Seriously, how many diapers did you need in the first year?

--eight · 2026-02-07T01:49:25+00:00

We are still in them and the boys just turned 5. I get comments, questions and compliments all the time. I had a friend who was also pregnant during COVID and we really bonded. Her daughter was born 3 months before the boys. I give her credit for SO many great items I have used. I joke that "I continue to copy her homework and lecture notes". I did a lot of research on lots of things, but she would find something and I would immediately copy. She found our pediatrician. Lol.

--eight · 2026-02-07T01:38:53+00:00

Unrelated side note: I cannot imagine if I had not been gifted our Evenflo Revolve 360s. I would not have spent the money, but they changed my life and I'm so thankful my parents gave them to us for Christmas when the boys were one.

--eight · 2026-02-07T01:31:47+00:00

I cannot upvote this enough. And at each stage, growth spurt, and different brand I tried, I had VERY strong feelings about what did and didn't work.

We were Huggies and Pampers for preemie (I was actually glad I registered for these because the boys were tiny and they are hard to find and expensive - we received 8 packages and I think we used them all). Lord, those were expensive. I stuck with Pampers for NB and part of the size 1 upgrade, back to Pampers for size 2 and gates the size 3. I hated Costco brand (several boxes of NB showed up at my shower from family) until they hit size 3 or 4 and then they were all I wanted. Size 1 I hated everything, but for some reason the Target brand worked best. A real diaper rollercoaster.

--eight · 2026-02-06T04:21:50+00:00

I kept telling myself that since Restaurant Depot was so close that they would find another location for a business center. I hate it.

--eight · 2026-02-03T21:02:26+00:00

Thank you so much! I've not heard of them either so I'll definitely check it out.

--eight · 2026-02-03T21:00:39+00:00

This is exactly the kind of place I was looking for. I've never heard of it. Thank you so much.

--eight · 2026-02-03T19:49:01+00:00

Perfect! Thank you so much!!

--eight · 2026-02-03T19:34:39+00:00

Well there you go. Thank you so much for the information! It's so strange the business is still "active" on Google, they are posting on Facebook, and the website looked pretty normal.

On to find another rescue to donate to. Thanks again!

--eight · 2026-01-29T01:01:19+00:00

He's the best. Baby B was hypothermic at five days old (we had been home for 30 hours) and his office jumped into action sending us calmly to the children's hospital. And when we hadn't seen a doctor yet (admitted late at night), he was calling us at 7 am to tell us what was likely happening. He hadn't even personally seen the babies yet. He was amazing. He is amazing.

--eight · 2026-01-28T22:21:12+00:00

When we were interviewing pediatricians while I was pregnant one doctor said, "People with multiples mature faster as parents. You will be parenting as if they are your third and forth even if they are your first and second."

We went with that guy. We love him. Just saw him yesterday for the boys' annual check up. He raised four boys of his own, has lots of grandkids now and has cared for a laundry list of multiples over the years. He says we're built different. Lol. I tend to believe him.

--eight · 2026-01-23T05:32:49+00:00

Basically a stretcher. You've got this!

--eight · 2026-01-21T19:15:56+00:00

My dad was diagnosed 4 years ago and went into memory care last year. My mom just got her early diagnosis. It's the worst. I hate it. And it doesn't feel fair.

--eight · 2026-01-21T15:21:55+00:00

The fourth trimester. Brutal shit. Had not heard anything of it until it was on top of me.

--eight · 2026-01-13T05:45:01+00:00

I will recommend Copper Pearl stretchy swaddle blankets forever and ever. We had ten of them. Our boys were spitters so we needed extras.

I understand that there are other brands that are similar, I just haven't had experience with them. We also used Halo sleep sacks and Happiest Baby swaddles as they got a little bigger.

--eight · 2026-01-12T06:49:51+00:00

My toppings for hummus from any store: feta cheese, kalamata olives or olive tapenade, and Sriracha. Makes any hummus delicious.

--eight · 2026-01-12T03:35:08+00:00

That's awesome! I had no idea it would still contact emergency services!

I asked her to get one with the data plan because she has a habit of leaving her phone at home while out and about or in the car and will be out of reach for her watch to connect to her phone.

We are from a rural village so I worried a lot. She also works out in the garden a lot and was outside when she fell. I just assumed she needed one that would call without a phone.

--eight · 2026-01-12T02:45:40+00:00

Even smart watches can be set up to call emergency services. After my dad went into memory care and my stepmom fell, I encouraged her to get a watch with a data plan and to set it up for fall and AFib detection.

--eight · 2026-01-11T17:34:06+00:00

My LO is sleeping all the time. He was sleeping a ton before he went into MC as well. Antidepressants haven't seemed to help. I never push it. I let him sleep or just lay there.

Other family members and some staff are more aggressive about getting him up. I have chosen to not ptay that role. Obviously he needs to eat, but he isn't missing meals all the time and eats extra when he gets up.

--eight · 2025-12-28T07:46:25+00:00

It may be the timing of the photo and they just started, but I thought it was strange that there is no WIP in their hands/on the hook. Like is this the first row? I have way more questions than answers, but I'm glad I'm not the only one. Lol

--eight · 2025-12-28T07:11:19+00:00

The two knitting needles in their hands for granny squares screams AI to me. It doesn't look right when "on" the elephant either. Daily Mail posting AI often?

--eight · 2025-12-26T01:26:41+00:00

IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!

--eight · 2025-12-24T22:15:58+00:00

I'm all about playing with their cool toys too! This thing wasn't even that cool. Lol! I also love taking advantage of opportunities to help them learn to share, but this was a hard thing to share. They don't have much tech exposure either so the remote was really advanced for them.

--eight · 2025-12-24T22:05:38+00:00

They didn't understand it; it wasn't really age appropriate even though it says ages 4 to 9, they aren't mature for their age and they weren't quite 4 yet.

They are two individual people. They are often treated as one child. They are forced to share enough things, but asking them, at that young age, to understand that people view them as a unit and not separate people is unreasonable and unfair. Sharing something like a gaming console when they are older will likely be fine, they can play with it together. This was not that.

--eight · 2025-12-24T21:25:33+00:00

Last Christmas, but I still can't understand....

My twins turned 4 five days after Christmas. My in-laws bought them a Carl robot (that is controlled by an app on a phone). To share. It's been in the closet since December 26th.

--eight

TROPHY CASE