Feeding the family on a car journey When it comes to feeding a family during a long car journey, an old adage applies: fail to prepare, prepare to fail. If you travel without sufficient supplies, you could be at the mercy of over-priced service stations, garage sandwiches and rocket fuel coffee.Follow our guidelines below to…
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What do you buy 1 year old Twins for their birthday?
Read moreI thought I would share with you what I have bought our twins for their first birthday, without recommending specific brands or products. Here goes: * Blocks. Our girls have blocks already but the ones I have bought for them are a little different to ones I have seen before. They have these blocks at…
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Cuddles
Read moreWhen our girls were babies, I absolutely loved it when they fell asleep on my chest. I loved cuddling them and watching them sleeping peacefully. They soon grew out of it though and I wondered if I would ever have any more cuddles from them! The last month, both girls have learnt how to cuddle…
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Sleeping Update
Read moreThings 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…