Things are easier....but they are harder....

Ok, we survived the first year....the sleepless nights, the early months of nursing, the transition to carting around two baby girls (in additiion to our other 2 daughters), etc. etc. SO, for some reason I was under the impression that things were getting easier and they are......sort of...... but now I have been totally blindsided by how difficult it is to have 2 toddlers.

It's a WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME NOW!!!! I spend most of my day (as you all do I'm sure) chasing them around and trying to keep them out of trouble....stopping them from pulling every book off the bookcase, keeping them from putting EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING into their mouths and fishing out the stuff I don't catch in time, catching them playing in the toilet (when someone inevitably forgets to close the bathroom door)

Today I took them outside to play in the yard for the first time and it was so hard! Even just getting them out to the yard took some thought and planning...do I carry them both at the same time? do I put them in the stroller?, etc. I have a funny feeling they are going to be doing a lot of swinging on the swingset this summer...because every time I put them down they were putting things in their mouths and going in opposite directions. I have resigned myself to the fact that there will be no sitting for me this summer. (Nevermind the fact that my 5 and 6 year olds were talking incessantly the whole time, "Mommy can you push me on swing? Mama, when are we going to dye our Easter eggs? Mama, what time is the the Easter Bunny coming EXACTLY? Mama, Mama, MAAAMAAAAA!!!"

I don't know why this has surprised me so much. I've done the toddler years twice already, but I think I was feeling so accomplished in surviving the first year that I forgot all this was coming....times 2!

Please tell me I'm going to survive the second year!!

Shannon

 

you will survive the second year!! :hug: it's definitely tough - and i don't even have two older kids on top of it all. my hat's off to you! i think like everything with twins, you'll figure it all out as you go - and just when you settle into a good routine & feel you've got a good handle on things, they'll switch it all up for you. :headbang: although, i think you hit the nail on the head - at least you aren't sleep deprived.

 

:youcandoit: You'll survive I promise!!! I've always said that it's not easier, it's different :lol: You are at a tough age :hug:
I think having an area that is totally toddler proof is a wonderful thing, even if it's a small area. If I didn't have our playroom I think I would have lost it.
The 2nd year goes as quickly as the first so make sure to take tons of pictures, well while you're trying to keep them from climbing everything.

 

You will survive the second year with twins, I thought I wouldn't but here I am with 27 month olds! This year does have a lot of challenges but it also has a lot of triumphs...I agree with taking lots of pics and also having a toddler proof area for them to go in...that was a life saver for me!

 

Twin toddlers are tough to manage, but I can tell you that this phase is pretty short. My guys are 20 months old (only 6 months older than your girls) and they are already so much better about playing nicely and not destroying stuff. Sure they have their moments, but I was so surprised at how good they were at the ILs house for Easter. We didn't put any knick-knacks away or really baby-proof at all, and the boys did great! They're steadier on their feet than they were even a few months ago, and I don't feel like I'm constantly running after them, saving them from certain death!

I bet that by the end of the summer things will be very different. Hang in there! :hug: