Moms of multiples tell it like it is

At this time last year, we were shopping for a new car.  When we planned for a second child, we knew we’d need to replace our Toyota Corolla because it wouldn’t hold two car seats.  My main request was a car with power locks so I didn’t have to put everything down to unlock the [...]

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When my twins were 13 months old, my daughter, Miss A, was 3. My husband and I were both working full time, and we’d worked out an arrangement where he kept the children at home until 1, then brought them to my office. We’d switch cars and he would head to work, and I’d go [...]

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This might be a day late and a dollar short for most of you, but I would love your help compiling advice for expectant mother’s for when they are faced with the daunting task of preparing their baby registries. Personally, I was completely overwhelmed at the thought of buying/choosing/registering for what seemed like a huge [...]

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I put down my 2-year old boys for a nap 90 minutes ago. Within 1 minute, Brady walked back out of their room. Proud as a 2-year old can be. “Hi!” he said. Um…didn’t I just put you in a CRIB? A crib with no bumper, no toys, nothing to stand on? I put him [...]

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I cannot believe that we are less than one week away from having two 2-year olds. It is mind-boggling. Last year at this time, the little ones were creeping and crawling, experimenting with words. Now, they are running, jumping, and talking incessantly (although, we don’t understand a lot of what they are saying, they are [...]

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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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Dan England is one of our dad guest posters. He is the dad of three: toddler Jayden and nearly two-year-old twins Allie and Andie, and also husband to Kate.  He is a writer, poker player, mountain climber, runner and baby wrangler. He has recently written for TWINS magazine, and has agreed to write for HDYDI from time [...]

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I usually post on Tuesday’s.  And though it is still technically Tuesday, I usually post earlier than this time of the day.  But we’ve been under rather unusual circumstances since last Thursday, the day we evacuated our home in Houston ahead of Hurricane Ike.  I had previously put much of my own advice into action, [...]

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During my grad school days in New Orleans, when a hurricane threatened the coast, we would coordinate shelter (usually whoever’s house or apartment was in the highest part of town), movies, lawn chairs, and booze. Hurricanes were less a time for concern or evacuation, and more of a break from studies and work and just [...]

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