Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Another day, another milestone in my house! Saturday, after returning home from our new Sign & Sing class, I removed our trusty Graco SnugRide carseat bases from the minivan. I had been leaving the seats themselves in the car for the last week or so. It has just become too heavy and cumbersome to lug [...]

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…for the twice-yearly event known as the Twin Club Sale! I’ve been meaning to write up a whole post extolling the virtues of Twin Clubs and particularly, the consignment sales they’re famous for. I’m fairly involved with my twin club, so I always volunteer at the sale. This year, I ran one of the registers [...]

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Sharing our love for the great outdoors with our kids was something that B and I looked forward to since the day we found out I was pregnant.  As Alaskans, we live in a winter wonderland from October to May and are then blasted with 20+ hours of daylight from May until August.  It’s very easy to [...]

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My kids are now almost 12 months old. I waited to start solid foods until my babies were six months old. Partially, because that’s what the lactation consultant recommended. And, partially, because when they were four months old, I simply couldn’t face adding more work into my life. Between staying home with the babies full-time, [...]

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(I was given this framed poem for my birthday, and thought I would share it.)  Her Little Shadows I saw a young mother with eyes full of laughter And two little shadows come following after Wherever she moved, they were always right there- Holding onto her skirts, hanging onto her chair, Before her, behind her-an [...]

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Do you have a question for the moms of How Do You Do It? Ask away in the comments or through our Features page. ——— This week’s question comes from Lyna, who has a 3-year-old and 10-month-old twins. She’s concerned about not spending enough time with her twins. After a long day of work, she [...]

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Dear readers, forgive the How Do You Do It? moms as we mess around with our blog template. We’re trying to make it as reader-friendly as possible, including making clearer the author of each post. So, if things look a little wonky over the next day or so, rest assured that we’re trying to make [...]

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(First, please note this letter is from LauraC and does not necessarily represent the views of the other authors of How Do You Do It?) I have to admit – I don’t get it. I don’t get anything from your People magazine interview with your newborn twins. When I completely ignore the photos, I connect [...]

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Ah, the sickies times two. At the end of a long winter, I am beginning to think that this has been our life for a long time. It started in October, with ear infections (same ears, same high fevers), then moved on to nasty colds over Thanksgiving (and it was kind of them to share [...]

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Anyone following the NCAA Men’s tournament? Anyone watch the Stanford vs. Marquette game? They couldn’t stop talking about the Lopez twins (no, not Lopez as in J.Lo). Robin and Brook Lopez are sophomores at Stanford. They are apparently stars of the team, and it was Brook’s incredible shot from a step behind the backboard that [...]

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