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Old August 26th 03, 05:16 PM
TwinMom
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Default Can we cope with twins- no spin answers sought

You'll be fine, help or not. IMHO, one of the benefits of having twins as
your first children is that you just do what needs to be done without
realizing that there is any other way. If you have twins after a singleton,
the amount of work might be a surprise, but when they come first, you just
do and everything gets done. DH used to like to say that, with twins, at
least you only have to wash your hands once (after a dual diaper change).
LOL. I had my heavenly MIL help out for the first few weeks, but NOT with
the babes - that's our pleasure! She did laundry, cooking, burping, etc.
which gave us time to bond with the new boys.
If you'd like, I have a new parents "twins tip sheet" that I made up when my
boys were smaller. It covers things like help, shopping, nursing, etc. It's
just my personal observations, and everything might not work for you, but we
twin parents need to stick together and help each other out when we can.
Contact me off list and I will send you a copy. It's in MSWord or Text
format. Good Luck to you.
Lorraine - frat boys 7, girl 3