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…
Lately, I have been reading the story titled You’re All My Favorites by Sam McBratney (author of Guess How Much I Love You) to my twins. The tender love and the soothing watercolors wrap us round in comfort. This gentle tale portrays the story of three small bears who each begin to question their place in their parents’…
Adoption plus IVF equaled triplets for us. Well, “triplets” should be in quotes. They are not the same age, but they are often the same developmental age. Therefore, we feel like we have triplets. The thing is, two of them are white. One of them is black.
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.
This is the advice you will hear from experienced twin moms. And in turn, this will be the same advice you will give to expecting twin mamas when they turn to you for help and encouragement. Welcoming twins, triplets or more into your family is an incredible blessing that not everyone gets to experience.
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…
Hey, mom-to-be. You’re adorable, even though you feel like a swollen hippo that solely dines on crackers and Gatorade. Every mom feels your struggle – we know the discomfort of pregnancy. Every mom of multiples knows you’ve got extra things on your plate you weren’t anticipating: being too big for maternity clothes; the extra ultrasounds and…
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…