Let me preface this with the fact that our twins are now seven years old, and we travel quite a bit. What we don’t really do is “holiday” though. As in stay in one place for more than a couple…
NICU and SCN Acronyms can be very confusing. Especially when these terms relate to your tiny babies. This list may help you navigate those early days Please note: This glossary is not a substitute for advice from a health professional. …
Author: Jenni Swain The FIFO/DIDO (Fly in Fly Out/ Drive In Drive Out) life is an interesting one and not everyone understands it, most people tell us they would never cope and how do we manage etc, especially me being…
Author: Amber Swayn To understand my financial outlook, I’ll first disclose three facts: To achieve our ultimate financial goals of becoming debt free and self-funded retirees, I had to get control of our family finances. We weren’t in a bad…
Author: Jacqueline Waters My husband is qualified as a Mining Engineer, meaning we’re a career FIFO family and we will be doing this for many years to come. He works a 9/5/5/2/4/3 roster… which, yes, is very hard to keep…
Author: Tiffany Visser If you are anything like me, when I was younger and I thought about having kids the picture was beautiful – I would stay at home with my babies making cookies and playing with playdough while my…
Author: Katie Bowman My partner Tim is in the defence force – RAAF. I recently did 4 months without him as he was away on training. A lot of people asked me how things went with a 3yo and twin…
Many new parents of twins or multiple babies find it difficult to bond with them in the beginning. This could be due to time spent in intensive care after a difficult birth or just having less time to focus on…
Let’s face it; if you have multiples, you are outnumbered from the start. So you are going to need an extra “pair of hands” every once in a while. I personally consider rockers, swings or bouncers for twins and more…