Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Thanks HDYDI Readers.  Because of you, I can write this down and HOPEFULLY I’ll finally, FINALLY remember it.  You don’t know how many times I’ve smacked myself in the head a la “Shoulda hadda V8″  as I’m reminded of this tip.
So read and learn, peeps.  Don’t be me.  Smacking yourself while driving is just not [...]

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When will I ever learn?  My kids, like so many others have an early bedtime.  This is an absolute godsend at most times, but occasionally it does bite me in the arse. Am I the only fool who tries to pretend bedtime doesn’t exist on some nights?
My dad is visiting from the east coast and [...]

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This post is cross-posted (w/ a few minor changes) from my blog, www.momsprung.com.  Sorry to be playing up the “If you’ve got twins, you must be infertile” stereotype, but I feel like there’s probably an audience here for these thoughts.  And I’m curious to know if other multiples moms post-infertility feel less stressed about a [...]

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While I was still pregnant, Will and I went to our first Multiples’ Club social event.  Actually, endured is probably a better word.  Cocktail party-engorged cankles and nary a mojito in which to drown my sorrows – the horror!  Those issues aside however, it was a lovely affair.  I was the only knocked-up attendee, so [...]

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A very good friend of mine recently had twins, and since they arrived we’ve texted back and forth.  A lot of hers are variations on, “How did you do this?” or “When does it get easier?”  While I love the opportunity to help out where possible, and to act as an “expert” (HA!), I hate [...]

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There it is in your Inbox.  The once coveted, but now dreaded…
…Evite.
Oh how I used to enjoy seeing them.  I’d respond or decline, depending on, you know – life. And then if I was interested, I’d follow along with the responses to see who was coming, who could make a witty remark and who was [...]

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3 days in a petri dish
36 weeks in utero
3 months in the same crib
11 more months spending their lives side by side.
And then BAM!
5 days spent 3,000 miles apart.
My cousin recently had twins* and I’d been chomping at the bit to go see them. Originally I’d planned to go on my own. My [...]

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After entering the contest to become a new How Do You Do It contributor, I got a little worried. What if I win? Don’t you kind of have to know what you’re doing to join a panel of writers telling folks how they do it? I spend half my life in the proverbial weeds, people! [...]

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When we found out we were having a boy and a girl, the first thing out of my husband’s mouth was, “We get to buy ALL the toys!” It was so freaking cute!

But, despite this apparent free pass to clean out the aisles of ToysRUs, we have actually held back a bit with toys. [...]

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