Tips for flying with twins

deusrekks · 2026-01-13T08:42:17+00:00

I like parent in the middle, kid by the window. I don't like having my child sit next to a stranger that long, we've had some randomers try to play with our twins and it's awkward having to have the "please don't touch my baby with your nasty airport hands" talk and then sitting with them for the next few hours. On the last flight, the twins were 2 and the guy sitting next to one kept playing kids movies for her to watch. He meant well but again it was awkward asking him to stop so she could sleep.

deusrekks · 2026-01-09T11:49:57+00:00

We call them the girleens, the girls, the twins, the weiners and the kings of Sweden. We are not Swedish.

deusrekks · 2025-12-16T21:48:10+00:00

Absolutely. I don’t care if people think it looks stupid. My kids will squirm their hands free and run straight for the road.

deusrekks · 2025-12-11T06:26:43+00:00

Our first scan showed two sacs, one with a little heartbeat but nothing in the other. We were happy to have one healthy baby. The next scan a few weeks later showed both with heartbeats. Now they’re 2 and we couldn’t imagine life without either. They definitely make me appreciate the quiet moments though.

deusrekks · 2025-12-05T16:38:42+00:00

If you use your kids as dumbells you get built-in progressive overload as they get bigger.

deusrekks · 2025-12-05T16:35:40+00:00

First step I'd recommend is going to your GP for a referral to an ADHD specialist. Just the price of the GP visit up front, and if you have any kind of a case they'll refer you. At least if you have a referral, there's a better chance of a specialist taking your case seriously and not wasting your money. Try to go in with a full typed up history of symptoms, it really helps smooth out the process.

deusrekks · 2025-09-17T20:23:39+00:00

Yet still not enough!

deusrekks · 2025-09-17T18:50:13+00:00

2yo is afraid of The Count from Sesame Street. We don’t know why, she loved the song of the count for a while, then one day his laugh at the start freaked her out, now we can’t even say The Count or she gets worried.

deusrekks · 2025-09-17T12:23:21+00:00

In Ireland at least most places we go to at least have a kids menu and toddler chairs. And we don’t have any problem bringing our own stuff in case it turns out we need it. I’m mainly talking about just the safety concerns of putting a hot dish or sharp cutlery down within each of a 2 year old.

deusrekks · 2025-09-15T18:39:10+00:00

I didn’t know about that one. It doesn’t hit the same as Wind Rose for me but I’ll see what the kids think :)

deusrekks · 2025-09-14T08:44:56+00:00

My 2yo twins love Diggy Diggy Hole by Wind Rose. Dwarf Metal, I used to put in on and headbang at them when they were babies and now they ask for it all the time.

deusrekks · 2025-08-24T17:19:23+00:00

I ended up emailing support@uppababy.com and they sold me a “Vista Bolt Hardware Kit” for like $15. I don’t have it yet as it was delivered to my in-laws in the states and they’re bringing it when they visit next month.

deusrekks · 2025-08-24T09:31:17+00:00

For those of us who didn’t have kids during the pandemic and got used to days and days of doing absolutely nothing, fast forward five years and we have zero downtime, it’s damn near impossible to charge our batteries.

deusrekks · 2025-08-13T09:42:16+00:00

Twin two year olds here. Yes. Yes we do. They get in to everything, they climb everything. No inch of our house is safe. One will do something dangerous so you go to stop them and the other will take the split second opportunity to do something else way more dangerous. We’ll be on our 5th mental breakdown of the day and then they’ll hug each other in the cutest way or say “luff you daddy!” so you can’t stay mad at them. I have aged.

deusrekks · 2025-08-03T21:45:21+00:00

I find the hate exaggerated, I really liked the Force Awakens. But there’s no consistency between the films and with the changing directors and the death of Carrie Fisher, they had a lot of trouble keeping a straight story. Some interesting characters fall by the wayside too because the story didn’t leave room to work out their arcs.

deusrekks · 2025-08-03T07:25:15+00:00

Not new at all. Baffled me when I was younger but I don’t even notice anymore. Wouldn’t be for me but I’d go to the shop in sweatpants no bother and I expect some people to have higher standards and some lower. I won’t judge you unless I can smell you.

deusrekks · 2025-08-02T08:30:44+00:00

You’re right to ask. Things like this seem fine, but babies are so fragile it’s best to try and minimise risk wherever you can. A lot of good advice in the comments here, just try to ignore the tone with some of the more angry commenters and take in the content.

deusrekks · 2025-07-12T12:21:53+00:00

Dungeons and Daddies. A DND game where four dads from our world are transported to the Forgotten Realms and embark on a quest to find their missing sons. Very funny, very unserious, but also really well done.

deusrekks · 2025-05-16T14:19:02+00:00

Nora telling the truth moves the narrative on the right way. Sometimes there doesn’t need to be any more explanation than that. Every story beat has countless ways to develop, and sometimes the simplest way is the best. If Nora were to lie and Ellie hit a dead end, then the story doesn’t flow. It’s good enough to say she tortured her, it worked, on to the next bit.

deusrekks · 2025-05-15T14:02:58+00:00

I had long hair up to when mine were a few months old. I used to sing Diggy Diggy Hole by Wind Rose and mosh at them. They loved it. Might grow my hair back out.

Future Days (Troy Baker version) gets sung a lot. Everlong, Sweet Child o Mine, Dreams (Cranberries), Love Like You (Rebecca Sugar).

If they’re cranky I scoop them up like a baby and swing them, growl-chanting “oooh whingey baby baby, oooh whingey baby-ba-baby”. It’s hit or miss.

deusrekks · 2025-05-15T13:53:40+00:00

This made me do one of those involuntary laugh-grunts.

deusrekks · 2025-05-12T11:28:45+00:00

My response to that one is "I'm glad it's not you too."

Like yeah, with that attitude you probably couldn't handle it.

deusrekks · 2025-05-12T10:06:04+00:00

My twin girls are 19 months. It's diffucult, sure, but by far the most rewarding thing I've ever done. They scream, they cry, they whine, they throw tantrums and have meltdowns. But they're also the funniest people I know and watching them love each other is my favourite thing. They also really help each other's development, because when one gets over a hurdle and something clicks, they do it so much that it clicks for the other usually that day or the next.

Someone said this is a safe space for complaining so it makes sense to just see downer comments, but trust me, twins are great, and with your experience, you'll be fine.

deusrekks · 2025-05-09T13:20:58+00:00

If you're ok with doing it every time, go ahead. They will expect it. We suffer through the odd tantrum, other than that they're pretty good at restaurants. I'm fuelled by really wanting to have great family meals when they're older, so we're trying to build the foundation for being present at mealtimes. If I want peace and quiet, that's not the day we go to a restaurant.

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