I love visiting my sister and her twin girls. Not only do I get to spend quality time with my nieces but I also get to learn a lot about twins. The latest visit was a bit different though. My sister was worried that one of her girls was struggling with bad behavior. She had…
Giving birth and finally getting to see the little person that you’ve been dreaming of, only to have him whisked away and have no idea what could be wrong with this perfect being.. it hurts. Leaving the hospital empty-handed, leaving your baby in the NICU struggling to do what should come naturally. To eat, to breathe… it…
Let’s face it, being a twin mom is never going to be easy. Yes, your heart is full but I can tell you right now, sometimes it will feel like your hands are somewhat fuller. Whilst there are really no ‘secret’ parenting hacks that are the key to unlock the day-in-day-out chaos you are about…
“1, 2 . . . 3, and 4.” We’re at my niece’s birthday party, and every five minutes, I am mentally counting heads. Specifically, my children’s heads. In the midst of a large gathering of kids and adults, my four humans seem so tiny, swept into the sea of ready arms of my extended family,…
When my twins first arrived, I was hell-bent on keeping them on the same schedule. After all, that was the sage advice everyone with multiples gave me: one up, both up; one down, both down. So I tried. Believe me when I tell you how very hard I tried. I wanted this to work desperately,…
It strikes me as odd that the federal government has yet to cite the dangers of driving-while-parenting—parenting twins in particular. Common sense, highway accident rates, and brain science have examined the lethalities of drinking and driving, texting while driving, and mobile phone use while driving—but somehow, the ever-more-dangerous hazards of driving while parenting somehow remains…
I was crossing a parking lot from the grocery store to the natural foods store, grasping one small hand in each of mine—the twins had gotten big enough that they could walk a fair distance on their own and sometimes it was easier to let them walk than hoist the 40-pound stroller in and out…
A trickle of natural light illuminated the mostly darkened ultrasound room. I laid on the exam table, the paper crinkling beneath me as I struggled to find a comfortable position—a nearly impossible task for a woman, 23 weeks pregnant with twins. I shivered as I waited for my perinatologist—a doctor specializing in high-risk pregnancies—to arrive.
For the first five years of my identical twin boys’ lives, I couldn’t tell another adult their birth story without crying. How could I begin to share it with them? Many of my twin mom friends wanted their children to know all the facts – especially for their health history. Others feared that labeling one…
I still remember when my twin girls budded their first baby teeth. It was followed by many days and nights of rubbing baby teething gel onto their gums to relieve pain and discomfort. Teething is one of many exciting milestones parents check off in the first year. This year, we found ourselves at a new milestone when baby teeth began to fall…