Things haven’t been great lately with regard to the girls night time sleep. Their daytime naps are fine. They still have a 30 minute nap at 9am, followed by a 90 minute nap after lunch, at 1230pm. Night time, however, has become harder. Both girls would wake more or less within an hour of us…
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The return to work
Read moreI returned to work last week, only 2 days a week but I must admit I have enjoyed going back. I guess it helps that I enjoy my job but honestly if you’d have asked me when I was pregnant if I would look forward to returning to work, my answer would have been something…
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Nursery cancelled!
Read moreI had to wait a day before I could write this post because I knew if I wrote it yesterday I would have come out all guns blazing! Our beautiful twins were due to start nursery this coming Tuesday. Only 1 day a week. Now, I’m not an idiot, well I don’t think I am…
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Knowing what I know now….
Read moreHindsight is a wonderful thing! Knowing what I know now about being a twin parent, I thought I would share with you what I would do differently if I could start again! * Put our girls in the same moses basket/cot for naps and bedtime. This is so they get used to each others noise…
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Does it get easier?
Read moreI’ve written quite a few posts since starting our blog a few months back and in a few of those posts I have said that I found the first 6 months the easiest. The first month of our girls lives was spent in special care. Now, obviously that wasn’t easy. Suffice to say that was…
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Your first Christmas!
Read moreWell, Christmas has gone just as quickly as it arrived. Your first Christmas will always be remembered with fond memories. Not because of all the toys and wonderful gifts you received but because it was your first. I can’t imagine what it must be like for those parents who have babies in special care at…
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Growing appetites
Read moreTwin daddy and I took the girls to be weighed yesterday. M is now 14lb and a half. R is 16lb5 and a half. Over the past 2 weeks, well, certainly the last week, I have noticed that both our girls appetites have grown. They wolf down their breakfast and lunch, and even though they…
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Spin Mania Game Review
Read moreSpin Mania is a speeding, spinning, time trial challenge. The game consists of a motorised spinning machine with an electronic timer, three orange helicopter-like rotary plates, a ‘spin-spike’, and three purple stands on which to set the plates once they are spinning correctly. The challenge is to ‘spin-up’ the three plates on the spinning machine…
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Sensory Play
Read moreAre you forever thinking up new games to entertain your little ones? I am! They love playing with their toys on their play mat or wandering around in their walkers. They also love bouncing up and down in their Jumperoo, but I do wonder if they get a little bored sometimes. This got me thinking…