Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Happy last day of June, y’all! Thanks so much to our readers for following us over to our new internet address.  We like it here, we hope you do, too.  Today is the last day to enter our housewarming summer giveaway, so if you haven’t already, please get your entry (and the extra ones, too!) [...]

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I’ve been seeing a lot of newborn twins recently. While out and about with my 15 ½ month old twins, we’ve seen quite a few Snap N Go Doubles with little ones snuggled in their infant seats, pushed by frazzled looking moms who are trying their best to put on a happy face for the [...]

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As a family, we were recently talking about how the boys look very much alike, but we can see differences between them. One of my boys said, “But Nana doesn’t.” His brother nodded in agreement. I was upset. Of the many people who can’t tell them apart — including sometimes me and my husband — he picked out his grandma as the person who doesn’t see differences between them.

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Part I Our story is a sad story with a happy ending.  I offer it as a story of hope to those who may be in need.  There was a time two and a half years ago when I was that person scouring the internet in search of hope.  And I found it in pictures [...]

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Short snippets of what to expect when you’re expecting multiples.

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Earlier this month, our identical twin girls were at the health unit for 4-month check-ups and their immunizations.  Of course, they were measured and weighed.  To my surprise, our “smaller” baby now weighs more than her “bigger” sister. I knew she’d been eating more often than her sister recently, but I didn’t really expect she’d [...]

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Hello dear readers and welcome to our new home, HDYDI.com! To help launch our new site, we are proud to be hosting a summer giveaway. One lucky reader will win a tote bag filled with two kids’ beach towels, kids’ sunscreen, swim diapers, and some sand and water toys. The summer tote will be customized [...]

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I have noticed a trend among mommy-bloggers and facebook-ers…either the posts and updates are sugary-sweet and upbeat, with the goal being not to seem ungrateful for their multiple bundles of joy; or they are wise-crackin’ disaster stories rife with sarcasm and self-deprecation. An example of the later would be The Meanest Mom. Have you guys [...]

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I have long excused the fact that Aaron and Brady do not speak nearly as well as their big sister did at this age. They are not the first born, they are multiples, they are boys. But as they approach their second birthday and their communication frustrations are now rising along with mine, I’ve been [...]

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At times, I feel being a first time mom to twins is quite the comedy of errors- at the beginning especially.  Ever feel like the guy from ‘Candid Camera’ is going to jump out and tell you that you trying to balance multiples is all on film for the world to laugh at??! Well, new [...]

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