Dad's Guide to Twins

The First Year with Twins: Survival Tips

Here’s some tips for surviving the first year with twins. If you can make it through this first year, you can do anything!

How to Juggle Time Demands with Twins and a Toddler

I got a great question this week from an expectant twin father who already has a young son at home. He wondered about how he would juggle time demands with twins and a toddler. Having a toddler by himself is a handful for any parent. When you combine that with newborn twins, things get really [...]

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How to Get Twins Ready for Bed

Getting your twins ready for bed is often an adventure. Regardless if your twins are newborns or toddlers, you will have the daily responsibility of getting your twins ready for bed. Here are some tips I’ve found useful for getting our twin girls ready for bed: Bed Time Routine Consistency and a familiar routine are [...]

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Twins Don’t Initially Think of Themselves as Twins

Your twins will recognize themselves as siblings–brothers or sisters–before they realize they are twins. Twin Label The label of “twins” seems to be pressed upon your twins instead of being something that they naturally recognize and claim for themselves. The “twin” label seems to be a reference point that is picked up later in life [...]

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When a Grown-up Twin Meets Your Twins

While out in public with your twins, many people will stop and ask you about your twins. This is natural and expected. Most often they will ask benign questions and then you part ways. Occasionally, you will be stopped by someone who is a twin themselves. You won’t get stupid questions about your twins from [...]

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7 Ways Infant Twins Are Fun to Take Out In Public

While it may feel like infant twins keep you stuck at home every day, the reality is that when you do go out in public, it is usually a noteworthy adventure. Any trip you take to the store, church, or park will merit superstar status. 1. Special Treatment Carrying twins around, one in each arm, [...]

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4 Reasons Infant Twins Keep You Stuck at Home

I talked to a friend who had twins recently and asked her what surprised her the most about having twins. She told me that she didn’t expect to be so anchored to the house. You’ll likely feel the same way with newborn twins: stuck at home. Why do twins create this tether to your home? [...]

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How to Get a Babysitter for Your Twins

Even though you will be in a fog most of your twins’ first year, you will eventually want to go out on a date with your wife. You’ll need a babysitter if you want to leave the house without the twins. Getting a babysitter for twins is a little more complicated than with a singleton. [...]

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Twins Advantage: Learning to Share Early

Your twins have shared even the very basics of life since they were in-utero and waiting to be born. There they shared nourishment from mother as well as very tight living quarters. Upon arrival, your twins will likely share feeding times, cribs, clothes, and toys. Out of necessity and circumstances, your twins have been sharing [...]

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Twins Have Their Own Language

As soon as your twins can make a sound, they will start to “talk” to each other. I started to notice this when our girls were a few months old. Our twins shared a crib for several months before we separated them into their own cribs. Since they were in separate cribs but slept in [...]

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7 Tips to Help You Enjoy Christmas with Twins

The Christmas season is a joyful time to spend with your family, including your twins. Just how ready you need to be will be based on how old your twins are when December 25th rolls around. If your twins are one year old or younger, then don’t worry too much. Just like with their first [...]

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