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Why You Want Twins to Start Walking at Different Times

You don’t want both of your twins to start walking at the same time. Why? Simple: attention, time, and back pain. When your little ones start moving towards walking, odds are they will start pulling themselves up on the couch, bookcases, or anything else they can reach. The next phase is where you hold their [...]

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Why Vaccination Day Is the Saddest Day

One of the saddest things you will do as a dad is hold your babies down while they get a shot at the doctor’s office. Hopefully you are helping your wife out and going to the doctor with her and the twins for their well baby checkups. If so, you will be called upon to [...]

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Twins don’t always get sick at the same time

One of our twin daughters got sick with Roseola about 10 days ago. This was marked by several days of high fever, a fussy baby, and interrupted sleep for both her and her parents. During this bout with the illness, her sister was just fine. That, of course, changed this past week as the previously [...]

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How to Give Twins a Bath

Giving twins a bath is always an adventure. When our girls were newborns, we decided we would bathe one girl every other day. That idea worked on paper, but in reality, with life being unpredictable, we couldn’t keep that schedule. We needed to make sure we got the girls bathed whenever we could. Since our [...]

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Why you need a daily log for your twins

You may think you have a good memory, but you don’t. (Or won’t, in the near future!) You don’t have a good memory because of two things: sleep deprivation and twins. During the early days of having your twins home, you will be so tired that you won’t trust yourself to remember anything important. Unfortunately, [...]

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Should you breastfeed or bottlefeed twins?

There always seems to be a lively debate about whether you should breastfeed or bottlefeed babies. The advances in formula have made the health questions behind that decision a pretty even trade off. As a father of twins, what to feed your babies is more of a logistical question: how will you physically be able [...]

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How to Survive a Well Baby Checkup with Twins

Just like singleton babies, your twins’ pediatrician will want to see your twins on a regular schedule over the several months after birth. These visits usually involve some vaccinations and checkups on the child’s physical and mental development. How do you survive a well baby checkup with twins? It’s simple: have two adults go with [...]

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