Dad's Guide to Twins

Fun, Games, and Recreation with Twins

Twins are fun! Here’s some tips to make life with twins easier, have fun together, and make them most of your recreational activities.

Do you ever get to go out without kids again?

One of the great challenges of parenting twins is that you never get out of the house without them. If this goes on too long, it directly impacts your sanity and happiness. In fact, one parent of twins wrote and asked me, “Do you ever get to go out without kids again?” When it comes [...]

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How to Keep Toddler Twins Occupied on Road Trips

Taking your toddler twins on a road trip requires some planning and patience. We recently took a road trip across the country that ended up being 54 total hours in the car. Our family of six with toddler twins in tow did great and yours can, too. Think Attention Span Road trips with toddler twins [...]

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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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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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The Cheapest Way to Fly with Toddler Twins

Just because you have twins doesn’t mean you can’t go on vacation. It just means travel won’t be as easy as it was before they joined your family. Traveling on a plane with twins can be done, you just need to be prepared. The extra cost of flying with twins is a major factor when [...]

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Twins Don’t Need Two of Every Toy

Buying toys for twins is always a challenge. Should you buy two of everything? Buy different toys for each twin? What if they don’t like any of them? Remember, you don’t need double of everything with twins. This is especially true with toys. Different Likes Even if you have identical twins, each twin will have [...]

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How to Help Twins Feel Uniquely Celebrated on Birthdays

Your twins will have to do a lot of things together as they grow up. Since they are the same age and maybe even the same gender, they will likely share the same clothes, room, toys, friends, classes, and more. Your child’s birthday should be a celebration of him or her. However, this celebration gets [...]

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The Only Way to Get Pictures With Your Twins

One of my regrets about our twins’ first year was that I didn’t get more pictures with both my girls. You may have a similar problem. If you don’t actively make the effort to get pictures with both of your twins, it just won’t happen. It may seem a little silly to plan for pictures, [...]

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How to Survive an Amusement Park with Infant Twins

Although I had sworn to never take my kids to Disneyland until everyone was potty trained and they were all tall enough to ride all the rides, we somehow found our family at Disneyland with our four kids, ages 4 and under. When we went to Disneyland, our twins were 10 months old. We had [...]

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How to Celebrate Your Twins’ First Birthday

When you reach your twins’ first birthday, you deserve a little celebration. After all, both you and your twins have survived the first year. Congratulations. You may be tempted to have a big birthday bash with dozens of friends, expensive gifts, decorations, and entertainment. My advice: keep it simple. You’ve worked hard over the first [...]

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