Author: Kath Doyle Parents of multiples are faced with many decisions that parents of singletons don’t have to consider. If your multiples are the same sex, one of the first ones is should I dress my multiples the same or…
Do your multiples appear to have a secret language? It can look like they are using their own little language to speak to each other than no one else can understand. Well – they are. The official name for it…
Author: Anonymous I gave birth to twins during the enforced lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. I also gave birth to my singleton in a pre-covid world. The hardest part of birthing twins during COVID-19 In 2020, during the birth of…
Postnatal depression in fathers of twins and triplets is a topic that many people shy away from talking about. You have just brought home several newborn babies, whom everyone wants to see. The pressure is already there for this to…
Indoor activities for toddler twins and triplets Whether it is because the weather is getting colder, its been raining a lot or you simply just want to stay home and indoors – you are bound to need ideas on how…
Author: Kath Doyle When parents find out that they are expecting multiples, on top of the inevitable shock they are faced with a whole new language. Terms like chorionicity, amnionicity and zygosity along with acronyms like MCDA and DCDA start…
Caring for newborn twins or triplets. How to find extra hours in the day. In the first part of this article, we looked at how long it takes to look after newborn twins. If you haven’t read the first part…
Looking after twins can take up most of the day. With changing nappies, feeding and settling your babies to sleep, plus all of the washing of baby bits and bobs, we estimate it can take up to 19 hours a…
Author: Paige Bell-Male I started expressing for my twins less than six hours after they were born. Both were in the NICU at the time and neither were really up to nursing (although they could both suck feed). While I…