Moms of multiples tell it like it is

As with so many things, I thought I had more time on this one. I figured that when the kids started school the pressure would be on about what to wear, what to watch, what to play. I didn’t bank on feeling the effects of peer pressure at the age of 2 years, 5 months, [...]

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Nowhere in our house is the cliche “having a baby changes everything” more apparent than our refrigerator. When I first got pregnant, I put a calendar on our fridge so I could count down the number of days until 14 weeks – the time when morning sickness usually goes away (USUALLY! not in my case). [...]

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Deep breath.  Deep breath.  Deep breath. My 15-month-old daughter is working my very last nerve these days.  The screeching, the frantic foot-stomping, the attempts at biting her brother (who is having his own cranky times, of course).  And the sleep, oh, the sleep.  Come back, sleep! We Ferberized both kids at 6.5 months.  Rebecca took [...]

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Dan England is one of our dad guest posters. He is the dad of three: toddler Jayden and 1 year old twins Allie and Andie, and also 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 [...]

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 As always, if you have a topic you’d like to see discussed in Foodie Friday or a great food suggestion to share with us, post in the comments section. We’d love to hear from you. And thanks to all of you who wrote in with your favorite cookie recipes last week. Yum. Although I am [...]

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Yes, you did read that title correctly! A recent incident with my two toddlers reminded me that parenting toddlers is a lot like being a good dog owner. Principals of parenting and dog ownership that I ascribe to: * Be consistent * Don’t allow begging * Don’t overfeed treats * Clean up after them * [...]

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I have a confession to make: I have no idea how to be alone with all four of my children (awake) at the same time. Sure, my 3-year old is a dream; she is really almost entirely self-sufficient. Baby Brett is also pretty easy. But as he is a 100% breast-fed baby, when it’s time [...]

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Do you have a question for the HDYDI moms?  Ask away in the comments or through our Features page! We have a fascinating question from Carissa, who is the proud new mom of 14-month-old boy/girl twins, whom she and her husband adopted from South Korea.  First, Carissa, huge congratulations to your new family!  Now, onto [...]

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Last week I caught up with a college friend who I haven’t seen in a long time. Her daughter is the same age as my boys and we were commiserating over toddler insanity. One of the first questions she asked was whether my boys truly have a secret twin language. My first snarky thought was – [...]

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The holidays are a time of traditions, and families with young children are in a position to create new and wonderful traditions that they hope their children will long remember. But while we adults picture the festive holiday meals and the visits to Santa, traditions in a child’s mind can be very different. I’ll take [...]

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