Friday, May 27, 2011

Twin Treatise

I was warned.









My all time fave: 





Dozing Twins
Dozing Double Cuteness



  1. First time I have read your blog. Jumped across from Just Bring the Chocolate and the 'define normal' blog hop. Man, you made me laugh. Sorry, probably not the response you were looking for, but it was hilarious. Strangers do say ridiculous things. I don't have twins (my two are 13 months apart, 'Irish twins' I've heard it called)so have absolutely no idea what it's like, but I thank you for opening my eyes to your crazy crazy world! I look forward to reading more. xxx

    1. Thank you very much! I enjoy your blog as well!

  2. Ah yes, that little speck of understanding and solidarity can be chicken soup for the tired soul (or veggie soup for the non soully for us vegetarian atheists). I can't imagine the exhaustion, but moreover I remember my friend's twins when they both started crawling... dear god!

    I'm uber impressed with the treatment you received from bus companies etc, does that extend beyond the tiny sguidgy baby stage into the screamy toddler one or are they less accomodating then?

    Thanks for sharing this as part of the blog hop, it makes for a fascinating read!

    1. I'm not sure still on that one, Renata. So far, we are still ok with the bus. I think it's the beast of a stroller. I really do.

  3. I've found you from the #definenormal bloghop too. You've so mad me laugh and have a little green eyed jealousy about the buses! I don't have multiples - but I still got asked if I'd 'lost one' when pushing a double buggy with only one child in it (yes, I've left them on the motorway) and been told on more than one occasion that my son can't be a boy because his eyes are too blue and his hair too girly...(he's had it cut since then...)

    1. LOL! What? There's only one child *fake gasp!*. People are silly sometimes! People always think my boys are girls... they have pretty blue eyes, milky skin and curls. My poor girl gets called a boy even if she is in head to toe pink. She's a warrior like her mama. I refused to cut Quinn's hair for years because his curls were so beautiful. There were a lot of comments, usually from the older generation.

  4. wow! your normal is crazy normal squared!
    i smirked at your silly comments from silly people, then was a little sad - as zoe moves forward, wyatt will always be 2 steps behind - and, just as i finished, I was reminded of what gets us all through our normal - or crazy normal squared! - it's our children and our love for them.
    thanks for sharing your crazy normal - i'm popping over from Renata's #definenormal

    1. I was more than a "little sad" about the differences between the two for some time. I was dreading the day that she would move far ahead of him, thinking that it was going to be some big tragedy. It isn't. She's walking and he's just starting to commando crawl. It's a little easier in a lot of ways and it's just like having two different kids. Which it is.

  5. I am 14 weeks pregnant for the first time. Apparently we are overachievers because, despite there being no multiples anywhere in either of our families, we are having twins.

    Everyone keeps asking me if I'm excited to have twins? I mostly look at them like they are crazy and tell them I am too busy being terrified to be excited.

    Thank you for making my fear seem entirely rational :)

    1. It is rational... but there is so much more that you see with twins that you never see with a single child. Since this is your first pregnancy, everything is super different. Good luck with your pregnancy!

  6. I'm a father of B/G twins who are turning 1 in just a week. I remember while Christmas shopping last year, a couple approached me (I was out solo with the double stroller) and introduced themselves, stating that they had 18mo twin boys. They asked how the twins were doing (they were only 2mo at the time), and then looked me directly in the eye, with the most sincere, loving, and borderline apologetic expression and simply stated, "it will get better."

    A year later, I can't begin to express how much of a blessing these two have been. Your article made me laugh, smile, nearly cry at some points (from laughter and from emotions, maybe I'm just tired), but reminded me of that couple in Best Buy, who knew. They knew, like any other parent of multiples does, what it was like, and how wonderful it really is.

    1. Now that another year has gone by, I'm sure by now that things are totally better. And messy. And wondrous. xo


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