We purchased our first home in anticipation of having a child, and found out that we would be having twins soon before we moved in. I was prepared to install every baby proofing gizmo known to mankind, but my husband had other ideas. When I proposed baby gates on either side of our the kitchen [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Infants'
Balance in Baby Proofing
January 10th, 2012 by Sadia · 8 Comments
Tags: Balance · Co-parenting · Infants · Safety
Double the Gear?
October 28th, 2011 by Meredith · 14 Comments
I am writing this post for my brother who is expecting twins in the spring. The first trimester is finally over and everything is going well. One of the things I wanted to help him with, and I’m sure many other expecting and new parents of twins want to know, is what gear do you [...]
Tags: Ask The Moms · Infants
“We did it!” Breastfeeding Multiples
October 18th, 2011 by Jamie · 16 Comments
Whether or not to breast feed is a difficult decision to make and for mothers of multiples because it is also complicated by the need to adjust to caring for multiples. I found that for me, the advantages of breastfeeding far outweighed the disadvantages. Nutritional value and money savings aside, I love how breast feeding [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding · Infants · Uncategorized
Stages
October 16th, 2011 by Sadia · 4 Comments
“It’s just a stage.” How many times have you heard this, or said it to another parent, as children scream, bite or hit their way through their parents’ patience and creativity? Nighttime feedings are a stage, as are teething, the terribles twos (or threes) and potty-training. So too are the transitions from crawling to walking, [...]
Tags: Development · Infants · Parenting Twins
Preemie Medical Issues: Lung Function, and also Bad Teeth
October 11th, 2011 by Sadia · 4 Comments
Our daughters, J and M, were born prematurely at 33 weeks gestation. Preemies make up 54% of twin births, compared to 9.6% of singleton births, according to statistics gathered in the 1980s. In my experience, conversations with parents or grandparents of multiples eventually turn towards the issue of prematurity, either its reality and the shared bond [...]
Tags: Identical · Infants · Medical · Prematurity
what I wish someone told me
October 3rd, 2011 by Beatrice · 7 Comments
I was asked if I could talk to a mom who is expecting twins by a teacher at our preschool drop in. Long story short, the expectant mom is a neighbour who I see almost daily walking her two kids to school though we have never got beyond a nod and a “hello, how are [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding · Infants · Parenting Twins · Sleep
Mommy Guilt x2
September 26th, 2011 by Jen Wood · 24 Comments
When people ask, “How do you do it?” or anything similar while we are out and about chasing our twin toddlers, my husband and I have our general response: These are our only kids and we don’t know any different. Which is true, we have always had two kids. Two babies. Then two toddlers. We [...]
Tags: Family · Infants · Mommy Issues · Parenting Twins
Avoid Throwing Money Away in the Diaper Pail
September 13th, 2011 by Jen Wood · 6 Comments
As we drove home from the fateful appointment where we found out we were expecting not one baby but two, my husband sat quietly seemingly forever. He is usually thoughtful and easy going, but perhaps this time a tad overwhelmed. When he did speak he said, “We have to buy two of everything… like BIKES!” [...]
Tags: Infants · Parenting Twins · Theme Week · Toddlers
Trying Times of Twinfancy
September 5th, 2011 by Jamie · 9 Comments
“Don’t Push me cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head” – GrandmasterFlash Life with twinfants in the house is HARD. Most of the time I am so busy trying to maintain the peace, that I’m not aware that we’re raising twins. If I were, I think it would wear [...]
Tags: Infants · Uncategorized
Sliding into ‘First’
August 1st, 2011 by jenna · 9 Comments
Note from Jenna: Here is Eb’s first post. We’re having some technical issues, so I’m posting for her. We are coming close to what seems in our world a whole big deal. The twins first birthday. My little babies are turning into toddlers in less than two weeks time. How did this happen! I’ve been [...]
Tags: Development · Infants

