You Know You Have Twinfants when:

You know you are a parent of twinfants when you eat your leftover Thanksgiving turkey dinner at 8:00 a.m. b/c heck you need the protein and you've been up since 5 anyway so it's about lunchtime!

 

HAHA you are so right!

 

When: everyone in a store stops to ask you "Are they Twins?" (No.... I just have 2 babies the same age)
..... Then they go on to ask you "are they Id?" (even though you have one with pink and the other with blue...)

Funny story.. My friend with Trips... we went out the other day to Target.. People were asking if they were quints.. (they all have the same carseat) Uhh Hello.. Hers are 8 months and mine are 2 months... A lady even ran her down in the parking lot telling her that i was taking her babies! Grrr!!!

 

When you refer to them as "this one" and "that one'. As in, "Did you feed this one or that one last?"
When packing up everyone and everything to go visit family takes about two hours longer than planned.
When you've never been more tired in your life, but you've never been happier either.

 

I went shopping with my boys yesterday (yes, Black Friday!) for an hour and a half at the mall and I ran into a lady who has twin girls and told me to google "multiples are not a freak show". There is a great video clip you have to see and you don't have to have triplets to relate. When I was at the mall, people would talk about me as I passed (as if I couldn't hear). One lady said " oh I can't believe she got those babies up this early" Hello--they were up at 4 am to eat so I just packed them up when they were done and we left. About 10 people said, "Oh twins?" I just wanted to say, no they're the same size and dressed the same but they aren't twins. About 5 others asked if they were "one of each" even though they were both in blue. They certainly do attract lots of attention.

You also know you've got twinfants when you can prop bottles on the inside of both your arms or using your chin or using your boobs while you try to take a bite of semi warm food or a drink of water.

 

LOL! :lol:

You know you have twinfants when...

...it occurs to you around Tuesday that Thanksgiving is coming up. You are way too tired to do any kind of cooking, but you think about picking up some fancy bread and cheese at Whole Foods to celebrate. And then you run out of time to do it and say, Enh, who cares, and send DH out on Friday for it.

...you get up 3 times during the night and wake up feeling relatively rested and refreshed.

...you go to the bathroom WHILE NURSING A BABY in the middle of the night so that they won't wake the other one up crying. :rotflmbo:

 

When a friend hands you their baby so they can go do something and you go help them because you are only holding 1 baby! This is one that I got from a member of TS a long time ago, but it is so true!

 

QUOTE(first-time-mom @ Nov 24 2007, 08:41 AM) [snapback]507071[/snapback]
I went shopping with my boys yesterday (yes, Black Friday!) for an hour and a half at the mall and I ran into a lady who has twin girls and told me to google "multiples are not a freak show". There is a great video clip you have to see and you don't have to have triplets to relate. When I was at the mall, people would talk about me as I passed (as if I couldn't hear). One lady said " oh I can't believe she got those babies up this early" Hello--they were up at 4 am to eat so I just packed them up when they were done and we left. About 10 people said, "Oh twins?" I just wanted to say, no they're the same size and dressed the same but they aren't twins. About 5 others asked if they were "one of each" even though they were both in blue. They certainly do attract lots of attention.

You also know you've got twinfants when you can prop bottles on the inside of both your arms or using your chin or using your boobs while you try to take a bite of semi warm food or a drink of water.



I went and watched the video.. OMG its like daily life to the extreme!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GE6zQ8FWok

 

When you are so tired that you wear your underwear inside out and backwards and don't notice until you are taking them off at the end of the day. :huh: (Yes, I did that, and no, they were not thongs, thank goodness!)

 

You know you have twinfants when people who see your double stroller stop and stare - not realizing it's a double stroller at first and make comments like "what a huge stroller.......(pause as they notice the 2nd baby).........Oh, you have TWO for one!"

No, I just wanted the largest single stroller I could possibly find!!

 

LOL these are great!

You know you are a twin parent when...

1. You are so tired that when you are lotioning up after a shower you realize you only shaved ONE leg! (yes on Wed. morning!!)

2. You wipe poop off of a baby that does not belong to said baby!

3. You have explained the difference between "paternal" and "fraternal" at least once a week!

Oh I am sure I could think of more!

 

Earlier in the year, this same post went around. I typed out the resposnes because I lvoed it so much! Jenny, I love that one too!...



You have the arms muscles of a Greek God from packing two 15lb bundles around all day. Not to mentions their carseats and other paraphanelia!!!

You're able to feed one while using your leg to bounce the other in a bouncy seat.

You ignore the stares while you grocery shop with one worn in a Bjorn carrier in front and the other in the car seat in the carriage.

You're at a playground and you realize you have not made eye contact with any adult because your eyes are too busy darting back and forth between your twins!

One goes with his father to visit relatives, and you realize just how EASY it is to have only one child to watch!! (and how much you miss having two!!!)

When you think 3 hours straight of sleep is absolutely heavenly....at least that applied during the first 5 months!!!

You calculate how much one really nice toy would cost times two, because you KNOW that they'll both want it at the same time.

You offer only one type of snack, becuase if you offer two, one will say they want "x" the other will say "y", and then when they are halfway through, both will decide that they want what the other has.

You can't take more than one adult in your vehicle, because the backseat is taken up by carseats.

You know you are a twin mom . . . when you buy everything in twos.

when you learn to sleep/eat/pay bills/etc in the car...just because the babies are sleeping and the thought of waking them up is painful!

When someone complains about how hard having A newborn is an you roll your eyes.

When you can breastfeed one, help the other walk and have a conversation on the phone.

When you can feed two babies and yourself at one time.

You see someone with their baby and wonder absent mindedly where their "other" baby is.

Someone else is pregnant with one baby and you refer to their baby in the plural. BTW, my sister just had a baby last month and she & I both did that the whole pregnancy since we had gotten so used to saying "them" or "the babies" when I was pregnant. I still call and ask her sometimes "How did they sleep last night? Oh, I mean, how did HE sleep last night?" Isn't that crazy?

you seek out other twins in public by:
~ looking for another double stroller
~ just *how* pregnant is that lady in Target...enough to ask?
~ looking for kids in matching outfits

When you literally PRAY that they will both sleep for 3-4 hours straight so that you can sleep in more than 2 hour intervals.

When you see a mother shopping in Walmart or the grocery store with her ONE infant in its car seat and you wonder how nice it must be to actually have room to put items you want to buy in your cart instead of filling it with baby seats.

When you get really good at tuning out the cries of the baby you aren't feeding because what other choice do you have? (I didn't feed them together until about 4 months - what was I thinking??? I was also proficient at rocking one in the bouncy while feeding the other!)

When you LOVE that they are now walking because it is SOO much easier to take them both out to the car at the same time AND easier to take them out to play in the backyard.

You get fuming MAD at the mom of a singleton taking up the only double buggy at Publix so you have to push both twins in the one cart and try to carry a birthday cake so they won't play with it in the cart. (This happened last week)

...you hold them both on your lap and feel sorry for the other moms that only get kisses from one at a time.

...you need both coffee and 15 min. of TS in the morning(before the boys get up)to be able to "function" all day.

...you can cut 40 finger and toenails, while wrestling the one you are cutting nails on and having your hair pulled by the other one!

...you can carry both babies, 3 bags of groceries and the mail into the house without dropping anything!!! (My biggest accomplishment to date!!!)

When your house looks like a daycare exploded

you are considered the supermom at playgroup

when you roll your eyes at mothers who say "schedule... no why would the baby have a schedule?"

when you buy toddler leashes after swearing you would not be one of "those" mothers

When the mother of a singleton hands you her baby so she can get something done and you go help her because you are only holding one baby!

You cry when your babysitter calls and says she can't watch your kids and you have to stay home from work!

You can only shave one leg per shower because both legs take too much time

When you have 40 bottles and nipples lined up in the dishwasher

When you feel sorry for pregnant moms who are only having one

You have to tuck your twin skin into your jeans so it doesn't drag the floor,

You learned more about DNA and eggs and placentas than you ever did in health class

You can't remember the last time you ate food that was still warm

You can collapse a double stroller and heave it into the mini van faster than the Incredible Hulk

You have pictures and pictures of your twins but you have no idea who is who so you make it up

When you call your kid by the wrong name but you pretend you did it on purpose just to be silly

When you wake one up to eat so you can feed them both at the same time cuz you know you are screwed if they are on 2 different schedules

When you know Heaven is having a baby in each arm!

When you do double talk…Please don't touch that, Please don't touch that, Hold my hand
Hold my hand, Don't eat that!, Don't eat that!, Sorry about that, Sorry about that......

You know you are a twin parent when going to the gynecologist to get your yearly exam seems like a thrill.

When grocery shopping, you use 2 carts -- one for the babies and one for the food -- so that your little mischief makers can't throw everything out onto the floor.
To you waking up at 7.30am is a long lie.

You know the difference between identical and fraternal.

When someone says that having one baby is really hard you want to shout at them "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"

A 1/2 hour walk takes you 1 1/2 hours because you get stopped by that many people asking questions.

A friend asks you to look after there baby for a couple of hours and you say sure whats one more.

You know all the words to the tv shows that they watch although you "dont watch them" !!

 

QUOTE(seamusnicholas @ Nov 24 2007, 03:45 PM) [snapback]507274[/snapback]
Someone else is pregnant with one baby and you refer to their baby in the plural. BTW, my sister just had a baby last month and she & I both did that the whole pregnancy since we had gotten so used to saying "them" or "the babies" when I was pregnant. I still call and ask her sometimes "How did they sleep last night? Oh, I mean, how did HE sleep last night?" Isn't that crazy?


Oh my gosh I just did this repeatedly when talking about a friend of mine. I asked when "they" were born and asked how "they" were doing. I did it several times and kept correcting myself!

Isn't it great to know there are other moms out there who are frazzled, crazy, exhausted (and probably still the happiest we've ever been!)?

 

QUOTE(ldsangel19 @ Nov 24 2007, 04:00 PM) [snapback]507029[/snapback]
When you refer to them as "this one" and "that one'. As in, "Did you feed this one or that one last?"
When packing up everyone and everything to go visit family takes about two hours longer than planned.
When you've never been more tired in your life, but you've never been happier either.


Ha Ha! Yep.

 

when you can carry 2 babies (not in carriers), the diaper bag, a purse and unlock the front door!

 

I did this one this morning...
When you are thrilled because you were able to take a shower, brush your teeth AND clean the toilet in the an uninterrupted 20 mins.

When you can rock a baby and type on ts while hooked up to the breast pump!

 

...you go to the bathroom WHILE NURSING A BABY in the middle of the night so that they won't wake the other one up crying. :rotflmbo:
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Oh my goodness I almost peed in my pants when I read this one b/c I have TOTALLY DONE THAT and thought .. I will never tell anyone that ! HA HA!!!

 

when going through the starbucks drive thru is considered "getting out."

 

When you feed a baby in your arms while also feeding a baby in a bouncey on the floor, holding the bottle with your toes, as you turn your head as far away as possible to blow your nose with the free hand, dispense hand sanitizer and continue... repeat about 20 times because you have a cold.

 

QUOTE(AmynTony @ Nov 24 2007, 05:01 PM) [snapback]507374[/snapback]
when you can carry 2 babies (not in carriers), the diaper bag, a purse and unlock the front door!

I do that all the time, my neighbors think I'm insane.... probably because I balance on one leg and use my other foot to encourage my 3 yr old into the house before I tip over, lol! That must be a sight!

 

QUOTE(AmynTony @ Nov 24 2007, 07:01 PM) [snapback]507374[/snapback]
when you can carry 2 babies (not in carriers), the diaper bag, a purse and unlock the front door!


I do that too! My neighbors watch me in disbelief!

 

QUOTE(PgTimesTwo @ Nov 24 2007, 11:56 AM) [snapback]507149[/snapback]
You know you have twinfants when people who see your double stroller stop and stare - not realizing it's a double stroller at first and make comments like "what a huge stroller.......(pause as they notice the 2nd baby).........Oh, you have TWO for one!"

No, I just wanted the largest single stroller I could possibly find!!



We get that all the time with our double snap and go. Like, Duh, I want to drive around this whale of a stroller!

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Nov 24 2007, 04:42 PM) [snapback]507441[/snapback]
when going through the starbucks drive thru is considered "getting out."

Hey!! I do that all the time!!! I just wish it was a little bit closer!

 

When people driving past your house slow down to stare at the two carriers sitting on the ground while you're loading/unloading the car.

A few weeks ago, they diverted traffic from a major street down our street so they could do some repairs. Any time I took the boys out, people would see the two carseats and stare as they passed by. One woman even stopped and rolled down the window to ask if they were twins.

 

When you're so sleep deprived you've seriously considered taking cat naps at red lights (without the kids in the car of course).

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Nov 24 2007, 06:42 PM) [snapback]507441[/snapback]
when going through the starbucks drive thru is considered "getting out."


HAHA!! YES!!!!

 

When you realize that having two babies is just normal to you. (What IS everyone staring at? Oh - that would be US!)

Frustration is when you find the perfect outfit and there is only one in the right size.

You are no longer shocked by the personal questions asked by total strangers. That you have to leave extra time in your day to answer those questions. And you don't care if people think you are rude if you pretend you can't hear them ask said questions.

 

QUOTE(sunshinetwins @ Nov 26 2007, 09:40 AM) [snapback]508732[/snapback]
Frustration is when you find the perfect outfit and there is only one in the right size.


So true!

 

QUOTE(AshleyLD @ Nov 24 2007, 10:56 AM) [snapback]507024[/snapback]
When: everyone in a store stops to ask you "Are they Twins?" (No.... I just have 2 babies the same age)
..... Then they go on to ask you "are they Id?" (even though you have one with pink and the other with blue...)

Funny story.. My friend with Trips... we went out the other day to Target.. People were asking if they were quints.. (they all have the same carseat) Uhh Hello.. Hers are 8 months and mine are 2 months... A lady even ran her down in the parking lot telling her that i was taking her babies! Grrr!!!


OMG, i can't believe that lady did that!!!!! I hate that other question too! No, I just didnt' have enough blue and wanted to tell them apart or something. Why else would one be in pink! Oh and the are they twins??? What??? No the hospital had a buy one get one free sale that day! Come on people!

QUOTE(first-time-mom @ Nov 24 2007, 11:41 AM) [snapback]507071[/snapback]
I went shopping with my boys yesterday (yes, Black Friday!) for an hour and a half at the mall and I ran into a lady who has twin girls and told me to google "multiples are not a freak show". There is a great video clip you have to see and you don't have to have triplets to relate. When I was at the mall, people would talk about me as I passed (as if I couldn't hear). One lady said " oh I can't believe she got those babies up this early" Hello--they were up at 4 am to eat so I just packed them up when they were done and we left. About 10 people said, "Oh twins?" I just wanted to say, no they're the same size and dressed the same but they aren't twins. About 5 others asked if they were "one of each" even though they were both in blue. They certainly do attract lots of attention.

You also know you've got twinfants when you can prop bottles on the inside of both your arms or using your chin or using your boobs while you try to take a bite of semi warm food or a drink of water.

HAHAHAH, you use all body parts when you have twins.

QUOTE(sunshinetwins @ Nov 26 2007, 08:40 AM) [snapback]508732[/snapback]
When you realize that having two babies is just normal to you. (What IS everyone staring at? Oh - that would be US!)

Frustration is when you find the perfect outfit and there is only one in the right size.

You are no longer shocked by the personal questions asked by total strangers. That you have to leave extra time in your day to answer those questions. And you don't care if people think you are rude if you pretend you can't hear them ask said questions.

Yes the 'keep walking when they are staring' so you don't have to stop every 5 steps so they can ask a million questions or try to touch them!!!!!


You know you have twinfants when:

The phone rings, they are both crying and you answer it any way. The person says they will call you back when it is quiet and you don't know what that means!

You clean your house a section at a time for each day of the week.

People ask when the best time to come over or meet up and you say whatever time, I am always up. Of course to them meeting at 2am is not an option.

I love the one where you roll your eyes when people complain about having one and how really hard that is (my friend does this and I for the life of me cannot comprehend)

YOu assign one baby to your DH on weekends when he has off so you can have the other baby and actually try to get sleep but somehow you both wind up staying up the whole night and switching twins when one gets too fussy and you are both so tired you let them sleep on you just for that 45 minute break

 

You have this conversation with your DH a couple of times a week:

"Which one pooped this morning?"

"I don't remember. Why?"

"Because this one just pooped and she either pooped three times and the other didn't poop at all... or.. wait, huh?"

"I don't know."

This is why that excel spreadsheet came in handy in the early days. Now Dh and I just figure it will all even out and they will both poop eventually. Nice. I love having poop conversations multiple times per day.

 

QUOTE(AshleyLD @ Nov 24 2007, 12:32 PM) [snapback]507119[/snapback]
I went and watched the video.. OMG its like daily life to the extreme!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GE6zQ8FWok

thanks for sharing - this IS my life when i take the boys out!!!!


i've done/thought so many of these (ie, "this one/that one"; going "out" to Starbucks) but one bears a special mention:

QUOTE(shelley79 @ Nov 24 2007, 12:39 PM) [snapback]507127[/snapback]
When you are so tired that you wear your underwear inside out and backwards and don't notice until you are taking them off at the end of the day. :huh: (Yes, I did that, and no, they were not thongs, thank goodness!)


I've done this too but I thought i was the only one - so glad I'm not! :laughing:

 

QUOTE(AshleyLD @ Nov 24 2007, 11:37 PM) [snapback]507658[/snapback]
Hey!! I do that all the time!!! I just wish it was a little bit closer!


OMG -- I've been dying for a drive-thru Starbucks, but, alas, there are none around here

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Nov 24 2007, 07:42 PM) [snapback]507441[/snapback]
when going through the starbucks drive thru is considered "getting out."


OMG -- I've been dying for a drive-thru Starbucks! But, alas, there are none around here.....

 

OMG, there have been some hilarious posts here!!!

Ditto for the Starbucks drivethru for me, too!

... when your TiVo is full of episodes from the whole season that still have not been watched

... when you do get to finally watch something it is at midnight when everyone is asleep and DH is snoring away, but then you have to keep rewinding because you dozed off and missed something... and then eventually give up and go to sleep... but only to wake up soon after for another feeding

... you have to make up rules to know who is who! (A friend said that for her family portraits she always has one twin sit on the right and the other twin sit on the left so they always know who is who... note to self for whenever we finally do get out to take family portraits!)

... you find yourself "doing the rounds" almost every week: Target, Costco, Sam's Club, and HEB!

... when you can think back to your pre-twin pregnancy days and realize, "Wow - my body wasn't in bad shape after all!!!"

... when it is like winning the lottery when Similac checks come in the mail

 

Ditto to all of the above and then sum... it does make being a twin mom interesting and the "supermom" status well deserved...