When that Second Set Arrives: How Hard Can It Be?
Hi. I’m Michelle and I have two sets of twins. Nineteen months apart. Here is a quick visual of what that looked like: And I think this picture was taken by my parents as they were getting ready to fly...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Getting the diagnosis…. Then (whew!) finding out it is wrong
As a parent you will do anything to make sure your kids are safe and happy. With the first baby especially, you stress and worry and panic and wonder if you are ever going to do anything right. My...
View ArticleThis Mothers’ Day, Acknowledge Infertility
For American Mothers’ Day 2006, I received the most wonderful gift: two 3-day-old daughters, doing better than anyone imagined they could, having been born at 33 weeks gestation. A week from today, on...
View ArticleWhy So Few Daddy Blogs?
Thank you to Joe for this guest post! Joe is an author and blogs at Dad’s Guide to Twins. If you’ve looked around the Internet, you’ll see that mothers dominate the parenting discussion. Sure, there...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Are Twins Easier?
I wrote this post when my twin daughters, J and M, were 19 months old. In some ways, having twins is easier than raising an only child. When one twin develops an obsession with an article of clothing,...
View Article4 Essential Values Kids Learn from Being a Twin
Today’s guest, Nina, is a working mom to three boys—a five-year-old and toddler twins. She blogs about parenting at Sleeping Should Be Easy, where she writes everything she’s learning about being mom...
View ArticleTwinfant Tuesday: Getting to Know Your Children
“Comparison is the thief of joy,” Teddy Roosevelt warned us. There’s definitely some truth to that. If you measure your quality of life by comparing it to the lifestyle you perceive others to live,...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Crazy Little Thing Called Sleep
You know that boozy college friend(s) that everyone has? The one that always starts their story with “We were so drunk…”? I am that friend. But, since I’m a mom, my stories start like, “I was so...
View ArticleDon’t Suffer in Silence. Ask for Help.
I vividly remember attending a birthday party with my toddlers and leaving angry. It was once of those first birthday parties that was very adult-focused. It was a celebration of having survived that...
View ArticleDimensions of Intelligence
My children are smarter than me. Allow me to define “smart” for my purposes. I am certainly more knowledgeable and experienced than my 9-year-olds. I am better read than they are and more able to find...
View ArticleThe Child is the Mother of the Mother
My extraordinarily wise daughter M once said to me, “Your mommy’s mistakes make you a better mommy.” She’s so right. My parenting approach is certainly informed by research I’ve read and discussions...
View ArticleMake Time for Mom: A Theme Week Kickoff
Welcome to Making Time for Me Theme Week 2015! This week of posts has been a long time coming. The HDYDI MoMs have been talking about getting it underway for over a year. Other priorities were more...
View ArticleChildren Matter, But Not Above All Else
My children are not the most important thing in my life. GASP! Okay. Deep breath. Let’s try this one again. I have four incredible, messy, beautiful, frustrating, funny and crazy children. And they are...
View ArticleEvolution of Me Time
When I had newborn twins, I considered snatching a few minutes of sleep or brushing my teeth to be enormous luxuries of “me time”. Once I returned to work, the 11 hours of the day I spent at work or...
View ArticleDo These Five Things for Yourself to Be a Better Mom
On any given day, between the hours of 7:30 am and 7:30 pm, my home is a lively place. It buzzes and hums with the mischief of three busy two-year-olds discovering their world. I rush about the house,...
View ArticleTV is a Tool
I learned a long time ago that I was a much better parent before I actually had kids. I thought picky eaters were the result of indulgent parents. (Guess what! I introduced my duo to the same foods at...
View ArticleMe Time in the Morning
Yep, I’m one of those people. I love mornings. I love the calm anticipation that it often holds, and I love the feeling of getting a head start on my day before everyone else. I know that mornings have...
View ArticleMommy Judgment and Me Time
Generally speaking, parents are supportive of one another. We share parenting tips, recommend kid-friendly restaurants, and set up playdates. However, we can also be brutally judgmental of each other....
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Sharing a Bedroom
After obsessively searching for about two years, my husband finally found us a new house. It isn’t too far from our current house, conveniently closer to our chosen dual-language elementary school, and...
View ArticleTwin Mother Vocabulary
My only children are identical twins. My entire experience of motherhood has been filtered through the lens of the monozygotic twin experience. I’ve noticed that my twin perspective has had an...
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