Nix and Naomi are back for season three launching off with addressing that always difficult topic of balancing multiples and life!
Join the ladies as they discuss the struggles of work, life, balance and explore the controversial topic of ‘screen time’.
PLUS find out what’s in store for season three!
Author: Natasha Lowrey
As I sit here in the hospital bed with one baby on my chest and the other snuffling in the double cot next to me I thought I’d take a few moments to reflect on the whirlwind of events of the past few days. More to get my head around it than anything else and to preserve a few key images before they disappear into the black hole of sleep deprivation and double newborns. Let’s see how I go.
We’ll start the day before in the obstetrician’s office.
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Our babies are so precious and invaluable to us. It is understandable why making the decision of finding a nanny for twins or more can seem overwhelmingly daunting.
Amanda is founder of The Nanny Balance, a Brisbane based childcare solutions agency specialising in nanny and au pair connections Australia wide.
She is going to lighten that load by running through some questions you may have been pondering in your consideration of employing a nanny for twins or more.
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Author: Chris Scott
Until you have been down the Special Care Nursery (SCN) with your own twins, its hard to really understand what it is like.
Twin Dad, Chris, shares his tips.
You can read Chris’s full pregnancy and birth story HERE
A few quick pictures of Cathy and kids, a last kiss with her and off I had to go with the kids, I wasn’t expecting this, but as the kids needed to be checked, etc. and no name tags/bands had been placed on them yet, I needed to stay with them to ensure that they were my kids.
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Vanishing twin syndrome is a very real and emotional occurrence to have to go through.
Vanishing twin syndrome was first recognised in 1945. It is when one of the twins passes away in utero without a standard miscarriage occurring. The tissue from the twin is absorbed by the surviving twin and giving an effect of the second baby vanishing. It can be determined at birth when checking the placenta.
With technology coming as far as it has these days, early scans can normally determine if there is more than one baby growing. With follow up scans it can then be found that one of the babies has not survived. And has vanished.
This can be a very traumatic time for all involved. Especially if you have had the early scans and determined that you are having more than one baby. Having twins or triplets is something you need to mentally prepare for. Having that taken away from you once you have accepted it can cause a lot of pain and emotional stress.
As your babies turn into little people with personalities, opinions and emotions, you should factor in spending some time one on one with twins, or each of your multiples.
One of the hardest things about having twins or multiple babies is finding the time. Finding the time for anything, I mean. Looking after newborn twins takes approximately 19 hours a day!
You probably fit in the essentials, like keeping your babies alive, and regularly keeping bottoms clean and getting them to stop crying and have some sleep. But beyond that, you might struggle to find time to do anything else.
As your babies turn into little people with personalities, opinions, and emotions, you should factor in spending some time one on one with each of your multiples.
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Having triplets is amazing! Its not all hard work, there are many moments where there is triple the joy.
Triagonising – When you don’t have enough arms to hold all three babies at once and they are all crying
Triathlon – what you feel like you have done when you try to get out of the house on time in the morning
Tricitement – The reaction upon finding you are pregnant with triplets
Triffic – What it’s like to be a parent of triplets
Author: Sara Otero
My husband had only been away for 6 weeks when I found out I was pregnant. He was in the middle of his basic training in the Military and a very emotional video call was his way of finding out. The pregnancy was the easy bit, even though the majority of the time I was dealing with the scans and hospital visits without him. Fortunately, he was able to call regularly during his time away. There was a period of a few months where he was able to come home for weekends and he also managed to come to the week 20 scan.
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When it comes to pregnancy, we are often faced with different symptoms and side effects. Fortunately, many of these disappear once we have delivered our babies. However, there are a select few that decide to show themselves after we have given birth. Such as post-partum hair loss.
After birth and up to around the 6 month mark post-partum you may start to notice that you are developing a lot of hair loss. Not just the usual few strands being left behind here and there, but losing a LOT of hair. If you have noticed this happening, don’t stress – it is completely normal. It is a hormonal change that many of us go through after birth.
Let’s take a look into post-partum hair loss after twins or triplets in a bit more detail.
Congratulations on being blessed with twins! Having twins can be so much fun……and then there are the times where you have a “twincident” and its not so much fun!
What is a “twincident” I hear you ask? Well….read on to find out.
Twiblings – Siblings who are twins
Twiglets – When your twins act like little piglets
Twhingers – Twins who whinge. A lot.
Twinadoes – Like a tornado. But there are two of them. And they live in your house permanently.
