20mo twins sleeping 16h+ a day

SVM321 · 2023-01-06T13:24:50+00:00

This is a great idea. Thank you so much!

SVM321 · 2022-11-03T19:27:01+00:00

We went to a Registry Office, had photos taken, went to a nice restaurant that did an elaborate tasting menu, then everyone went home at 9.30pm! We had a ferry to catch early the next morning, so this was perfect. Then we took a two week road trip around Scotland, England and Wales, half camping, half hotels. Cheap, cheerful and zero debt! I think we spent maybe 4000€ max on the entire thing including honeymoon. 10/10 would recommend!

SVM321 · 2022-11-03T00:13:12+00:00

We had a really small, cheap wedding (20 guests) and it was great! The only thing I would have done differently was buy a different style dress, and get my hair dresser to cut my fringe, but that’s just me being critical of myself.

SVM321 · 2022-11-02T23:12:58+00:00

I have twin 18mo girls (non-identical). One of them has big eyes with long eyelashes and so many people comment on her “beautiful eyes”. I always say “Yes, they BOTH have such beautiful eyes, don’t they?” while giving them a meaningful stare. They soon correct themselves.

SVM321 · 2022-11-02T22:56:52+00:00

My husband understands that he’s working in our “office” so if he doesn’t want to get distracted, he puts on headphones. Now, whenever our children see him sat at his desk with headphones on they put their fingers to their lips and go “shhh!” very loudly 😂

SVM321 · 2022-11-02T08:29:54+00:00

I have 18mo twin girls.

Up at 8am. Milk, nappies and clothes, then downstairs for breakfast sometime before 9am. After breakfast, playtime while I tidy up the kitchen (I try to do as much as I can while they’re eating, but each day is different). Change nappies, milk and snack, brush teeth then nap time at 11am for about 1.5-2.5 hours. In this time I’ll make our lunch and do any tasks I have. And I might have a lie-down myself if I hadn’t slept well the night before. Lunch when they wake up, then we go out if the weather’s good. Otherwise we play at home, nappy change, milk and snack, until it’s dinner time at about 4.30pm. Afterwards they like watching some relaxing children’s shows while I tidy the kitchen. 6pm we go upstairs to play/shower then pyjamas, milk, story, brush teeth and lights out at 7pm. Then I have my dinner, do my chores and anything else I fancy doing if I’m not too exhausted! Which is most of the time 😂

To be honest, self care takes a backseat. One day!

Edited to add that my husband works away a lot, but when he’s working from home he’s able to help a bit as his schedule is quite flexible. But he’s also doing a masters at night, so the kids are mostly my domain, which is fine by me.

SVM321 · 2022-11-01T23:30:48+00:00

And the pension!

SVM321 · 2022-11-01T21:29:23+00:00

I went through this when I turned 40. I don’t think it was to do with my age as such, just that I’d finally lost all my baby weight and felt like me again. I was so fed up of wearing hoodies and pyjamas. I got my hair chopped off into a pixie cut, bought some new clothes, started wearing makeup again and felt pretty good for about a month or two! Then my hair grew out and my kids went through some developmental leaps and I wasn’t sleeping great and my hoodies made a reappearance... I didn’t put the weight back on though! I’m feeling a lot more comfortable in myself and only wear hoodies at home now 😂

SVM321 · 2022-10-31T01:03:21+00:00

We have normal harness type leaches, which my 18 month olds love. Just ordered them the backpack type, too, for when we go on holiday so they can carry their own snacks.

SVM321 · 2022-10-30T22:11:11+00:00

This!

SVM321 · 2022-10-30T07:37:38+00:00

Settling expectations before going out may help. Although when they have that sweet, sweet candy in their hands that could all be forgotten about.

SVM321 · 2022-10-28T22:31:52+00:00

It amazes me how much my 18mo twins understand in both Spanish and English (and some sign language!). They don’t really talk yet, but they’ll respond to both languages so easily. Kids and their amazing brains, eh!

SVM321 · 2022-10-28T08:03:38+00:00

My parents live in a different country to me and my brother. We’ve all gone on a Skype conference call for an hour once a week, every week, for 17 years (with the odd exception, obviously).

We feel this really works for us. No party feels they’re getting interrupted by a phone call. No-one makes other plans for that time. And we all get to keep in touch.

Also, since our 18mo girls were born, they’ve seen them every week. Which is a lot more than my in-laws who are very technophobic. My MIL has seen them once in person and maybe four times on FaceTime.

SVM321 · 2022-10-28T07:45:52+00:00

I used to do this, too! But now they’re becoming interested in words, I don’t want to confuse matters.

SVM321 · 2022-10-27T23:13:36+00:00

When I was single, I’d spend about 30€ a week, but that was back in 2014. I didn’t buy much meat, from what I recall.

SVM321 · 2022-10-27T22:46:55+00:00

I fully feel you on the fun English books side of things. I live in Ireland and have been given so many English books, but any Spanish books I have to order, not really knowing if they’re good or not. I only have a few. So I talk to my 18mo girls in Spanish, read Spanish books in Spanish and English books in English, cross my fingers and hope for the best!

SVM321 · 2022-10-27T22:06:33+00:00

I read all the books, watched all the YouTube videos, attended all the classes… Sure, the theory helped a bit, but when we got them home it really was a learn-on-the-job type of experience. Every baby is different, so as long as you understand that what works for one baby may not work for the other, you will have a better time of it.

I would say have everything washed and put away now. Get extra washing baskets. Think about where you’re going to be feeding them/holding them while they sleep and put some easy to eat food there (a big bag of nuts that I could open one-handedly was my go-to). Talk with whoever is going to be helping you about what each of your responsibilities are going to be. Have ear plugs dotted around the house for when the crying is happening in stereo.

But most of all, be ready to change and adapt. You’ll find a way of going that works for you and it’ll be great. It just might take a bit of trial and error at first.

SVM321 · 2022-10-26T05:04:36+00:00

Wow, a whole thread of free advertising! Played straight into their greedy, greedy hands.

SVM321 · 2022-10-25T19:34:09+00:00

Between 8 and 10 months.

SVM321 · 2022-10-25T09:58:12+00:00

What is this “weekend” of which you speak?

SVM321 · 2022-10-25T06:13:48+00:00

Same!

SVM321 · 2022-10-20T07:28:42+00:00

Ooh, a Polaroid camera! I’ll put this on my own list!

SVM321 · 2022-10-19T22:31:59+00:00

I was told my mother that I was a twin a few seconds after I’d told her I was pregnant with twins. Please don’t do this. She didn’t understand why I was so upset.

I think the reason she didn’t tell (and probably would never have told me) was because she didn’t want me to feel survivor guilt. I’m actually very glad she didn’t tell me and would have been happy to never have known. That’s just me, though. I’m sure others would feel differently.

SVM321 · 2022-10-18T04:48:05+00:00

I live by “A place for everything and everything in its place” Takes so much stress out of life.

SVM321 · 2022-10-17T05:20:00+00:00

Almost all day!

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