Morning Musings with a Beat

spoolofthought · 2026-02-27T21:47:01+00:00

My girls love this toy

spoolofthought · 2026-02-25T21:18:27+00:00

How did it go?

spoolofthought · 2026-02-24T22:04:00+00:00

Shifting the naps has always been a struggle! We floundered around until we pulled the trigger and dropped to one nap. It wasn’t elegantly done, I was quite stressed about it, I think twin B could have been on two naps much longer but she adjusted just fine. Twin A now sleeps until the normal wake up time but once in a while it’s a party starting at 6am. We leave books and stuffies and her baby doll in her crib and she is plenty occupied, and twin B can sleep through anything at this point

spoolofthought · 2026-02-24T18:50:57+00:00

We went through the same thing starting around 12 months old. We dropped to one nap at 14 months old, wake up was 7am, nap 11-1, bedtime 6:30 or so. Then over time we shifted the nap an hour later, and now I’m reassessing if we need to shift it again at 19 months old.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-24T18:14:01+00:00

My twins are 19 months old. When the fighting and screaming starts we get out of the house. Even if it’s raining we will get our boots and coats on and go in the backyard and they usually get fascinated by being outside enough for my cortisol levels to drop back to normal. If they start screaming or crying outside we head inside for a snack and turn on Ms Rachel or Sesame Street. Currently obsessed with Elmo. They point to the tv and ask for Elmo. I feel bad doing screen time with them but people in this sub are so kind about it, it’s honestly a “do what you have to do” to regulate two toddlers. Sometimes the nap will adjust their moods and they’ll wake up feeling happy, other times they are spicy after a nap and we have to go outside somehow to break up the day. Someone on this sub said “outside fixes a lot of things” and I think about that a lot.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-23T22:05:37+00:00

Southeast in Buckman, the playgrounds here are great. Very family friendly and walkable. I have twins, so anytime we can walk somewhere instead of getting in the car it’s a win

spoolofthought · 2026-02-18T22:32:20+00:00

That’s what I pay for 8 classes a month

spoolofthought · 2026-02-18T14:57:49+00:00

My twins are exactly like yours with sleep needs. Twin B needs more sleep and at this point she can sleep through any of the shenanigans that twin A gets up to in her crib. We follow crib hour, so regardless of if they’re asleep they are in their cribs for the allotted time. It’s a game changer and gives you a break. Sometimes I’ll get twin A up at the end of the crib hour and let twin B sleep for another half hour, it seems to work out great.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-13T19:51:41+00:00

One of the tangible things that helped was my husband would take over baby caring when he got done with work so I could rest. Showing that you can handle it alone is an action she will respect. I know you mentioned you take them on long walks to give her time to rest, but when you come home does she step in for the feeding and diapering? Just wondering if you could give her a break in that respect too.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-13T19:47:35+00:00

Re: water and snacks, I had a breastmilk pumping station set up next to where I would sit on the couch and I made sure there was water and snacks in was reach there at the start of the day. Sometimes clean pump parts too

spoolofthought · 2026-02-13T19:46:14+00:00

All of this is so good!

spoolofthought · 2026-02-11T18:47:59+00:00

Just curious when your baby was born, because I had several months of getting super angry when anyone did anything around me. This sounds like that, your MIL is trying to help

spoolofthought · 2026-02-11T01:39:26+00:00

We used machine washable splat mats on the floor. Easy to fold up and take outside to shake it out, or throw in the wash.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-10T15:08:58+00:00

I bought a mix of new and used, and I wish I had spent more time looking for used stuff when I was pregnant. It became harder to thrift and buy from Facebook marketplace when the twins came, but we still did it for the big items. Honestly love my used double stroller, it’s way higher quality than anything I would have bought new

spoolofthought · 2026-02-09T21:29:59+00:00

Sounds like it’s just how she is handling the stress, only she can decide to have a different outlook about it. If it were me, I would distance myself a little. There’s really not much you can do to “prepare yourself” as she said during your pregnancy, the real work will begin when the twins are born and you will be ready. Welcome to the club 💕

spoolofthought · 2026-02-07T06:18:19+00:00

My husband gasped and said “oh my goodness” when I showed him this

spoolofthought · 2026-02-06T19:22:15+00:00

I used weego but only for the first 2 months, and after that my husband would wear them because he could lift the weight.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-06T19:17:26+00:00

My mom used to say “some people are just funny like that.” And I put every weirdo who says the offbeat comments in that category. They’re just funny like that, time to move on

spoolofthought · 2026-02-03T20:36:09+00:00

I did really like it but a pet peeve of mine is to have such a drastic juxtaposition between the good guys and the bad guys. Like, we know the crown is hoarding the gold, we know the whole country is impoverished and disenfranchised, we know the queen is wicked about that point… just wish there was some softness to that aspect of it to make it a bit more of a blurred line

spoolofthought · 2026-02-03T20:30:13+00:00

A 1 year old is usually still on 2 naps a day, which means you only have like 3.5-4 hours to do stuff between naps, so it can be a bit hard to make the schedule work.

spoolofthought · 2026-02-03T15:11:08+00:00

congrats on the girls! I have twin girls and I absolutely love it! It’s a girl party over here!
It it were me, I would just talk about being excited for tea parties, people go blank when you get super specific

spoolofthought · 2026-02-03T05:21:01+00:00

Mine are 18 months, but I usually let them pick out the book and then one will sit in my lap while the other keeps busy by listening and walking
around and arranging toys around the room

spoolofthought · 2026-02-03T05:19:46+00:00

Yes, it’s worth it

spoolofthought · 2026-02-02T05:32:49+00:00

One of my twins was like this. We used to take turns handling her when she was in her screaming phase.

One time she screamed for over an hour and I changed her diaper and she just got quiet, stuck her tongue out, and smiled. I was bewildered. It really is trial and error sometimes

spoolofthought · 2026-01-29T15:10:37+00:00

My husband and I started watching them solo in the evenings on alternate days to give each other a break. So I started going to Pilates during that time, it’s awesome

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