Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Entries from November 2009

Retraction

November 8th, 2009 by · 19 Comments

A month ago, I wrote about how having two year-old twins rocked.  My girls had just turned two at the time of this post.  Surprisingly enough, only one MoM, who had herself lived to see the other side of two, commented that I may want to reserve judgment on this issue. For the love of [...]

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Our Reality-Show Worthy Childcare Journey. So Far.

November 4th, 2009 by · 16 Comments

Rachel is the birth mom in a two-mom household with boy/girl 18 1/2 month old experts at the word “no”. You can read more about them at Motherhood.Squared _________ I was supposed to write a post during our Childcare Week about childcare back in April, but the death of my grandfather scrapped my posting plans, [...]

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Tags: Childcare

Back 2 the Future: So blessed/so depressed

November 3rd, 2009 by · 24 Comments

My twin pregnancy was diagnosed at our 20-week ultrasound. Our twins were healthy and the pregnancy was low-risk, as twin pregnancies go. We were flooded with congrats and well wishes from friends and family. I spent the first week after the ultrasound in complete shock. Sometime during the second week, I calculated what our daycare [...]

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Tags: Childcare · Family · Mommy Issues · Other people · Working

How many ways can I split my time?

November 2nd, 2009 by · 12 Comments

If there’s one thing all moms can agree on, it’s probably that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.  One bit that I’ve really been struggling with recently is how to fit in all of the various permutations of “quality time.” As a full-time stay-at-home-mom, I get more time with [...]

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Tags: Mommy Issues · Relationships · Toddlers