Babies and Toddlers

Author: Naomi’s Dad, Rick I know Naomi likes to commiserate with you all, and tell you what a heavy cross raising twins is to bear; that’s because she’s an Internet Mum, not a Traditional Mum.  Phrases like “age appropriate behaviour” (really an excuse for letting them get away with murder) roll off her lips like […]

Author: Naomi Dorland September is Desmoid Tumour Awareness Month.  What is a Desmoid Tumour I hear you ask?  I didn’t know either, until I was diagnosed with one. And I certainly never expected to be diagnosed with a Desmoid Tumour after twin pregnancy. A lump under my c-section scar When our twins were about 17

Relationship after twins or triplets When you are the parent of a small baby, you learn pretty quickly that you have less time for your partner than you did before. In general, you have less time for everything. When you are parenting twins or multiple babies there seems to be even less. Multiples are incredibly

Sponsored post Choosing a pram is one of the hardest purchasing decisions when you find out you are pregnant with more than one baby.  There is so much to consider, and every multiple birth family has different requirements for a pram. This blog highlights five of the inline double prams for twins currently on the market,

Managing the daycare run with twins or triplets Do you have an older toddler who attends daycare and newborn multiples, or are your twins or triplets starting daycare?  If you are looking for some tips about choosing a daycare for your multiples, then this blog will help: Choosing a daycare for twins or triplets This

When you blessed with twins, or really blessed with triplets, there are times where you do have to buy multiple items.  (Have you ever tried fitting two babies into one car seat?).  However, when it comes to toys, then there are many exceptions to this rule. When it comes to buying toys for twins or

Firstly, this article is in no way meant to make those who were unable to breastfeed feel bad.  There are no tips in here on the physicalities of breastfeeding.  This blog is purely focussing on some organisational tips to help make breastfeeding multiples easier. Trust me, there is nothing more frustrating than sitting on the

Choosing one name is hard enough, but choosing two, three or more can be very overwhelming.  And that’s just the first names.  Add to this, if you don’t know the genders of the babies…………..well you need to double this number again! With literally thousand upon thousands of names out there, and “baby name books” that

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 not? Ultimately, there is no right or wrong answer to this, but there are a

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 is cryptophasia, more commonly known as Twin Talk. Cryptophasia translates to secret speech and that