirmy baby? A wet and soapy squirmy baby! And what’s even harder than that? Two wet and soapy squirmy babies! Oh, goodness. The heart attacks we’ve all had when combining our children with water. But bathe, we must, at least a few times a [...]

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Ask the Moms, part 14 - help for the new mom

In the spirit of Birth Story Week, I thought we’d tackle a question we’ve all gotten from time to time: “what kind of help did you have when the babies came home?” This was one people seemed to ask me constantly when I was pregnant, and again when the kids were newborns. When [...]

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Ask the Moms, Part 13 - the twinmobile

Of the many, many things that you must have double of when your twins arrive, one non-negotiable is rear-facing carseats. Immediately, a lesson in: how can two such tiny people require such large… stuff? All of this stuff, in particular those carseats, often lead twin parents-to-be to contemplate the purchase of a new [...]

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