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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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.
Author: Jenni from Big Vans, Kids and Camping
So, you’re thinking of going camping, but are you crazy considering it with twins, triplets or more?
Short answer…….NO YOU’RE NOT!!!
You are definitely not crazy, in our opinion, if you are organised and have thought it out, then it’s definitely a winner. Camping comes in all sorts of forms and doesn’t have to mean a tent, and why should it be any harder than someone else taking their children. If you are keen then we say “GO FOR IT”!!
Here are some of our tips.
Backpack harnesses or wrist style leashes for twins or triplets can sometimes be a controversial topic. As the ‘perfect parent I was before I had children’, I certainly ‘judged’ those that used them.
And then I had children of my own, and not just one child, but two. At once. And now I understand. With that said I want to apologize for being the perfect parent (who had no kids!) and was judgy. I never made snide comments to people nor was I rude about it to them about it but in my head I was totally judging. Which was wrong.
Backpack harnesses or wrist style leashes DO NOT make you a bad parent. Remember, your babies your rules. No one has a right to shame you for it, not even family!
As a multiple birth parent myself, I have realised that there is no one way or easy way to take care of your babies. So if something makes your life simpler, then do it!
Conjoined twins are identical twins who are joined together somewhere in the body, most often at the chest, abdomen or pelvis. They are monozygotic twins, in the sense that they share the same zygote.
The formation of this twin type is believed to be the result of late twinning. When the twinning occurs more than 12-13 days after fertilization of the egg, it may lead to the formation of conjoined twins because the embryo may not split completely.
Conjoined twin births are very rare, amounting to around one birth in every 100,000 births. The ratio of female and male sets was found to be three to one. There is a slightly higher chance of conjoined twins from Africa and Southwest Asia.
Depending on where they are joined, some may share some vital internal organs.
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