Confessions of a Scared Twin Mom

Often when I read this blog - and the personal blogs of its contributors - I feel like the biggest twin-mommy slacker in the world.  I love my children. I have (I think) complete control of all situations within, and within walking distance of, our home. I am confident. I feel like I handle situations with [...]

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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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The things you wait for

When you’re pregnant with twins, you hear all kinds of great stories. The “special connection” your kids will have, how they’ll always be playmates, yadda yadda yadda. We all know the reality is not always so delightful. My newborns didn’t seem to have any acknowledgment of the other, didn’t sleep better next [...]

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Multiple Myth #27

“One baby crying will not disturb the other baby.”
Perhaps in someone else’s house, but not in mine.
Right now we are going on day/night #10 of no sleep in our house. Between the night terrors, the teething, and the new seperation anxiety phase at least one of the two is up screaming some time between the [...]

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A new kind of outing

I’ve always been a big fan of getting out of the house with the babies. From the time mine were about two weeks old, we’ve been taking walks and going to new mom groups. I tried to balance the need for fresh air with the whole preemie/germ thing, but thankfully it was late [...]

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