Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Before our babies were born, people told us how nice it would be for the girls to have someone to play with while they grow up.  They told us how twins learn to get along with each other and share a special bond.  I’m sure that will all be true at some point, but right [...]

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November and December were great months at my house. Tiny and Buba were in great spirits almost all the time. They talked and laughed all day long and were great at entertaining each other when I needed to be doing things around the house. But, HOLY COW, have things changed dramatically in the last two [...]

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It happened last week: my worst parenting fear.  Riley had the dreaded stomach bug. Throw up = I want to run away.  When I was an elementary school teacher, on the first day of school when teachers oh so nicely go over the rules, I would always tell my kids, “If you ever feel sick [...]

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We often walk the fifty or so yards from our home to a small neighborhood park. It is a trip we’ve taken hundreds of times and hundreds ever since the kids could barely walk. Oh, maybe we’d take a push cart or wagon when they were new walkers and the distance to the end of [...]

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Just before Christmas, my boys had their dentist appointment. Their teeth looked great (despite our lackluster brushing schedule), but the dentist had one concern. “How’s it going getting rid of the pacifiers?” he asked P. A look of panic flashed across P’s face, and he turned away from the dentist. He tried again. “Are you [...]

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My children have a problem. An addiction. Something they ask for morning, noon, and night. (Even more than they ask for TV.) My kids are smoothie addicts. It’s all my mom’s fault. She’s the one who introduced the smoothie into our lives. And indulged the kids’ every-morning request when we stayed at her house for [...]

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I’m the kind of person who likes to do the right thing. If the sign says, “No Passing” you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll continue following that car that’s going 2 mph even though there’s not another car for miles to come. That’s just who I am. Not sure if I was born [...]

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I am a SAHM to my twins and LOVE that I am able to be!  I really enjoy it, but of course, there are those moments when I want to run for the hills.  My 16 monthers have recently learned how FUN it is to ‘push each other’s buttons.’  Okay- now I’m taking that too [...]

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As my husband and I were wrangling our girls into their cribs tonight, I started thinking about how our bedtime routine has evolved over the past year and a half.  The evolution is due in part to their age but always because there are three of them.  When the girls were about 15 months old, we added reading [...]

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On those days when you don’t have enough eyes to watch all your children or enough arms to keep them all out of trouble.  When you are too tired or distracted or busy to be giving everyone all the attention they need…. When you have a 3 year old who decides he doesn’t like cheese, [...]

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