Advice

Our twins moms are never at a shortage for advise or words of wisdom.   Here are a few words of advise, encouragement and ideas from mom’s who have “been there, done that.”

 

After the first 2-3 months, try to leave the house every day.  Try a playgroup,     Gymboree, or some other scheduled activity to keep yourself in a routine.

“It’s always darkest before the dawn.”  Hang in there on those bad days, the next day something great will happen and make it all worth it.

Take lots of pictures.

Duct tape or mailing tape works well for keeping a diaper on a child who insists on taking it off.  Also cutting off feet and putting sleeper pajamas on backwards will keep a child clothed throughout the night!

If breastfeeding doesn’t work, it’s not the end of the world.

Remain calm at all times!

During the first months I found it helpful to keep a log of when each child ate, slept and was changed so I could keep it straight.

Allow and encourage your twins to sleep.  Stick to a flexible yet firm nap/sleep schedule.  Well rested babies are happy babies.

Do whatever is easiest for you.

Listen to people with a “can do” attitude and stay away from people who bring you down or stress you out.

Laugh to keep everything in balance.

Don’t worry if babies don’t get changed out of their pajamas occasionally, but be sure that you eventually get out of yours everyday, so that you could actually answer the doorbell if it rings OR…just disconnect the doorbell!

“Never face facts, if you do you’ll never get up in the morning” (Marlo Thomas).

With newborn twins even an outing to the drive-thru is considered an outing!

Accept any help that is offered.

As soon as you get “used to” a certain behavior pattern, they change on you.

When faced with the “She got a bigger piece than me” have one child divide the cake/playdough, etc. and the other child gets to choose which piece of cake/playdough etc. they want first.  (It will almost always turn out equal this way).

In another  attempt to keep things equal, assign days of the week that each child gets to make the choices.  Example: on M-W-F twin 1 gets to pick out the movie, sit in the best car seat, etc. and on T-R-S twin 2 does.  On Sunday-it’s Mom and Dad’s day.

Don’t wait to open your bouncy seats; you can gently “bounce” one to sleep with your foot while rocking the other one.

Organization is the key to maintaining your “life.”  Keeping organized has helped me maintain my children as my first priority while allowing me to continue my business