Editorial

Look at the Time

Finding Time to Bond with Your Twins When Everything Takes Twice as Long

Allie Walld 8 months ago

Any parent knows all too well that time goes by so quickly. The early days with your newborn twins are filled with so many time-consuming, but necessary tasks. Washing and folding endless loads of laundry. Sterilizing a steady cycle of bottles and pump parts. Taking care of twice as many diaper changes. Feeding twice as many mouths. Cutting twice as many nails. Cleaning twice as...

Drool Happens

The Best Bibs to Keep Your Twins Comfortable & Dry While They're Teething

Allie Walld 8 months ago

When your babies get teething, the impending pools of drool can be relentless. You may notice your twins suddenly have irritated rashes with raised, red bumps or dry, chapped skin on their cheeks or necks. The best way to try to avoid these uncomfortable rashes from forming is to keep your little ones' cheeks, chin, and neck area dry. When they're producing puddles of saliva on the...

Fur Baby...Meet Human Baby

Five Tips for Introducing Your Pets to Your Newborn Twin Babies

Allie Walld 8 months ago

The months leading up to the arrival of your twins are filled with plenty of planning and, if you're me, several checklists of things that should be done to ideally promote smooth sailing in what we were expecting to be an exciting yet chaotic time filled with family firsts on a steep learning curve. One of the things on the Must Do list was preparing the four-legged members of our...

Chew-Chew-Choose This

Why We Love Munchkin’s Twisty Teether

Allie Walld 8 months ago

One of your babies' biggest discomforts in the first year will be the pain of their teeth coming in. Interestingly enough, some babies are actually born with their first teeth, but most babies start teething anywhere from three months of age, up to just after their first birthday, with the average age falling around six months old. Signs you may see of those first teeth coming in can...

Here Comes the Airplane

Five Tricks for Getting Your Finicky Twins to Finally Eat

Allie Walld 8 months ago

Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner, chances are good that with two toddlers who are constantly growing (both their minds AND their independence, thank you very much) and expanding their palettes, you run into some form of resistance at some point in your day-to-day operations. Maybe breakfasts aren't so bad because they're the first meal of the day. But lunch and dinner could be...

What is That Thing?

Heel-Stick Calcinosis: What is This Hard White Bump & Should I be Worried?

Allie Walld 8 months ago 2

As you work on your list of questions for your twins' one-year check-up with their pediatrician, you're likely giving both of your sweet children thorough once-overs to think of anything you want to ask their doctor about. I did the same during the weeks before and after our guys' first birthday, going from head to foot. And when I got to the bottom of Baby A's foot, I noticed a...

Who's Hungry?

The Best Positions for Dual Feeds With Your Twins

Allie Walld 8 months ago

If you're about to welcome twins into your family, you're likely making sure your home is set up and ready to go as you embark on your journey to survive the newborn stage with multiples. You may also be wondering about the logistics of feeding sessions with two little babies. This could look different depending on how you're planning to feed your children. Will they be exclusively...

Goodnight Room

How to Create the Best Sleep Environment for Your Twins

Allie Walld 9 months ago

As any new parent can attest to, sleep is important. So, so—zZZzz—important. While your newborn twins will likely spend the first several months sleeping in a bassinet by your side, once you make the decision to move your babies into their own bedroom, one of the first things you will probably teach your children is how to fall asleep on their own. An integral part of this process is...

No More Daggers

How to Cut Your Baby's Nails Without Having a Heart Attack

Allie Walld 9 months ago

There are few things more daunting than having to cut your baby's nails. The sheer idea of having to trim those sharp, little talonesque daggers (seriously, how do they get so sharp?) is more unnerving than the unexpected sound of nails on a chalkboard, which your toddlers could surely do if they had the dexterity, the know-how, and the supplies needed because their nails grow so darn...

Take a Beat

Ten Songs That Will Press Pause on Your Twins' Crying

Allie Walld 9 months ago

When you have twins, you double-down on everything, from cooing to crying. In the first year with our newborns, my husband and I had a few notifications on our phones that warned us we were in an extremely loud environment—usually something reminiscent of a concert setting at an arena—except, we were at home with our young twins. All of their needs were met. And still, in those...