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10 Questions I Asked When Pregnant With Twins (Answered)
If there are twins in your family or you’ve discussed the possibility of multiples due to IVF, you may feel a little prepared for the possibility of a twin pregnancy. However, for many of us the words “It’s twins,” come as a complete surprise and we are very unprepared for what is to come. Once…
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Daycare or Nanny for Twins? Childcare Choices
It’s a question that has come up time and time again in twin parenting groups: What is cheaper? What is better? Do I choose daycare or a nanny for twins? The question keeps appearing because the answer is not simple. Twins can often have special requirements and doubling the cost of daycare makes a nanny…
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Twins Fighting: Dealing with Terrible Twos Aggression
My twin boys are the best of friends, yet the battle for Top Dog has taken a turn for the worse. Twins fighting is a common problem, but as I wade through the tribulations of the ‘terrible twos’, is there anything to be done? Why are they fighting and how do I stop them from…
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Adventure Theme Twin Boys Bedroom
The twins have just turned two and it’s time for them to graduate to big boy beds! I’ve been thinking (and writing) about it for long enough, and finally today I’m able to show you their adventure theme twin boys bedroom. Arthur and George love adventure… wild animals, cars, trains, dinosaurs, forests and they can’t…
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Do Twins Need One-on-One Time with Mom?
Every mother of multiples has taken multi-tasking to a whole other level. We do our best to give our children undivided attention, but often it feels like striving for the impossible. The attention babies naturally crave from their mother has to be shared with their sibling, and this can be most difficult for Mom herself.…
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Keeping Twin Toddlers Safe in Open Spaces
I have never been one for staying indoors… until I had twins. Leaving the house solo with twins has its challenges, the most basic of trips can become difficult when you have two toddlers in tow. The very idea of it is enough to keep many twin moms from leaving the house at all. Sharing is…
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Delayed Speech in Toddlers: Qualifying for Early Intervention
We’ve spent the past month or so being assessed for the government funded ‘Early Intervention Program’ for speech and language therapy. Delayed speech in toddlers can be incredibly frustrating for all and is common in twins. Some say twins develop their own language, and this eliminates the desire to communicate with others. Whatever it is……
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Dominance and Submissiveness in Twins: The Pecking Order
Despite looking particularly identical recently, the Twins are becoming wildly different in personality. As they grow, the difference between them becomes more apparent; and it feels inevitable that one emerges at the top of the pecking order. It seems only natural, as part of the animal kingdom, that there be one dominant twin and one…
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Can Twins Feel Each Other’s Pain?
It’s been a while since I posted about telepathic twins and other freaky twin stuff, and it’s time to return to the world of the weird and wonderful. Unfortunately the trigger for this research is an unhappy event… my poor little boy has been in a cast past the elbow these past two weeks, and I’m not…
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Guest Post – A Bumpy Start: Pumping at the NICU
Today is a Twin Pickle first… I’m handing over the blog to someone with far more experience and knowledge on this subject than myself. We were lucky enough to avoid the NICU when I had the Twins at 36wks, but I still didn’t manage to successfully breastfeed. This was partly because I panicked about their weight loss, when preemie’s…
