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Newborns

How to Handle Older Children After Twins Arrive

If you’ve prepared your older children for the arrival of twins, you’ve made good progress. However, your work is not done. You need to actively manage your relationship with your older children and be attentive to their needs even when you have your hands full with newborn twins. One-on-One Time Your life will very easily [...]

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How to Prepare Older Kids for Twins

Sometimes twins are not your first children. You need to prepare your older children for the arrival of their twin siblings. My wife and I had two sons before our twin girls arrived. At the time our twins were born, the boys were 3 and almost 2 years old respectively. I knew that life would [...]

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Expecting Twins this Year? Take your Tax Deduction Now!

In the United States, the government is willing to financially help you with your twins. This comes in the form of a child tax credit and deductions for your dependents. If you already have other children, you probably know about these benefits. If not, each child you have reduces your tax obligation to the government [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions for the Twin Dad

The new year is upon us and as is tradition, it is time to set some goals. Your goals this year could include being a better dad to your twins. If you need some ideas of how to do this, I did the hard work and brainstormed for all of us. This is what I [...]

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How to Handle Picture and Video During Twin Delivery

As a proud father, you’ll want to preserve the arrival of your twins for future posterity. To do so, you need to be prepared with a plan for getting the pictures and video you want. You need to keep in mind how your twins will arrive, where they will arrive, and what you will be [...]

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How to Survive Preemie Twins and the NICU

This is a guest post from fellow father of twins, Tom Williams. A common thought among first-time dads of twins is the Neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU). I had no experience with any of this before my twins came. A Little Background My twins were due 9/21/09. My wife’s water broke, for reasons still unknown, at [...]

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How to Handle Nighttime Care When Both Twins are Sick

Your twins won’t always get sick at the same time, but sometimes they do. This will put extra strain on your family and household. Our girls were both recently sick at the same time. In summary, it felt like we had reverted to newborn twins again. They needed constant care and were up multiple times [...]

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The Exact Number of Kids that are Easy to Care For

With twins, you feel like you are always busy, always have your hands full, and never seem to get a break. If you have other children in addition to twins, you’ll be busy from the time the kids wake up until they go to bed. I discovered recently the secret formula that indicates how many [...]

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Sleep Deprivation is Torture

One of the most trying aspects of having newborn twins is sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is torture. Think about those old war or spy movies where the hero is literally tortured by being forced to stay awake. Just when the hero falls asleep, the bad guys wake him up. You, my friend, are the hero. [...]

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When to Move to the Next Size Diapers

Your twins will go through diapers at a rate that will surprise you. “Didn’t we just buy a box of diapers?” you’ll ask, surprised, when you see your stock running low. (The answer is always “yes,” by the way.) One of the challenges of diapers is knowing when to move up to the next size. [...]

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