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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Product review: bibs

With so many styles and varieties of bibs on the market, it’s hard to know what makes a good bib over the long haul with multiples. Most moms find they need two sets of bibs - bibs for drooling and bibs for feeding.
Drooling:
When my boys’ salivary glands started kicking in, it was incredible to me [...]

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Preparing your financial house for multiples

Between websites, books, blogs, emails, and conversations with other mom friends, not once has anyone mentioned what I consider to be the top three things parents NEED before their multiples are born:
1. Updated wills
2. Updated life insurance policies
3. Emergency savings
I know, I know. It’s on everyone’s to-do list. Let’s talk about each item.
1. Updated wills. [...]

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Staving Off Boredom

Dawn asked “I am curious if any of you have come across some good books with information about how to educationally entertain your toddler twins during the day. My guys are 16 months and I would like to find ways to add education into the fun mix. I realize they are always learning with everything [...]

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The Incredible Identical Fraternal Twins

We like to push the envelope around here. Really shake things up. Keep people on their toes. Our boys are a new breed of twin - the identical fraternal variety. Technically dizygotic (or so we were told), but for all intent and purpose, identical in looks and shape. See Exhibit A (3 months):

Our friends and [...]

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