My twins are finally here. Any other parents of multiples?
My twins were born yesterday morning, Baby A is Ethan James who was 6 lbs 2 oz. and Baby B is Adalynn Paige who was 5 lbs 4 oz. I also have my beautiful 3 year old daughter Mackenzie Amiya. I get to bring them home tomorrow and i am nervous. My 3 year old is now asking me to keep the babies here at the hospital, and just a week ago she was all excited. Any other parents out there pregnant/have multiples? I just need some support here. Thank you.
Twin mom here! My girls are 13 months, and now that they are starting to turn into toddlers, I sometimes YEARN for their infant days, not the first few months mind you, I mean like 6-7 months old, they were sleeping well and were just fun little balls of baby, now they are getting ‘tudes and want to go in different directions, if not they want to be in the same spot as each other and argue over that spot and anything else they can argue over! (well they can’t really talk but they can squeal and scream!)
Bring you older girl a nice little gift, let her know she’s a ‘big sister’ now and let her know she can help you if she wants, and when she does help you (brings you a diaper, etc) praise her to no end! The first 6-8 weeks will be the hardest, body-numbingly hard, but if possible, try to still find time to have one on one mommy-daughter time with her to let her know that even though there are new babies in the house she hasn’t been replaced and you still love her. And try to remember she’s only 3, still a baby too. I’ve seen exhausted parents forget that and yell and expect their toddler to "grow up", and the poor thing just gets more resentful of the new baby. Good luck and congrats!!
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Get a present she will freak out about in a good way and tell her its from the baby’s it will get her excited again about them. My son was 2 years and 4 months old and he knew there were babies in my belly and that was about it he didn’t understand yet that they would be out of my belly soon. When I brought the girls home I made sure to get him a Thomas The Train track set. He LOVED it and was so happy to get such a cool gift from the girls. Just make sure that when the twins are sleeping during the day that you give her TONS & TONS of attention. Do something special with her just you and her at least 1x a week even if its going to the park for 20 min or going to get ice cream after dinner. Also let her help you with the babies. My son LOVES to give the babies toys, throw away diapers, get diapers you name it and he loves helping out it makes him feel more apart of it all.
If she is mad don’t push her. If she try’s to hit the babies TIME OUT is really affective.
Our girls were 6lbs 14oz and 6lbs 7oz. the cooked for a whole 37 weeks.
ONE THING HUBBY AND I DO. At night he does Aubrie and I do Lauren. It doesn’t matter who got up last your baby is your baby. That has worked out so well and has kept me from killing him for not helping. Kidding about the killing part. But he has a monitor by his bed side and I have mine. We each only do 1 baby. He has a full time job and has to be up every morning by 7am. I am up by 8am and I spend my entire day taking care of 3 kids. He understands that its hard work taking care of 3 kids that’s why he pulls his fair share.
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Mommy of an almost 3 year old and 8 month old twin girls.
I have twin girls who are 21 months old. My girls were 4 lbs 14 oz and 6 lbs 4 oz. Your little girl will come around..just make sure she is included and still gets some special time with just her and mommy. Twins are fun! People will tell you that the first year is the hardest and after that they are easier, well I will tell you that they are WRONG! There are a lot of days that I LONG for the infant stage…LOL Once they become mobile and are climbing you will be constantly on your toes
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Twin mom here! My girls are 13 months, and now that they are starting to turn into toddlers, I sometimes YEARN for their infant days, not the first few months mind you, I mean like 6-7 months old, they were sleeping well and were just fun little balls of baby, now they are getting ‘tudes and want to go in different directions, if not they want to be in the same spot as each other and argue over that spot and anything else they can argue over! (well they can’t really talk but they can squeal and scream!)
Bring you older girl a nice little gift, let her know she’s a ‘big sister’ now and let her know she can help you if she wants, and when she does help you (brings you a diaper, etc) praise her to no end! The first 6-8 weeks will be the hardest, body-numbingly hard, but if possible, try to still find time to have one on one mommy-daughter time with her to let her know that even though there are new babies in the house she hasn’t been replaced and you still love her. And try to remember she’s only 3, still a baby too. I’ve seen exhausted parents forget that and yell and expect their toddler to "grow up", and the poor thing just gets more resentful of the new baby. Good luck and congrats!!
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