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Toddlers (Ages 2-3)

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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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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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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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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