Please Vote! Tuesday, June 2nd

Hello Everyone! Enormous thanks go to our wonderful MoM’s who have agreed to “try out” for HDYDI! We are beyond thrilled that so many of you are reading along with us, and we hope you enjoy our contest week. Please vote for the author you would like to hear more from, as the authors with [...]

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The making of a little girl

I’m not much of a girly-girl.  I don’t really do makeup, I don’t have a purse or shoe collection. The SAHM thing means I spend my days in jeans and t-shirts.
By extension, it would seem, my daughter isn’t the girliest thing around, either.  I have a very pragmatic approach to dressing my kids, and I [...]

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Nature and Nurture

It never ceases to amaze me how different my two kids are.  Of course, they’re genetically just any old brother and sister, so clearly they would be two different people.  But being twins, you still somehow expect them to be a bit more alike.  Even if you logically know there’s no reason for it.
There are [...]

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Fostering closeness?

File this one under “crazy things I shouldn’t waste energy worrying about,” but I figured some of you guys would know what I’m talking about.
One of the many things people love to comment on when they see twins is something like “oh, they’ll always have a playmate!”  “Friends for life!”  But as someone who had [...]

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Social Shorthand

They’ll speak their own language. They’ll feel each other’s pain. They’ll always have a special bond. They’ll always have a best friend.
Ask any twin parent, and they’ll testify; as soon as a multiples pregnancy is announced, those legendary lifelong predictions are made. The fascination with children that arrive in pairs is undeniable (seen any news [...]

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