Moms of multiples tell it like it is

My four-year-old twins go back to school in three and a half weeks. 24 days, in fact. What, you think I’m counting? While I hate to wish away the summer, this one will not go down as one of the best on record. My kids need routine, they need structure, and they need some time [...]

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At first, they barely seemed to notice each other. I think my twins were at least six or seven months old before they really seemed to notice that the other baby was there, before they really started to interact. As older infants, one might grab something out of the other one’s hand, but most of [...]

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A very Happy New Year to all of our moms of multiples out there! You may have noticed that posting has gotten a little… irregular around here.  Sorry.  Our bad. But what that means, we think, is that it’s time for some new voices, new stories, new enthusiasm. Do you want to write for HDYDI? [...]

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Cross-posted from my personal blog, Goddess in Progress Twins or otherwise, I think every mom wishes her children would be good friends in addition to just siblings. Some hope age works in their favor, others put some faith in gender, and certainly the twin moms hope that there’s that mystical “twin bond” that everyone goes [...]

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I’ve got one in my pair, do you? My daughter, Rebecca, has always been more of the goody-two-shoes than her brother.  Which is not to say that she isn’t clever and sneaky and a challenge in her own way, of course. But for the most part, she’s a rule-follower.  In fact, I would go so [...]

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I’ve already got the house in the suburbs, the dog, the swingset in the yard, and the minivan.  I figured it was time for some soccer in our lives. Actually, it was my son. For a kid that doesn’t always seem to have a lot of body awareness, he has a real love for trying [...]

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Last week, my pair of three-year-olds started preschool. Did you hear that heavenly chorus bursting forth from your computer? That’s coming from my house.  Five mornings a week, we hit the car drop-off line, and in they go to their bright, beautiful Montessori classrooms.  And yes, that’s plural.  My three-year-olds are in separate classrooms. The [...]

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Way back at the beginning of the summer, I wrote about my son’s very active desire to drop his nap.   He and I had a rough summer.  We went through a really defiant stage, and one of the ways it manifested itself was a knock-down, drag-out fight EVERY SINGLE DAY at naptime.  Even getting him [...]

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Tomorrow, my babies turn three. This is mind-blowing in any number of ways, of course.  But looking back on this blog, which I started back when they were six months old, one thing that really strikes me is how much the “twin thing” has changed over the last three years. The last 12 months, the [...]

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Thanks to those who entered our book giveaway. The winner is: Commenter #2, Barbara! Barbara, I’ve emailed you, just respond with your info and we’ll make sure the book gets to you shortly!

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