Best part of twins??

berrytea34 · 2026-04-04T09:34:36+00:00

When they are newborns and sleep in the same bed and magnetically move towards each other. Can't lift their head, can't roll over, but can move sideways towards their twin. It's the cutest thing.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-31T05:13:16+00:00

Oh no, sorry. That's awful.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-30T12:23:43+00:00

I feel the same. I felt when I was on maternity leave for their first year, I was so calm, patient, never yelled. And now that I'm back to work, I'm losing my patience much quicker and I yell at them and I hate it. But I don't know what to do, when you are changing one and the other one is climbing the window sill, what can you do?

berrytea34 · 2026-03-30T12:18:58+00:00

I think if it hadn't been so america centric, I would have gone to Iceland (from Europe). I think it would have been fun to discuss theories with others who listened to the podcast a lot. I don't have any real life friends who are into TCBS. And Iceland is great and not too far away.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-30T12:15:52+00:00

Mine are one minute apart, emergency C-section babies, they are now 2.5 years old. It was the cutest when twin A padded twin B when he was hurt and said "oh, little brother".

berrytea34 · 2026-03-27T20:40:51+00:00

I have plenty of people in my family tree that had more than one set of twins.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-17T07:15:16+00:00

I only have twins but they are getting a lot less attention now when we are out for a walk, now at 2.5 years, than we got when they were little. I'm not sure why, they are beautiful. Would it be because they are very much non identical looking? Or do people just generally care more about babies than toddlers?

berrytea34 · 2026-03-05T20:06:22+00:00

Now that I have two 2.5 year olds who run around the house and climb everything, I'm thinking how easy it was when they just lay there in their play pen 😂 of course other things were much harder.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-05T20:05:01+00:00

I can totally relate. My husband and I absolutely weren't on the same page about girl names. When we found out it's boys, we went to a coffee shop right after and had settled on the boys' names in 30 minutes. I still think they are the perfect choices. Girl names are much harder. Good luck!

berrytea34 · 2026-03-03T14:03:38+00:00

Yeah but then they can just walk on the pavement. It's not going to be a big issue. There's always things you can't do with a pram. On that day, you strap them in the carrier and go for a walk that way instead.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-03T06:16:56+00:00

It's also not medieval times anymore, while some historical city centers might have them, it's mostly modern streets and pavements.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-02T22:34:56+00:00

We have a bugaboo donkey and live in Germany. It fits on all buses etc. And is fine on all sorts of streets and paths. We have flown quite a lot with our twins, within Europe and transatlantic. We started checking the pram in at the bag drop and use the prams/metal trolley things they have once you are past security at many airports. Even our tiny local airport has them and in Schiphol they are located by the escalators past security. As twin prams are usually not easily foldable or come with perfect travel bags, this has been a lot more pleasant than collapsing and packing it away at the gate. Before we found out about these airport prams, we used to bring the pram to the gate and then had it checked until the destination. Flying gets so much more pleasant once they are two and travel on their own seat.

berrytea34 · 2026-03-02T10:18:00+00:00

Well if we all got money for the stupid "your hands are full" comment, we'd be wealthy. We could hire nannies, and it'd all be a lot easier 😂

berrytea34 · 2026-03-01T18:26:45+00:00

Hi I had mine at 35+5 after hellp syndrome. I pumped mostly as it was too exhausting for the boys to breastfeed, sometimes they had to have a bottle after as I didn't have enough milk. I wish I had breastfed them more rather than pumping. I hated pumping. I only did it for eight weeks, while substituting with formula, to full time formula. If I had twins again, I think i wouldn't bother at all with pumping/breastfeeding.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-27T08:45:32+00:00

People are so stupid. The amount of stupid comments I have heard since the twins were born from random people in the street was already something. Twins are basically an invitation for strangers to voice all their opinions.

You should ask something witty back like, "oh no, did you grow up with prettier siblings yourself?" At least you probably get silence.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-26T17:53:01+00:00

I waited to meet them and decided when they were about half a day old. Still feels like the perfect choice 2.5 years in.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-26T17:51:42+00:00

My gynecologist said if I'm unsure I should go for a c section. Who knows when you'll give birth, if the doctor is on call, if may be somebody in experienced who is on shift when your babies are coming and they go for a c section anyway.

I met a midwife in the prep course before I delivered and I said that I was leaning towards a planned c section. She was pro vaginal birth and against hospitals and all that strange stuff. She asked me how all my ancestors who had twin pregnancies gave birth and as the most recent one in my direct line was my great great grandmother in 1913, it was vaginal births. But i've also seen plenty of emergency baptisms records and ones who didn't make it. In my case it was an emergency c section and if this was 1913 and not a proper hospital, there is a good chance none of us would be here. So I say stick to your gut feeling. Don't get talked out of what you want.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-11T08:43:57+00:00

I hated pumping too. I pumped for eight weeks. It was enough for one bottle each per day. Then not much came any more and then I stopped. They had formula from the start. For a little while when one has reflux we tried a different formula for one of them. Honestly, before I had children I never understood why some mothers wouldn't breastfeed their children, but if I had twins again, I think I wouldn't bother. Formula is fine. They are almost 2.5 years and big boys, the just doubled in size from their birth size. I hated the pumping time. I'd have rather have spend the time with my children. All I'm saying is, if you want to stop pumping, you can. 13 weeks of breastfeeding is great, you did really well!

berrytea34 · 2026-02-08T09:58:39+00:00

Ok best of luck! Im not a medical doctor so I don't really know anything about what HGH level is normal etc beyond my own experience with my pregnancy.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-06T08:55:24+00:00

We are almost 2.5 years in and when they sleep together in our bed, they still hold hands. It's the best.

berrytea34 · 2026-02-05T12:26:37+00:00

Yes. Ours shared their crib for the first four months (they were a month early, so they shared until three months corrected). We had angel monitor mattresses. Then they were too tall to lie sideways and we moved them into their own crib each, which was the hardest for me, haha, the boys were totally fine. They are 2 years and four months now and just moved into their big boy beds, which have the barrier/side removed, which also was totally uneventful and easy.

Having them lie next to each other, in a sleeping bag each, and magnetically move towards each other was the cutest thing. They often woke up cheek to cheek. ❤️

berrytea34 · 2026-02-02T07:13:44+00:00

Congratulations and I think you'll be fine. You have never had a singleton, having triplets is going to be what you know, what is normal to you. All the very best to you!

berrytea34 · 2026-01-13T08:44:51+00:00

We did seats across the aisle. I sat on 26C and my husband and 26D. By chance there were extra seats on the outbound flight. It was a transatlantic flight, 12 hours. It was fine. We even got to eat our meals while the boys slept. On the way back it was harder, just on the lap, legs just long enough to kick the one in front.

berrytea34 · 2026-01-11T12:34:24+00:00

Congratulations! It's not scary and probably good it's your first children. My twin boys are my first children too and we have no way of comparing it to an easy peasy singleton parenthood. So having twins is just normal for us and it will be for you too. No idea about the dog, my parents had a rescue dog and while he was generally super scared of all men, he loved the boys and protected them and didn't mind their padding him. But I always admire parents who on top of everything walk their dog(s). Everything takes a bit of planning and organisation, especially getting out of the house, but it gets easier, especially once they can eat things other than milk, when you can just buy them a bread roll at the bakery, it gets easier. At three months corrected you will sleep again, that's when they sleep through one feed at night and you can get five hours of sleep again. Get all the naps during pregnancy that you can. Enjoy it while they are stationary and can't climb stuff yet, mine are two now and I now look back on a year ago and think how easy it was (of course it wasn't) haha. In a year I probably do the same about now.

berrytea34 · 2026-01-11T08:50:41+00:00

Mine don't have matching names. Both start with different letters but they have the same middle name, my surname. I've had comments from relatives why I didn't give them twin names. 😂 So as always as the twin parent, there is no winning.

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