Every now and then I come across some pearls about twin parenthood
Today, TwinHappyJen brought a smile to my face with her post “You might be a Twin Mom if....”
Here are some highlights to the ever growing list. Let the lol begin!
1. You have more breastmilk in your freezer than food.
2. One baby throws up and you spend more time cleaning up the other one.
3. You wash dozens of bottles and/or sippy cups, and a day later, can't find a clean one.
4. Your idea of a quiet day is having only one baby crying at a time.
5. You spend 3 hours getting ready, filling an entire mini-van, etc. for a 2 hour visit to family/friends.
6. You realize after leaving the house you have no idea what YOU look like.
(Pri’s notes: which can be illustrated by my mom arriving at church on a Sunday morning wearing sleepers. Or Jonas showing up to work wearing socks but no shoes)
7. You walk extra fast through stores, not because you're in a hurry, but you're just not in the mood to talk to anyone.
(Pri’s notes: because believe me, not one, not two, but more people will literally stop you – or in Jonas’s case at the Renaissance Fair, literally run after you)
8. If you do see a stranger, you start mentally rolling through which question/phrase you're about to hear (it WILL be one of the following):
a. "Double Trouble!"
b. "Boy, you have your hands full,"
c. "Better you than me!"
d. "Do twins run in your family?"
e. Or, of course the simple, "Are they twins?"
9. You use the term, "singleton."
10. You buy 352 diapers at a time and when someone comments that you are stocking up, you laugh and say you'll see them in a week!
11. You can hold two babies and pee at the same time.
12. You do so much with you feet and toes now (open doors, pick up toys, tickle babies) that the guy on "My Left Foot" doesn't seem as impressive anymore.
13. You have more than enough babies for everyone to hold, so no one fights over them.
(Pri’s notes: specially in my case of having two sisters!)
14. You realize that if it had been triplets, you'd be dead by now...
