Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Reading the comments on my recent bed rest confession post, I was stunned at the number of pregnant moms who took naps. I took maybe three naps my whole pregnancy. I tried to figure out why I didn’t nap more and that’s when I remembered… my Pregnancy Superpower. It was a power so powerful I [...]

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I am lucky enough to be going through the experience of a raising a singleton and the experience of raising multiples. (And the experience of raising another singleton…) Although I know I shouldn’t, I often find myself making comparisons between the development of the older singleton and her younger multiple brothers. More often than not [...]

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Last week, I had my son evaluated by the lovely folks from Early Intervention. What with all of my local mom friends being twin moms, I actually know a lot of people who receive services.  As multiples are more likely to be preemies and have some developmental delays, and there is plenty of documentation on [...]

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LauraC wrote this week about things she missed from being pregnant and many of us chimed in (naps! time alone! eating tons of food!). It got me thinking. Do you know what I miss most? My friends.   When we had our kids—-at 30—-, none (and I do mean NONE) of our high school, college or [...]

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Years ago, when I would visit friend’s with kids, I would leave their homes with my nose wrinkled, thinking haughtily to myself “When I have kids, my house is never going to smell like dirty diapers.” I even made my mom promise to tell me if my house began to take on that oh-so-distinctive aroma.  [...]

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(In no way does this post intend to belittle anyone’s experience on bed rest.) I was on some form of modified or strict bed rest for 14 weeks when I was pregnant with my boys. Fourteen weeks. It was hard, boring, scary, and long. But you know what? I have a secret! I really miss [...]

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When my kids were newborns, I sometimes wished we were invisible.  If babies are magnets for attention, multiple babies increase that draw exponentially.  The three of us, me pushing the Double Snap & Go with matching infant carseats, were like a big neon sign.  “Come, crazy people! Talk to us!  Stop us in the grocery [...]

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