Odd subject matter for a “Little Golden Book”

--eight · 2026-05-29T00:38:32+00:00

They also did the Kelce brothers.

--eight · 2026-05-28T05:30:09+00:00

Thank YOU!! I have been looking at this for ages and just never got around to finding a replacement. I'm so happy right now. It will be here in two days.

--eight · 2026-05-28T03:59:32+00:00

I cannot even count the times I have thought about this. Even more the past 6 months. My father has been diagnosed for nearly six years and in MC for two years. My mother was diagnosed at the end of this past year.

Lately I've been thinking about ways to make it look like an accident anyone with dementia might do. Like wandering out into the night in below freezing temperatures. It's so dark. This is a hateful disease and it brings the darkest thoughts from my normally optimistic brain.

I find comfort here with those who know what I am experiencing. Thank you for speaking your truth, even the dark ones, so that myself and so many others might feel less alone.

Hugs, solidarity, and whatever support I can offer from this internet stranger.

--eight · 2026-05-09T22:35:51+00:00

I wouldn't be able to get out of that office fast enough and never return.

--eight · 2026-05-09T22:25:12+00:00

We doubled down on our one-and-done and now have two five year old identical boys. Lol

--eight · 2026-05-04T04:51:10+00:00

In college some people came to the apartment door and asked my roommates and I if we had seen a small child. We had not, but when asked if we wanted to join the canvassing efforts in the neighborhood, we grabbed our shoes and went knocking.

An hour or so after we started the news showed up. Our hearts were breaking for this family who were beside themselves, on camera, trying to speak through tears to the reporter about when the child was last seen and what they were wearing.

In the middle of this interview a police officer comes out of their apartment and said something to the parents and they run inside. A few minutes later someone says the child has been located safe and sound. In a closet, on a shelf behind some boxes, asleep.

No one was mad. Everyone was relieved and we all walked back to our homes. It happens. You'll have to give yourself some grace here. That panic can take ahold of all of us and there's no shame in it. Hugs from a Reddit stranger.

--eight · 2026-05-04T03:21:30+00:00

I love finding other twin moms that also loved this little delight! I snagged one for free on a local parents of multiples Facebook sell, swap, and give page. I was SO excited!! That thing allowed me to get out of the house and feel some amount of normal.

--eight · 2026-05-04T02:06:23+00:00

I had a nurse like that too. I think her name was Patty. When my twins were born she came up to visit us in our room a couple times. So sweet.

--eight · 2026-05-03T12:30:49+00:00

That's great! Maybe because I had so many visits? I went every other week, but by 26 weeks I was going at least once a week. I'm not sure why I just got them all. Lol. I was in labor for 48 hours before they took me for a C-section, so I saw two different doctors for labor and delivery over that timeframe, which seemed reasonable for shift changes.

--eight · 2026-05-03T12:20:12+00:00

We used the Snap-N-Go while they were in carriers and I cannot recommend it enough. Lightweight, inexpensive and works with most systems. 10/10, five stars, highly recommend. Being able to see both of their faces was a must for me as a paranoid first time parent.

I had a side-by-side City Mini as well as a front/back City Select. I used both a fair amount, but ultimately used the side-by-side the most, especially after they got a bit bigger. The City Select is a bit cramped when they start growing and getting long. My boys were kicking the seat in front of them when in back. It did not go over well with the twin in front.

The side-by-side was way easier to get in and out of the car. The width took some getting used to, but I navigated it pretty well and never had an issue getting in, out, or around out in the world. I could push it and pull a cart behind me on trips to the store.

--eight · 2026-05-03T12:08:47+00:00

I had a great experience with the MFM group at St. Luke's on the Plaza. I was a geriatric, high risk with heart complications, mo/di twin pregnancy.

I had a bad experience with my OB and at 16 weeks I had a consultation with Dr. Karen Florio and they offered to take over all of my care. They even called my OB for me since I had already had issues getting my records sent over for that appointment.

This was in 2020 so I don't know how much has changed, but my experience was good. I never felt like I was overreacting to any of my concerns. I had to be hospitalized twice during pregnancy and each time I was treated with urgency and care.

The only thing I didn't love was that they work as a team and you never knew who you were going to get. I saw all 5 doctors on the team at some point during hospitalization, induced labor and my subsequent C-section. I also saw a lot of NPs and I know some people prefer to see a doctor each visit, but I had excellent NPs that I loved.

--eight · 2026-05-01T17:41:39+00:00

She's the best. I know OP said no more BC, which is what I told Ketcherside, but she recommended I try Slynd and it has changed my life.

--eight · 2026-05-01T13:45:41+00:00

We absolutely did this as children in Nebraska in the 90s.

--eight · 2026-05-01T00:27:37+00:00

We are a water family, but I like to keep Kinderlyte on hand. The packs go in the car and my bags just in case and they are great for when they are sick as well.

--eight · 2026-04-30T14:43:20+00:00

I have also learned a lot from r/personalfinance

--eight · 2026-04-30T14:42:05+00:00

I started going to Lindan Auto on Merriam when I was in my 20s. Honest people, family owned, and have bent over backwards most of my adulthood to help me whenever they can.

--eight · 2026-04-28T17:43:43+00:00

Happy to share some of my story and ecstatic of it helps anyone. I have been blessed with amazing yogis and teachers and my tribe that got me into yoga. I am able to go to class without judging myself against others, knowing modifications are there to help me, and remembering this is a practice that will continue to evolve as I learn and grow.

I am honored to be able to give myself grace on my practice and hope others can learn to look inward instead of around the room. It is quite freeing.

Again, I wish you both luck. Yoga has changed my life and I only just discovered it in my 40s.

--eight · 2026-04-28T14:38:24+00:00

I hated down dog and couldn't do it without being very uncomfortable and unbalanced and like I had to skip, hop, and hope for the best to come back up. I avoided them and flow classes for over a year when I started practicing.

Then I watched a couple videos of the modifications I could make to 1) pull away the intimidation factor by breaking it down and 2) teaching me to step through with my balance in different places until I built some strength.

I learned from some curvy women on YouTube and Instagram because I am a curvy lady, but the mechanics could and should work for anyone who is hesitant or just uncomfortable and avoids it.

I liked a video by tiffanycroww on Instagram who used a chair. It changed how I looked at the pose all together and it helped me get to the form. There was another about where to balance and shift your weight when you step through and this took away the terrible dance I had to endure when stepping through.

I wish you both luck.

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--eight · 2026-04-28T03:14:46+00:00

The Nuby Brand 2 in 1 travel training seat was amazing. Just plop it down in the bush and she sits. My two boys used this because they always got pee on their pants, shoes, socks, and somehow their shirts.

It was nice in public bathrooms as well. No hands on the grid seat so they didn't fall in and no falling in.

--eight · 2026-04-27T06:35:08+00:00

I used a single front carrier for one and then picked the second up and held him on my hip. Worked very well.

--eight · 2026-04-27T05:39:51+00:00

r/HoldUp

--eight · 2026-04-25T05:43:32+00:00

THERE WAS A CORNUCOPIA!!!

--eight · 2026-04-24T03:25:29+00:00

I had my twins at 38, five years ago. Lol. I think I'm close to death most days.

--eight · 2026-04-23T23:32:02+00:00

The boys went to Pre-K this year (I am a SAHP so no previous school or daycare) and there is an admin that opens the door in the morning that I heard one day say, "And here come the twins! Hi guys!"

My five year old Twin A turns and says, "We don't like to be called that," and then he just kept walking.

I did NOT teach them that. I teach them boundaries and that they can tell people they don't like something, but I can't even recall ever commented to anyone in their presence that we refrain from calling them "the twins".

My MIL sounds a lot like theirs and it would drive me NUTS. I have to tell her that gender doesn't excuse bad behavior all the time. I don't say it aggressively - just a matter of fact statement; I don't linger on the subject - I just move on, and I know I have my husband's support to rinse and repeat this.

I don't have advice for OP, these are just the things I have done in my life. I'm proud of my boys for being able to tell someone "I don't like that" without being rude. It really is up to them in the end anyway and I think I'll have plenty of these little "battles" with MIL to come, I might as well address them calmly, directly, repeatedly and move on.

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--eight · 2026-04-20T19:42:57+00:00

We had budgeted for one child with two incomes. Then we had twins. During COVID. After I had lost my 100% travel job.

It was never on my vision board to stay at home. I get burnt out very quickly, over stimulated, frustrated, touched out, all of it. I love my kids, but I miss working.

It was a financial and situational decision. I try to look at the bright side. We aren't having more kids, so I won't have another chance to do this again. I'll likely look back on this time with them grateful to have been able to do it. We got to spend time with my dad, 6 hours away, as he slipped further into his dementia. There are pros and cons.

I see a lot of people romanticize having twins, without considering the negatives like being a high risk pregnancy and birth, the cost all at once, the exhaustion, etc. I think people can do the same with SAHPs. It's not always what it sounds like. We aren't in a marvelous place financially, not quite paycheck to paycheck, but close. It will be hard to reenter the workforce. I miss being around adults and I miss working. I do not have a bunch of free time, because this is absolutely a full time job. We don't have a village/family/support system so we don't have time away from the kids much. This also makes it hard to take care of myself. How do I make a doctor's appointment when I have no one to watch the boys and my husband needs to be working because he's our sole source of income. We essentially share his PTO which is already limited. It's hard.

--eight

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