Twins, Triplets and More

Here are some helpful tips for those who are expecting to have twins.

1. Join a twins club. Talk with others who have twins.

2.  Find distinctive names for both babies to grow into their own people. Please don’t refer to them as the twins!

3.  Give them different colored bedding and clothes to be able to tell them apart. At first you may want to use wrist bands.

4.  You may feel a preference for one twin over the other but in time that will subdue.

5. Promote them being their own person while still allowing them to compliment one another.

6. Seek and accept help. It’s hard enough to raise one baby much less two!

7. Cat nap whenever you can. They say if you run the vaccuumm the white noise will put them to sleep letting you catch some Z’s in the meantime.

8. Save yourself the headache and create a routine for everything.

9.  Don’t feel bad about spending more time with one twin versus the other. Some babies are simply more fussy than the others. In the future you can make it up to the less attention craved twin.

10.  Let Dad help! Split time and attention with your twins by involving the other active parent.