Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 9.
Nix is back! Find out where she’s been and what’s been going on plus the ladies talk the struggles of balancing the school wins with multiples.
Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 9.
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Twin poem: A twin mum’s daily battle
Author: Veronica Jack
In the past I’ve written about my experience of mothering twins, but I think with the perspective of time, my understanding keeps evolving.
I’m learning that the first 18 months were the hardest. The slow paced cuddles, and moments to connect through eyes, body and mind were hard to find. The bonding, the getting to know each other, the all encompassing sense of ‘wholeness’ with my new baby was stolen from me.
Twins first birthday: Celebrating a first birthday, twins style
Author: Laura Wilson
The first year of your babies’ life you’re navigating your new life and then all of a sudden, it’s your twins first birthday and you’re thinking what do you even get one year olds. There’s always somebody in your circle who tells you they don’t need anything or they won’t remember the day anyhow. But you want to celebrate, especially having multiples, it’s a huge achievement to reach one!
I started counting down to our twins first birthday from 12 days postpartum!
From 12 days postpartum, I’ve been counting down to reaching one year. I’m the type of person who really likes to focus on goals and achieving those goals. And having the goal of reaching one has been good for my mental headspace. But for the past six months, I’ve been trying to navigate what to do when we did reach one year old. I’d always appreciate connecting with other mum’s with babies of similar age to see what they were doing and throw around ideas. So I’m writing this article to share how I navigated my twin’s first birthday in the hope that it might just help you do so too.
Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 8.
Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 8
Naomi and Tiff catch up with two winemakers, who make wine with a multiple twist!
This stranger than fiction story of Kathryn (Kate) Day and Katherine (Nina) Day who met on their first day at university. They were both studying Oenology (wine making). Separately they embarked on award winning winemaking journeys both here in Australia and across the globe.
Then among the clinking of fabulous fizz and vintage vino, a chance meeting at Kate’s wedding saw Nina meet and fall in love with the best man; the identical twin brother of Kate’s husband!
Find out what it is like to be married to an identical twin.
PTSD and twins? Or just parenting twins stress?
Author: Anita Sweeney
A mum I know just told me about her prem singleton (now school age), currently undergoing numerous medical tests. I bawled my eyes out in bed that night. Instantly I recognised that while the information was upsetting, my reaction to someone else’s problems was potentially bigger than it should have been?
The very next day, my son Patrick, comes out of his classroom on the home bell sobbing and I am immediately thrown into panic and emotional overdrive before I even know what is wrong.
Our NICU journey with twins
Patrick was born at 32+5 and 1.3kg after months of only just putting on enough weight each scan to keep him in. He was a fighter and went straight to the Special Care nursery while his identical twin brother Liam at 1.7kg did not cope as well with his in-utero time being cut short and spent his first two weeks in NICU.
Continue Reading →Going out in public with twins, triplets or more
Author: Belinda Smith
Unless you are an A list celebrity, nothing can prepare you for the attention and infamy that multiples will attract when you are out and about in public. People in general see more than one baby at a time and lose their collective minds. I personally have had people follow me down escalators, through shops and even out to my car just to get a look at three babies at once.
I am sure many of you reading this have experienced all the different scenarios from staring, whispers and sideways glances, to the people bold enough to come up and ask questions/give opinions/give advice (most of which is not helpful in the multiples world as we all know!).
Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 7.
Talking Twins and More. S4 – Ep 7.
Naomi and Tiffany chat about all the little “white lies” they have told their children. Such as ‘the park is closed’ and even conversations about the man in the red suit.
Warning: Not for little ears.
Choosing Names For Twins: The Blacklist
Author: Anonoymous
Naming one baby can be hard. But when you unexpectedly learn you need to choose names for more than one little human, it can be overwhelming.
We had a singleton four years ago. When we were pregnant then, we had a long list of girl’s names and just one boy’s name. That one boy’s name was used up for our firstborn. So this time when we found out we were having identical twin girls, you’d think we could go straight back to the original list of unused girls names.
Nope.
None of those names ‘worked’ with our toddler’s name. And none of them worked as a twin pair.
Raising Bilingual Twins
Author: Stephanie Ernst
Did you know that being raised bilingual can give you an advantage? Studies have shown that children exposed to two languages from birth have an advantage in concentration in school, as well as helping them with language development.
In our house, we have 2 dominant languages (Dutch and English), and a third (German) that comes out at family gatherings. We chose to raise our twins in Dutch and English. We put a lot of research into how we would do this, and in this article, I wanted to share some of the tips and tricks we learned, as well as try to work through some of the myths you might face.
When your family aren’t interested in helping with your twins
Author: Anonymous
They say it takes a village. But what do you do when your family don’t seem to be interested in helping with your twins.
If there’s one piece of advice you’ll hear a thousand times as a parent-to-be, it’s this: accept all offers of help! Even more so when you’re expecting multiples. And it’s good advice. The ability to ask for help, and accept help when it’s offered, is a major life skill. Babies are a 24/7 job, and it makes perfect sense to get as much help as you can.
“Do you have family nearby?”
In amongst all the usual questions people ask when they find out you’re pregnant with twins, one question I was asked a lot was “do you have family nearby?”
The answer was yes – most of my immediate family, and my husband’s family, live locally. But it’s so hard to explain to a work acquaintance, or ultrasound tech, that having family nearby didn’t mean we were expecting any help with our babies. Because when we had our eldest child, we discovered our families really weren’t interested in helping out. All that great advice about asking for, and accepting help, didn’t do us a lick of good. We tried! We really did. But the help just wasn’t there.
