Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Goddess in Progress started this blog because she wanted to help other multiple parents. I think all of us who are a part of a multiples group understand how valuable it can be getting advice from other multiple parents. As a mother of twin toddlers, I’d love to say I stopped needing as much advice [...]

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I’ve been here at my mom’s house with the kids for close to two weeks, now.  It’s been super helpful, fun in some ways, stressful in others. But one of the things that is proving most stressful for me right now is the sleeping arrangements. My mom has a lovely 3-bedroom house, but due to [...]

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I know I have been MIA lately, but life has been quite chaotic since my oldest daughter headed back to school.  She loves sports and plays any and every one that she can so we have had back to back practices and games, with many overlapping seasons.  Oh, and I also have those 3 one [...]

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This little dude is trying his best to give his mama heart failure. You may remember my post(s) last week about Jonathan climbing out of his crib, and our solution.And as scary as his tumble out of bed and thoughts of putting him into a toddler bed was, tonight’s scare was much, much worse. My [...]

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I was 43. He was 7. To paraphrase/elaborate upon St. Paul: When I was a child, I thought as a child. I spoke as a child. When I acted unacceptably, I was spanked as a child. To paraphrase every corporal punishment apologist, I turned out okay — psychologically undamaged from derriere-administered discipline. Prior to parenthood, [...]

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Two years ago was Nate and Alex’s first Christmas and they were seven months old. It was also their first cold and flu season in group day care. I don’t remember much of December 2006, between the twins, the endless ear infections, the reflux, the torticollis physical therapy appointments, the helmet casting, The Time The [...]

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… with a couple of little kids on a rainy day, boy oh boy do I have the place for you. This morning, my mom and I took the kids to the Skokie Park District’s Exploritorium.  To call it an “indoor playground” does not begin to do it justice.  There was an arts and crafts [...]

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I wish I had known about this tradition when my children were younger.  In a nutshell, your children write a letter to Santa asking him if he can spare an elf for the holiday season.  Around Thanksgiving you leave the letter, along with some saltine crackers (which crunch like snow) and water (melted snow). The [...]

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I was at gymnastics class with the kids this morning, waiting for the doors to open and the hoard—ok, maybe 8—of toddlers to run into the class. The moms were bemoaning toddler eating habits. One mom was upset that as of three months ago, her little boy ate everything and now he won’t eat meat [...]

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I wasn’t sure what topic to write about today, but as is common, a subject from my daily life provided me with more questions than answers, and hence a blog post was born. I went to the gym today, and returned home sweaty and in need of a shower. My mother-in-law, who was watching Faith [...]

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