Moms of multiples tell it like it is

I’m always puzzled as to how to introduce my twins. I already consciously say “These are my twins…” because I try to head off that ever annoying question “are they twins?” but I’m always torn with which order to introduce them. Growing up my parents always introduced us in age order, oldest to youngest, and [...]

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A Mother’s Belief Hi! I’m a wife to a talented carpenter, I work part-time as an RN, I’m a mother of three and am originally from Finland. I’ve been in the US since 2000 (at age 8 I informed my parents that when I grow up I’d move to America and marry a black man). [...]

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I’ve come full circle, back in Koh Samui, at Samahita Yoga Thailand (SYT) two and a half years after my last serious training here. This time I’m here with my husband M, and my 21 month old boy/girl twins Rahul and Leila. Right after my advanced teacher training course at SYT in 2009, I spent [...]

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I am a mother of multiples, but I do not consider myself a “Multiples Mom,” maybe because I had a singleton first. My husband and I never refer to our fraternal boys as twins–they are always “the boys” or to family, “the brothers.”  I tell my daughter and her friends that she is lucky to [...]

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I’m going to be travelling next week to attend a conference. This is my first time away from the kids for longer than overnight. I’m looking forward to the chance to focus on work and the research I’ve worked on for the last few years. But, I’m also worried about being so far away from [...]

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Yesterday, I got a link to an upcoming episode of a TV show (George to the Rescue) where a family expecting triplets gets a “renovation rescue” when their family of three is about to become a family of six. It made me think about the extra space we needed bringing home two babies. For such [...]

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Like many moms of multiples, before my daughters were born I started filling the freezer with prepared meals for quick dinners while I was in the hospital and after I came home with two babies. Regardless of what the babies would need, there would still be two parents and a toddler to feed. By the [...]

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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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*** The photos are from a recent trip to a pumpkin patch with a our local multiples club.  As you can see, my kids aren’t at all worried about the questions that are occupying my thoughts. *** Later this week, I’ll be finishing up my long career as a student. That means starting to look [...]

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In my last post, I wrote about how my oldest daughter is angry and acting out, jealous over the attention her twin brothers get from us, each other, their extended family, and from the public at large. When the boys were little, we tried to make sure our daughter got special attention from us. She [...]

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