Moms of multiples tell it like it is

A month ago I was a working mom of 21-month-old twin boys. Suddenly, I was a former computer nerd who quit my job of six years to stay home. If you had told me six weeks ago that I would be not only unemployed but also trying to teach preschool for my twin boys, I [...]

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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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I first heard someone refer to my twins as “double trouble” when I was still pregnant with Tiny and Buba. And it seemed that every time I pushed my sweet, little babies in the double stroller through the grocery store (yes, pulling the cart behind me) I’d hear that comment, “You’ve got double trouble!” at [...]

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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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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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We are making some changes with the blog.  Over the next month will be welcoming some new bloggers which will mean more frequent postings and more diverse experiences.  In August we are going to have a theme week (Back to (pre)School). I though I would start of this period of transition, by changing my approach. [...]

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Today has been a long day, and I’ve been short on inspiration for my posting.  I decided to let my very helpful four-year-old to help.  I interviewed him about having twin sister.  Here’s what he had to say plus some pictures of the girls hugging. Why do you like having two sisters? I help them [...]

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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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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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