Moms of multiples tell it like it is

When I was pregnant with my twins, I remember reading something that warned parents of multiples against thinking their babies needed them any less because of having been born a multiple. I was bummed when I read that.
We did our best to parent our twins as we had our oldest. I nursed them, they were [...]

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Just before Christmas, my boys had their dentist appointment. Their teeth looked great (despite our lackluster brushing schedule), but the dentist had one concern.
“How’s it going getting rid of the pacifiers?” he asked P.
A look of panic flashed across P’s face, and he turned away from the dentist.
He tried again. “Are you guys gonna give [...]

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The boys were cleaning their room, as I had asked. I was clearing the dinner dishes. I should have recognized the relative calm as the freakishly low tide just before a tsunami surges in.
I heard G, my firstborn twin, making his awkward way down the stairs, touching both feet on each step before descending. “Mom!” [...]

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If there’s one thing all moms can agree on, it’s probably that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.  One bit that I’ve really been struggling with recently is how to fit in all of the various permutations of “quality time.”
As a full-time stay-at-home-mom, I get more time with my [...]

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Once upon a time there was a set of identical twin boys born into a loving family. They were the little princes to their princess sister. They were cuddled and fussed over; loved and adored.
And then, a new prince came along.
At first, the big brothers were too young to care. They were only 15 months [...]

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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/
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She’s done this for years.
Hours upon hours, she is happy to look out over the gently [...]

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This post is taken from a blog I write about introducing solid foods to my children – Solid Food Adventures.
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I’m continually hearing in the media and reading in parenting books and magazines that family dinnertime is one of those important routines that influences children well in to adulthood.  My husband and I both agree that [...]

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Earlier this month, I wrote a post about marriage and multiples which included a link to the MOST (Mothers of Supertwins) survey about Divorce and the Multiple Birth Family.  After gathering survey data for a month, the preliminary results are available.
2,849 parents and guardians of multiples completed the MOST Divorce and the Multiple Birth Family [...]

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Phew! Just got back from our 8 day vacation down the shore…hence, the late post.
Anyway, this was our first ‘real’ vacation as a family of six. And, OMG – we not only survived, but we really SO enjoyed ourselves & actually relaxed! I was even able to read AN ENTIRE BOOK, people!!  As I sit [...]

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My guys are not one of the sets of twins you hear about who are “total opposites.” They like the same things, to varying degrees but enough that they are always together. They discuss what they want to play. Each is heartbroken if the other refuses to “pay wif me,” and they defend each other against our discipline. They sleep tangled up together, closer than I sleep to my husband. Their top loves in life are Mommy, Daddy, and their twin. Their sisters are in another category. It pains me to think of how we must begin to train them to grow apart.

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