Recently on the Twinfo Facebook page we were discussing nicknames for twins and triplets. There were so many great replies that I decided to share them with you.
There were certainly some common themes.
The classic Twin A and Twin B or Baby A, Baby B and Baby C were an obvious forefront runner. However, did you know that there is a medical reason for this?
Grocery shopping with twins and multiples can be a long process. Everyone wants to stop and have a chat! Here are 26 things you will hear. Over and over again.
A – Are they both yours?
B – Better you than me!
C – Can they feel each other’s pain?
Author: Vanessa Cartledge
As a multi mum, I fully understand that Centrelink for twins and multiples can often seem complicated and overwhelming. So I thought I would share my knowledge to help other multi-parents navigate Centrelink’s system. As multi-parents, there are payments that we may be entitled too, but the Centrelink website can be confusing. If you know what you’re entitled to and how to apply, it makes everything easier and much less stressful. Please note that I do not work for Centrelink, and I am just sharing this information as a guide only. Please check all information for yourself.
This is not the title of a bad horror movie (Dads of Twins and Multiples – The Rise of the Stay at Home Dad! Oohh, scary!) but the start of a very welcome trend.
When there are twin newborns there is double the work of one baby, and when there are triplets or more the parents are seriously outnumbered. More Dads of twins and multiples are choosing to stay home from work for a period of paternity leave to get the family through that exhausting and crucial first year.
All those Facebook memes about motherhood and parenting are very funny, mostly because they are completely true. But we’ve noticed a bit of a regular pattern when it comes to the familiar ‘mothers and wine’ memes; they are getting more and more common. Are all these memes just harmless fun, or should we be a bit more concerned about this increase in mums who drink?
Are you planning a holiday? Or perhaps you need to fly to attend a family event. Don’t worry, the trip won’t be as bad as you think. Here are some tips to ensure a smooth flight when you are flying with twins or triplets or more.
Author: Donna Moala
Will your multiples and twins get enough sleep at daycare???? One of the biggest stresses about putting your precious multiples into daycare is wondering if they will sleep or not! Donna Moala from Bub2Sleep, one of the amazing Twinfo sleep consultants, shares her top tips to ensure they do.
As all multiple birth parents know, sleep is essential, not only for the babies growth and development, but for the parents sanity!! The last thing you need is your multiples coming home from daycare tired and exhausted because they have not slept.
Author: Dr Bronwyn Griffin
It’s 5:30 am, you have woken up for the 9th time to your babies. You know that your day needs to kick start now. Your older two children need to get ready for kindy and school. You push the “boil” button on the kettle to obtain the much needed first caffeine infused drink of the day. You change the babies nappies, make drink, seat yourself on cosy corner of couch and set up for the feed. Whilst taking your first sip of that glorious caffeinated solution your 8 month old twin suddenly lunges for your coffee whilst breastfeeding. Your coffee goes all over you and worse still, all over the baby. Chaos commences!
When you first find out you are pregnant, you wonder what your baby will sound like……the first cry, the first laugh, the first words. But then you find out you are expecting more than one baby! And the panic may set in. How will you cope with multiples or twins crying at the same time???
This isn’t an article on possible reasons why they crying at the same time – there are lots of general articles on why babies cry. This article is purely to help you cope with multiples or twins crying at the same time.
There are three basic options and it will depend on why they are crying as to which one you will use:
One of our resident sleep experts, Tanya Greene from Sleep Right Sleep Tight shares her sleep tips for twins, triplets or more.
I have been working with children for 15 years now, and personally am a Mum to 4 gorgeous children. I worked in Childcare before having my own family, and then gained my qualifications to help other sleep deprived families get a great night sleep. My passion is helping each individual family get through those sleepless nights and bedtime struggles.
I made the decision to help other families through their sleep struggles after having problems with our daughters sleep. She was 15 months at the time and waking approx. 5 times a night. Where we were living at the time there was no help, so I turned to an online program. We had amazing success! From this, I knew my path was to help families in similar situations as ours.
A baby’s sleep patterns are affected by what is happening throughout their bedtime. They generally look for whatever is happening at this point to be repeated throughout their night when they wake. If your twins or triplet are reliant on outside aids, dummy’s, feeds etc. in order to fall asleep, you will find that waking throughout their night, they need these to come back to get themselves back to sleep. They are what we call sleep associations.
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