Moms of multiples tell it like it is

LauraC is the mother of Alex and Nate, 2.83 year old twins. She has been married for four years, together for nine to her best friend Jon. They live in Raleigh, NC. Laura tele-commutes from home as a software professional. When asked what profession other than her own she would like to attempt, she answered, [...]

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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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Mommy, Esq lives in the Boston area (where the winters try their best to get her to move South) with six month old Ned and Penny, and her husband of six years. She is a corporate lawyer by trade, but would love to attempt being a wedding photographer. She says “I love taking photographs and doing [...]

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For the first year of my kids’ lives, I didn’t really need to buy them any clothes. After two baby showers, and tons of enthusiastic and generous gifts, our nursery was packed to the gills with cute little clothes, sizes 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9. And of course I added to the collection because that was [...]

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Sadia is the mother of monozygotic  twins Jessica and Melody, who (like LauraC’s boys) are 2.75 years old. She and Lucas will have been married for five years next month. In regards to her marriage: I didn’t really buy into the institution of marriage before I met Lucas. We met in a bar on New Year’s Eve. Five [...]

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Welcome to a new feature on HDYDI! We are spotlighting one of our loyal followers as a way to introduce you to some of the great parents who are working tirelessly to raise their twins and triplets. Mamieis a mother of 21 month old twin boys. She has been married for 5 years, yet together [...]

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Dan England is one of our dad guest posters. He is the dad of three: toddler Jayden and nearly two-year-old twins Allie and Andie, and also husband to Kate.  He is a writer, poker player, mountain climber, runner and baby wrangler. He has recently written for TWINS magazine, and has agreed to write for HDYDI from time [...]

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Something remarkable happened last night…I washed and folded up our two highchairs and stored them in the basement.  Big deal, right? Well, actually, it was a big deal. The highchairs were the last gear standing…the end of the line for baby products in our house. For nearly 20 months, we have been a family of [...]

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Ahhh…New Years Day is finally here! Welcome 2009! I will be writing “2008″ until April, because that is how long it takes me to switch over, but I do love the feeling of January 1st. It just feels like a fresh start, a clean slate, a new starting point.  My husband and I have been working on [...]

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Merry Christmas fellow bloggers! I am taking the day off to spend time with my family. As such, I leave you with a post from the archives of HDYDI. Many moons ago, I wrote this little piece while in a sleep deprived delirium. I needed to write it, needed an outlet for all of the [...]

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