Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Governed by Clocks

March 15th, 2012 by · 4 Comments

Robin Williams is credited with saying, “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” Last weekend’s “spring forward” time change here in the US was a major party pooper. We groaned at the prospect of a 23-hour day as we dutifully turned all our clocks forward an hour. We’re a routine-bound household. Between my 40-hour work [...]

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Tags: Routines · Working

Making the Bed Transition

August 30th, 2011 by · 13 Comments

Hello, I’m Meredith and this is my first post on HDYDI. My twins, Elizabeth and David, are 16 months old. I consider myself quite the Twin Momma (capital TM) and have all the shirts and coffee mugs to show it off. When it comes to my kids though, I acknowledge I have two very different [...]

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Tags: Ask The Moms · Development · Overnight · Sleep · Toddlers

When It’s Time for Bed

March 25th, 2010 by · 15 Comments

Buba and Tiny are pretty cooperative when it comes to bedtime. We give them warnings about how much playtime they have left, and when they see me cleaning up the toys in the playroom living room, they know the bedtime routine is about to begin. I tend to be in charge of getting Buba and [...]

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Tags: Parenting Twins

Rock-a-Bye

February 26th, 2008 by · 6 Comments

Sleep has been on my mind lately, namely because I haven’t been getting any. I used to think that when my twin boys reached a certain age, sleep would again return to the blissful stage it was when I was child-free. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be case. Our challenge right now is that the [...]

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Tags: Overnight · Sleep