Moms of multiples tell it like it is

(Dan England is our new guest poster. He is the dad of three, toddler Jayden and 1 year old twins Allie and Andie, and husband to Kate.  He is a writer, poker player, mountain climber, runner and baby wrangler. He has recently written for TWINS magazine, and has agreed to write for HDYDI from time [...]

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So, I (Rebecca) am not completely convinced that I come out looking very good  in this post. I will say that I am totally capable of cooking and do not remember trying to feed Seth spinach for dinner. (Although, with some melted cheese, it is a delicious meal). But, what can you do? We DID ask [...]

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This past week I was reminded of the phenomenon known as “birth order.” Many people believe that your position in a family largely determines your personality, who you will marry and what character traits you will exhibit. For example: Birth Order Typical Characteristics     Only Child Pampered and spoiled. Feels incompetent because adults are more capable. [...]

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I usually post on Tuesday’s.  And though it is still technically Tuesday, I usually post earlier than this time of the day.  But we’ve been under rather unusual circumstances since last Thursday, the day we evacuated our home in Houston ahead of Hurricane Ike.  I had previously put much of my own advice into action, [...]

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I wrote a post two weeks ago about how 1% of me wants another child. That post has been the topic of many conversations in my personal life since then. Most of my friends were shocked because I wasn’t exactly the poster child for pregnancy or the newborn period. And I’ve been very adamant that [...]

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Today marks 100 days until Christmas. I enjoyed Christmas before I had kids, but when I had an army attacking the Christmas tree in the early hours of Christmas morning, I knew the real joy of the holidays.  The key to staying sane through the season is to get organized.  I have a friend who [...]

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I promise I’m going to stop talking about milk and sippy cups soon.  But in the interest of full disclosure, I thought I’d provide the middle and end to my tale of switching from formula to milk and bottles to cups. Not long after their first birthday, as well-documented on this very site, we began [...]

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Has anyone else noticed that food topics tend to bring out other people’s advice? Be they friends, in-laws or Dunkin’ Donuts employees (seriously!), everyone seems to have an opinion about how you are feeding your baby. Or, in our case, babies. It seemed to start in the hospital, with the intense focus on how much [...]

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Having fun in the grocery store. I almost wrecked my car in the parking lot the other day. I was driving away from the grocery store, Faith and Jonathan strapped securely in their car seats. A week’s worth of food was rolling around in my van, slowly being crushed by my double jogging stroller. My [...]

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It was a Tuesday. Our twins’ very first one. That morning at home began much like the delirious days preceding it: a 7:30am awkward and anxious tandem nursing, followed by double baby burping and dual diapering. As a first-time mom, I was adrift in the new-parent paranoia and hyper analysis of every hiccup and twitch [...]

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