Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Rachel is a number cruncher by day, the birth mom in a two-mom household to boy/girl 16 ½ month old twins. A new website is coming, but for now, you can read more about ‘em at http://rajencreation.wordpress.com/ _________ She’s done this for years. Hours upon hours, she is happy to look out over the gently [...]

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As mid-August approaches, I join a few million other people in my city as we brace ourselves for the onslaught of School Traffic. In the meantime, I’ve noticed an uptick of posts in both my neighborhood parents and my Mothers of Multiples group forums related to school issues and childcare. And I guess it’s because [...]

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Around the time my boy/girl twins were sitting up, we started looking for toys for them to play with. Nothing fancy, and nothing expensive. In fact, the majority of our acquisitions come from mothers of multiples garage sales, Craigslist, or the classified section of our neighborhood parent group forum. A friend offered for me to [...]

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I talk to my mom just about every day. Which is why I’m scratching my head as to why FIVE DAYS WENT BY before I knew that my 11 month old nephew had been taken to the emergency room for a last-ditch treatment for a case of seal-barking croup. He ended up there late last [...]

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One morning, before I had kids, I was sitting in traffic on my way to the office and I noticed a Precious Baby Protectors van to my right. With much sanctimony, I declared “How lazy and utterly helpless someone must be to resort to having someone else do your babyproofing!” I mean, really. Ask five [...]

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A few weeks ago, we had all kinds of snot dripping from the noses of both kids. Mateo, however, was also running a fever. Now, me? I’m of the school that ERs are for places to be host only to those bleeding profusely or at risk of life or limb. For most everything else, I’m [...]

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Contrary to popular lesbian stereotypes, the majority of our friends are straight with most of those having kids. We’ve been to exactly one gay bar exactly one time and it was about as both appealing and appalling as any other bar. Neither of us are man-haters. I won’t leave the house without lipstick. We’ve been [...]

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And I’m not even talking about work here. No, it’s about the stuff in our home leading to The Incredibly Shrinking House. I accept responsibility for my overpurchases, previously justified by some “need” for the kids. My latest purchase? A custom cut-mirror (think Montessori) for the playroom. And another child-size chair for learning how to [...]

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Shortly after you get comfortable going pee with twins, you will decide that you need to get out of the house with the twins. Maybe to a restaurant. Where regular people eat. At regular people hours. And I’m telling you right now after a few successes, you’ll feel bold enough to get out of town [...]

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Had I known then what I know now, I would have taken wrestling in junior high physical education class. Or maybe some karate. Because holy crap, changing the diaper of my 9 month old 22 pound boy is a workout. He twists, kicks, flexes his legs against the area that used to be known as [...]

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