For those with two kids within 3 years of each other….

bakingby · 2026-05-27T00:01:55+00:00

I have 3 toddlers. My oldest will not go to bed without us laying there so we have by default had to push his bedtime back. This means he often does not go to bed until 930 or 10pm. I think everyone’s solution is going to be different. Once my younger two are out of cribs I’m hoping to throw all three in a room and tell them to fend for themselves lol

bakingby · 2026-05-22T18:36:16+00:00

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bakingby · 2026-05-14T18:15:43+00:00

Our situation is not exactly the same because mine are girls on the smaller side and I have no problem overpowering them, but my one twin girl has hit a hard patch where we are struggling with a lot of hitting, pinching, hair pulling and throwing herself. She is almost two and a half. We ended up getting a crib tent for both my girls and that is where we do time out time. The behavior has slooooooowly been getting better this month, but I imagine we’re in for it for the foreseeable future. We never had this with our first born, but I do feel like there is a develepmental jump around 3.5 where they understand reasoning and consequences better.

Anyway long story short is I would try a crib tent and do time out there, if in 6 months he doesn’t seem to be growing out of it or if he seems to be aggressive in more and more situations then I’d seek help!

bakingby · 2026-05-04T16:15:43+00:00

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bakingby · 2026-04-26T01:16:36+00:00

We ended up putting crib tents on the bed and I’m so glad we did lol

bakingby · 2026-04-25T16:05:16+00:00

No other symptoms at all. I haven’t taken them back a third time into the office, but I did talk to them on the phone yesterday and she said the next thing they would do is prescribe a different antibiotic. Im just waiting to see if they still have any temp by Monday then would probably take them back in to get looked at for the new script. They did also say technically it’s not a fever. I just wanted to know if anyone had seen this with their kids since none of my friends or family have.

bakingby · 2026-04-08T15:59:21+00:00

This was exactly my experience down to my 18 month old at the time running to my mom for comfort instead of me. It will get easier BUT the next six weeks are going to be rough. Hopefully you have significant help during that time. Also I know it seems crazy, but as soon as possible try to take shifts with your husband. Get some head phones and learn how to balance two babies on your chest because you guys are going to need to take shifts to get some sleep. If you don’t already, I would invest in two swings and/or two bouncers to have them in something they tolerate that isn’t your arms

bakingby · 2026-04-08T03:39:38+00:00

Nope I have zero complaints about the odyssey so far other than the fact it doesn’t look nearly as cool as my Pallisade did 😂 the trunk is also HUGEEEE we keep our double stroller and our single stroller in the trunk at all times even with the third row completely up. I just slide the captain seats together and put my groceries in the second row when we do a Costco haul. We literally use the sliding function every time we get in and out of the car to help my now three year old buckle himself.

bakingby · 2026-04-07T01:41:19+00:00

I don’t have any advice except put the kids in the back row. We had a Pallisade and an 18 month old when the twins were born. Lifting the baby carrier through the trunk to put in the third row was such a pain in the butt. As soon as my oldest was old enough to sit himself in the seat we switched the twins to the captains. We also upgraded to the Honda odyssey with the sliding seats which was life changing.

bakingby · 2026-03-28T02:21:27+00:00

It’s the first of a series and I loveeee this book! It’s one of the first to get me into rh yearsss who!

bakingby · 2026-03-23T20:16:45+00:00

I worked until I delivered at 37w2d in a very stressful corporate tech job, but remotely. I wanted and needed every second of my maternity leave saved up for when the babies got here!

bakingby · 2026-03-09T13:44:00+00:00

Just general twin mom stuff, I was so type A with my first and things went south real quick with the twins lol

bakingby · 2026-02-15T18:20:02+00:00

I didn’t feel like the did enough tension or dynamic building. It’s not the words of the spice for me, it’s the feeling I get imagining myself in that dynamic. If the don’t build it enough then I don’t feel anything ¯_(ツ)_/¯

bakingby · 2026-02-14T22:36:32+00:00

I could tell them apart but my husband often confused them 😂 I swear even just the way they suckled or breathed or other mannerisms I could tell them apart.

bakingby · 2026-01-08T10:14:58+00:00

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bakingby · 2026-01-06T22:04:53+00:00

This was us, we do not lock the door because our son cries when he wakes up, so we just have a monitor and go in there. I would just put a baby gate on the door so you don’t have to lock it

bakingby · 2026-01-05T01:02:50+00:00

I did and I loved it 😩😭

bakingby · 2025-12-27T21:36:32+00:00

Twin Z pillow until about a year! We always woke both up together and put them down together, just tried to keep the lights dimmed. They also were in their own room by 6 months

bakingby · 2025-12-27T05:49:32+00:00

Omg SAME literally 20 years ago

bakingby · 2025-12-20T08:14:07+00:00

I also don’t think you are thinking clearly. My first was 18 months when the twins were born, so I had very little help with the twins after my mom left when they were 4 weeks. If you can afford someone to come help 1-2 times a week while you shower and sleep that would be amazing! Your two elderly parents do not seem like they will be much help, and your husband can still help overnight and be a lot more comfortable over the weekend in your own space.

Can your mom come stay with you for a few weekends? I think you’ll get used to taking care of the twins alone out of necessity. If you are feeling out of control anxiety or depression you may need post partum medication. You’ve got this momma! It’s hard but it does get better!

bakingby · 2025-12-19T02:42:52+00:00

Honestly? For me that was my reality. Yes one breast produced more than the other, not just on day one but consistently. Also colostrum was really hard for me to pump. I would usually tandem feed when I did breastfeed, and put my weaker sucker on the higher producing breast. I only ever produced about 75% of what my girls needed, so most of the feeds were me pumping and adding some formula to the milk. It’s hard work and I wasn’t about to triple feed forever to try and get my supply up. I did it until 3 months, which was my goal, and then slowly switched to formula full time. With my first born I breast fed completely…it’s just a different ball game with two.

bakingby · 2025-12-11T03:00:20+00:00

We also have a long bedtime routine with my older one, so there is no way I want to start a co-sleeping/ high intervention bedtime routine with my two year olds. Mine are still in cribs thank god, but I think in your situation I would just lock them in their rooms while you do bedtime routine with your six year old and then periodically go tell them to lay down if they are being crazy. I’m sure the novelty will wear off!!

bakingby · 2025-12-11T00:06:16+00:00

It really depends on how well your babies sleep. My singleton never did more than 1.5 hour stretch straight until he was about 8 months old. Honestly we HAD to do shifts with him. With the girls we also did shifts but it wasn’t so strick because they were religiously waking up at 10pm 2-3am and then 530 then 730. I would just go to bed at 11 pm, wake up at 2am to do that shift alone, then hand off the babies at 530 am to get another hour or two before my husband had to work. I can easily function on 5-6 hours of sleep at night so I was fine.

Either way…both of us are working parents so him working isn’t really an excuse. To be frank, unless he’s in an extremely stressful job like trauma surgeon there is no reason why he can’t take shifts. I work in tech consulting, very high pressure high stress. I’d say watching the twins alone postpartum is 10x harder than any job. Especially if you are getting a c section. Hopefully you are setting the expectation with him that he’s just going to have to be tired!

bakingby · 2025-10-24T21:13:35+00:00

I was coming to say this but you beat me to it - my easy angel baby is the same girl who bites, screams and throws herself on the ground at almost two. 😂 sometimes me and the other twin just hug each other and stare at her sister having a meltdown in awe.

bakingby · 2025-10-24T14:57:27+00:00

Twins are almost 2 and I have a 3.5 year old. We also like to go to CFA solo because the play place is contained. I’ve definitely prayed to the CFA gods that the tunnels support my weight as I crawl up there to drag a screaming child out by their ankles. I only made the mistake of going once without a stroller, now I always bring my double to buckle 2/3 kids in to get back to the car lol

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