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- Toddler Thursday: Hard-Wired for Grace
- Making the Holidays Special for Young Toddlers
- Twinfant Tuesday: From Two Kids to Four
- Twinfant Tuesday: The Secret to Synchronizing Twin Naps – Wake Em Up!
- MiM: Bath Time Towel Apron
- How do you do it? Parenting Link Up! #2
- When Mommy Throws a Tantrum
- Getting Your Kiddos Involved in the Holidays: Snowman Kits
- Why There Are Pickles in My Tea: Introduction to Beth
- Helping Kids Deal with Emotions
- Foodie Friday: Homemade Hot Chocolate
- Toddler Thursday: Who Are You?
- Toddler Thursday: Indoor Activities For Young Toddlers
- Help! How Do You Keep Holiday Gifts in Check?
- The Search for a New Pediatrician
- I Almost Missed My Child’s Call for Help
- Twinfant Tuesday: Double Stroller Drama
- Readers of HDYDI, Meet Jamie
- MiM: Nautical Nursery Reveal and DIY List
- Monday MoM Blog Picks: Introducing a Parenting Link Up Party
- Christmas Cartoons for Young Kids
- Another Divorce
- {Holiday Cards for Heroes} Holiday Activity for Children
- Things Kids Say: Thanksgiving Edition
- Foodie Fridays: Indian Roti (Flatbread)
- HDYDI MoM-Approved Toys
- Toddler Thursday: Anatomy of a Tantrum
- Twin-Z Nursing Pillow
- The Straight Tuck Talk
- Readers of HDYDI, Meet Victoria
- Twinfant Tuesday: Morning Routines
- Twinfant Tuesday: The Other Side of “Survival Mode”
- Traditions of Service and Giving for Children
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- MiM: Pacifier Clip
- Preemies–and Their Parents–Are Fighters
- Holidays After Divorce
- Advent Calendar Ideas
- Speech Re-Evaluation: All Is Well!
- Food as {Preschool} Art
- Foodie Friday: Energy Balls
- Toddler Thursday: Welcome to Year Two with Twins!
- Surviving Morning Sickness with Twins
- Seeking HDYDI’s Twitter MoM
- Helping My Children Cope with Grownup Challenges
- Infant Paraphernalia
- Twinfant Tuesday: You Are Not Alone
- Twinfant Tuesday: Childproofing Tidbits
- Sad/Happy
- Make-It Mondays: Side Tie Pillow
- Prematurity Awareness Week 2013: In Sum
- Thank You, March of Dimes… Ella and Zoë’s Story
- The Road to Motherhood: A Twin Birth Story
- Seeking Supplemental Prenatal Care
- Prenatal Care for Twins
- The Signs of Premature Labor
- NICU Graduates: A Picture Round-up
- Paying It Forward: Volunteering in the NICU
- Giving Back: NICU Gratitude
- The Goal of Reaching the NICU Reunion
- SMSs From the NICU
- Triplets?! Angela’s Story of Love and Loss
- Help the Preemie Community – Shop the Celebrate Carter Fundraiser
- Foodie Friday: Suck-Swallow-Breathe
- Foodie Friday: The Continuation of the NICU Journal
- Micropreemie Twins: Ashley’s Birth Story
- Premature in Hong Kong: My Twins Born at 31 Weeks
- Special Needs in the NICU
- The Stories of My Babies Born at 31 Weeks and 27.5 Weeks
- All This and Babies, Too?: Leaving with Medical Equipment
- Special Needs: Adopting the Drug Exposed Newborn
- How I Learned that My Child Had Frontonasal Dysplasia
- A&D’s Birth Story: 35 weeks 2 days
- Surrendering to the Experience
- Let’s Talk About SIDS, Baby
- Multiple Feelings When Your Multiples Are in the NICU
- Learning How to Trust Your Instincts as a Parent of Preemie Twins
- NICU-Related Post-Traumatic Stress is a Real Thing
- NICU Names: Guilt, Anger, Sorrow
- J and M’s NICU Story: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
- Things People Did When We Were in the NICU
- Kangaroo Care: Ask For It
- J and M’s Birth Story: Emergency C-Section at 33 Weeks
- Not How I’d Planned Things to Go: A & B’s Birth Story
- From the Archives: Twin Birth Stories
- NICU Terminology
- Ten Things to Remember When Your Babies are in the NICU
- From the Archives: Prematurity and the NICU
- Prematurity Awareness Blog Hop
- HDYDI Prematurity Awareness Week 2013: Kickoff
- Registering for Twins
- Foodie Fridays: Chatpati
- Her Very Own Look
- A Year of Twins Taking Off Their Diapers
- My Daughter Hates Daylight Saving as Much as I Do
- I Can Do It: I’m a Mom of Twins
- Twinfant Tuesday: How Well Do You REALLY Know Your Kids?
- Favourite Chapter Book Series: Horrible Harry and Song Lee
- Mommy is a Person, Too
- Make-It Mondays: Crib Skirts
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Playing Alone: The Challenge of Always Having a Playmate
- Foodie Friday: Soup it Up
- Breaking with Tradition: Can You Be a Better Parent than Your Own?
- Happy Halloween!
- Twin DIY Halloween Costumes
- Let Them Be Different
- Favourite Chapter Book Series: Rainbow Magic
- Favourite Chapter Book Series: Books for Advanced 7 Year Olds
- Twinfant Tuesday: How Feeding Multiples Makes the First Year Even Harder
- Make-It Mondays: Nursery Mood Board and Layout
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Are Your Boy/Girl Twins Identical?
- “You’re a Bad Mommy”
- Foodie Friday: Pizza for Toddlers, Made by Toddlers
- Conflict Resolution
- Surviving the 1 Hour Gestational Diabetes Test
- Parenting a Prodigy
- Equal but Different
- Secondary Guilt
- Twinfant Tuesday: Bathing
- In Which My Daughter Does a 180 on Having Her Own Room
- Grocery Shopping with Twins and More
- Make-It Mondays: Halloween Pumpkin Playdoh
- Paring Down the Plastic
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- {Giveaway} Tiny Prints Holiday Cards $50 Credit
- Foodie Friday: What’s in Your Snack Pack?
- Differences in Spiritual Maturity
- Twins Comparing Grades
- Braxton Hicks and Baby Kicks
- After a Sick Kid Stays Home
- Sick Kid Stays Home
- Potty Training Twins: A Newbie’s Initiation
- Potty Training Twins – It’s not Twinpossible!
- Of Closure and Remembrance
- Twinfant Tuesday: Twin Skin, Back Pain, and Why You Still Look Pregnant
- Helping a MOM through the Loss of a Multiple
- Make-It Mondays: Introduction
- My First Racist Comment?
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Three pictures you *MUST* take of your twin babies
- How the Twin Relationship is Like a Marriage
- From the Archives: Multiples and Birth Order
- Foodie Friday: Two Step Recipes for Reluctant Cooks
- Childcare Costs
- Information About Twins
- New Author Introduction: Dory
- Mothers More Fatigued than Dads…
- Twinfant Tuesday: Things We Live By
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- End the Mommy Wars
- Giveaway Reminder!
- Foodie Friday: “The Rules” of Eating
- Dear Pediatrician
- Taking Back Our Weekends
- Twins on Being in the Same Classroom
- Twinfant Tuesday: Baby Carriers for Twins
- What’s In a Name? Ideas for Naming Twins, Triplets and More
- How to Afford Twins Giveaway!!
- How to Afford Twins: Reviewing My Finances
- From the Archives: Childcare Expenses
- How to Afford Twins: US Government Assistance and Other Resources
- How to Afford Twins: Get Your Finances in Order
- How to Afford Twins: Making the Most of Memberships and Subscriptions
- From the Archives: Saving on Food for Families with Multiples
- How to Afford Twins: Make It or Do It Yourself
- How to Afford Twins: Cutting Back Expenses
- Foodie Fridays: Saving Money at the Grocery Store
- How to Afford Twins: Bringing in Extra Income
- How to Afford Twins: Buying New for Less
- How to Afford Twins: Free Used Stuff
- From the Archives: Secondhand Shopping and Shopping Cheaply
- How to Afford Twins: Secondhand Shopping
- How to Afford Twins: Multiples Consignment Sales
- How to Afford Twins: Cutting Disposable Diaper Costs
- From the Archives: Cloth or Disposable Diapers for Twins?
- Twinfant Tuesday: We Cloth Diapered our Twins and it Wasn’t Crazy
- How to Afford Twins: Free Activities
- How to Afford Twins: What Do I Really Need for Twins?
- From the Archives: How to Afford Twins, Triplets, and More
- How to Afford Twins: Introduction
- Foodie Friday: Healthy 3 Ingredient Pancake Bites
- A Reluctant Farewell to Naps
- How Adam Sandler Predicted my Twin Pregnancy
- Re-Shaped
- The Most Challenging Age
- Twinfant Tuesday: On the Clock
- How It Gets Easier
- What Would Mary Poppins Do?
- (Un)Foodie Friday: What I’ve Learned from a Lack of Family Dinners
- Kids Talking: Boss of Me
- Separate Schools, Two Weeks In
- Thinking Ahead…Multiple Fun for Halloween
- Why Don’t Identical Twins Always Look Alike?
- Twinfant Tuesday: Getting that Motherly Feeling
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Not All Twins are Alike and What That Means About Advice
- I Have a Mature Discussion with My 7-Year-Olds About the Value of Challenges
- Foodie Friday: Make-Ahead Mama
- Foodie Friday: Summer Rotini and Cheese
- Sadia’s Parenting Manual: The Overview
- Twinfant Tuesday: A Few Suggestions for Finding Time for Yourself
- Embarking Into the World of Technology
- Foodie Friday: Packing Lunches for Your Kids
- Time together and apart at playschool
- When Separation Isn’t a Choice
- Establishing Them as Individuals at School
- Our Child’s First Teacher
- When Toddler Became a Preschooler
- From our Pinboards: Back to School
- To Tell or Not To Tell…Insight Into My Girls’ Personalities
- back to (home)school with twins
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- First Day Butterflies and How Kids Categorize Themselves at School
- From the Archives: Back to School
- Generation App
- Identity Crisis
- Foodie Fridays – The Mess and Mayhem of Feeding Twins
- Children of Military Divorce
- Prematurity and Infertility Blogroll Categories
- Monday MoM Blog Picks … on Wednesday
- Twinfant Tuesday: Joy of Your Life
- Twinfant Tuesday: Looking back
- My First Year as a Twin Mom
- What Are They Thinking?
- Ask the Readers: Clipping Kids’ Nails
- If You Can’t Say Something Nice About Both of Them…
- Identical Twins, Separated at Birth by 7000 Miles
- Guest Post: Design Tips to Make Room for Two (or More!)
- Twinfant Tuesday: Why the First Year is Hard
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- The 7-Year-Old Tantrum
- When You Don’t Have “Help”
- In Which I Find My Limits
- Foodie Friday: Ode to a Smoothie
- How to Pick a Doctor for Your Children
- Toddler Creed for Multiples
- Spending that Works for Me
- From the Archives: Infant Feeding
- Twinfant Tuesday: Why Not? (And Earplugs)
- Quitting Breastfeeding
- When Breastfeeding Doesn’t Go As Planned
- Twice Upon a Time: A Fairy Tale Weekend in Twinsburg, Ohio
- Working Mom Nursing Twins
- Normalizing Breastfeeding for Older Kids
- Foodie Friday: Twin- or Triplet-Themed Party Foods for a Twin or Triplet Birthday
- Breastfeeding Buddies: Twin Brothers Nurse while Living in the NICU
- Confessing Our Girls’ Sleeping Arrangements
- What a Nightmare
- The Twin Connection
- Twinfant Tuesday: Baby Sign Helps with Early Communication
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- It’s Okay to Think It: Responding to Twin Comments
- Responding to “You Have Your Hands Full”
- Functional Multiples
- Twin Advantage – Playmates and Best Friends
- Twinfant Tuesday: Three Things That Helped in the First Year Blur
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Newly Matching
- How Do You Introduce Technology?
- School-Age Consequences
- Twins Explaining Twins, Revisited
- Foodie Friday: A Healthy Debate
- Wanted: 2 Bubbles for My 2 Boys’ Wibbly Wobbly Woes
- Connections
- In the MOMs Club – Just Barely
- Mom Twins – A Story of Parallel Coincidences
- Twinfant Tuesday: Co-Sleeping
- Twinfant Tuesday: How I’m Rocking Year One (so far!)
- How Baby B Stopped Sucking Her Thumb
- Monday MoM Blog Picks
- Twin Activities
- We’re on Facebook!
- Foodie Friday: Quitting the Recipe Quest for My Picky Eaters
- Saying Goodbye to the Breastpump
- An Unlikely Pair: Living with Functional Multiples (And, Hi, Nice to Meet You!)
- Blogroll Updated
- Twinfant Tuesday: Naps
- Sit or Stand – Money Saving Solutions to Babysitting
- Silver Linings of Bed Rest
- Identical Twin Toys
- Photographing Babies
- Children Lie
- Foodie Friday: Hummus – The Magical Dip
- Third Strike at Summer Camp
- Summer Camp Makes Me Cry
- Twin Separation Anxiety
- Creating a New Community
- Decision Made
- Foodie Friday: When I Dip You Dip We Dip
- Foodie Friday: A Brief Introduction to My Kitchen
- One Negative Twin Comment Too Many
- Maternal Instinct?
- Twins Run in the Family
- Planning a Date Night for the Whole Family
- Baby Sleep Books: A Review
- Breastmilk, Meet Formula: Part II
- The Online Mother of Multiples Club
- First Father’s Day
- My MoM Group Is My Co-Pilot
- They’re Still Twins
- Why I Need Other Twin Moms
- Dental Work
- Summer Vacation? What Summer Vacation?
- What Not to Do at the Playground
- Twin Mom to Twin Mom
- Keeping Busy
- Twinspirational Quotes
- Twins Explaining Twins
- Being Fair
- Goodbye, Timeout for Two
- Teacher Gifts
- Parenting a Baby after Twins
- It Can Happen: Spontaneous Quintuplets
- So Many Clothes, So Little Time
- My Dearest Toddler
- Pride and Joy
- My C-Section Decision, Too Posh to Push?
- Who’s Older?
- Corn Syrup in My Babies’ Formula?
- Weighty Matters
- Saving the Bad Behaviour … For You
- Here Is Your Membership Card for The Circus.
- Mealtime at Our House
- Friendships Between Twins
- Birthday(s) for Two
- Housekeeping
- Letting Go
- What Makes Her Special
- Things People Say About Twins
- Valuing Motherhood
- Are They Natural?
- They’re So Different!
- Hard Days
- Twin Pregnancy vs Singleton Pregnancy
- Research-Based Parenting
- If Youth is Wasted on the Young…
- One Womb, One Space Bubble
- Christian Parenting Handbook
- Mothers' Day After Divorce
- E is For Elmo.. A Toddler’s Friend
- Can Multiples Moms Have it All?
- Sleep Training Update
- Whirlwind Schedule
- Together
- The Unending Question of Classroom Placement
- Sharing a big bed
- To Match or Not to Match
- Celebrating Small Victories
- Balancing Work, Home, and Mommy Guilt
- Shelter in the Storm
- Security Objects
- Safety in the Big Bad World
- Sleeping Arrangements
- When One Twin Doesn't Want to Nap
- I'm a Home Run Hitter
- Achieving Balance
- Talking to Kids About Chronic Illness
- Am I Being Responsible?
- Sacrifices
- Can Moms of Multiples Have It All?!?
- "I Had No Idea She Had a Sister"
- A Myriad of Multiples
- Guest Post: Separating Twins at School by Dr. Nancy Segal
- The 4am Feed
- Breaking Bad Habits
- Two of Me
- Nursery Song Sing-A-Long
- Mom Ninja
- Family Planning with Twins
- How I Do It
- It Gets Better, Especially When You Don't Clean
- Juggling Life with Twins
- Breastmilk, Meet Formula
- The Top 10 Worst Reactions To My “It’s Twins” Announcement
- Seriously…How Do You Do It?
- Bilingual Children
- Things to Consider When Buying Bunk Beds
- Do What I Say, Not What I Do
- Stroller Insanity
- New Author Intro
- E.A.S.Y.
- Quad Momma +1 Intro
- Switcheroo
- Breastfeeding Woes
- Public Versus Private
- Toddler Rituals
- I Know I Can't Be Objective
- Parenting Petite Kids
- You’re Proud To Be A M.O.M. When…
- The Rotten Ringworm Runaround
- The Great Minivan Debate
- Energy-Smart Nutrition for New Moms
- And the Older One Is …
- Can I Hold Your Baby?
- Love Multiplied
- Four Boys=Two Sets of Twins
- A preterm MoM intro
- Family Day: Who are the people that make up your "family"?
- Highs and Lows of my Twin Pregnancy
- The Toy Takeover – Part 2
- To Work or Not to Work
- Cooking for a Crowd: Easy Meals for Feeding Multiples
- No Birth Plan for You!!
- Dealing with Twice the Mess
- Multiples and Age Hierarchy
- 20 Reasons Why Having Kids is Like Being a Celebutante
- Grade Placement Blues 2012, Part II
- No Birthday Talk!
- Alone Time
- Tips for Surviving the First Year With Twins
- Grade Placement Blues 2012, Part I
- Favourite Colours and Shared Bedrooms
- Running on Empty
- About school, part 1
- 10 week newbie!
- Trust
- Happy Mom
- Ask the Moms – Twin vs Singleton Pregnancy
- The Toy Takeover – Part 1
- Allo Allo!
- It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
- Twin Accent, but No Twin Language
- Finding Balance
- Waiting for the New Year
- Seeking New HDYDI Authors – Now Closed
April 2012 (4) March 2012 (7)
February 2012 (9)
January 2012 (10)
December 2011 (6)
November 2011 (14)
- Ask the Readers: Speaking Up
- Heartful
- Thankful
- Skipping Thanksgiving
- A Week of Giving Thanks
- Night Duty, Again!
- Best Friends
- from hospital ankle bracelets to sports jersey numbers
- Fighting the Urge to Compare
- Our Speech Therapy Journey(s)
- Seasons of Busy
- Girls are NOT easier
- Classroom Placement: An Update
- Classroom Placement: Part II – Separate Grades
- Ask the Readers: Happy Halloween
- Birthday Party Quandary
- Double the Gear?
- Classroom Placement: Part I – Separate Classrooms
- Medium and Happy
- Halloween Overload
- Kids in the Kitchen
- Mum Connections
- Ask the Readers: Handling Picky Eaters
- "We did it!" Breastfeeding Multiples
- Stages
- Not Twin Enough
- Health Benefits of Twinship
- Multiple Perspectives: News
- Preemie Medical Issues: Lung Function, and also Bad Teeth
- Annoying
- Capturing Little Moments
- "Afu ge ge", "Leila mei mei"
- what I wish someone told me
- Three is a Magic Number
- Hands-on Learning
- Mommy Guilt x2
- Saving Money with Multiples Theme Week Round Up
- The Sounds of Imagination
- Multiple Perspectives: Interview with a MoM-to-Be
- Third Wheel?
- Introducing Your Twins
- can i make my twins wear Thing 1 and Thing 2 shirts?
- Yet An Other 'Secret' Language
- Practice at home with your little yogis
- DIY Haircuts
- Pimp My Ride!
- The New-to-Us Shopping Method
- Homemade Baby Food
- mamamamamamama!!
- Cloth Diapers for Two, Please
- Avoid Throwing Money Away in the Diaper Pail
- Every Little Bit Helps
- Saving Money with Multiples Theme Week
- He Will If She Will
- After-School Together Time
- doubling my pleasure at school, take two
- Brink of toddlerdom
- Trying Times of Twinfancy
- Giving Back
- Preparing for Kindergarten, Double-Quick
- Blissfully unaware?
- Who's In Charge Here?
- Making the Bed Transition
- A Mother's Belief
- Singled Out: Life as a Red head and Twin Mom
- Daycare Jitters for Momma
- Back to (pre)School Week Roundup
- Speech Delays and Multiples
- Dragon Phoenix Twins
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- Preschool, Food Allergies and IEP's "OH MY"!
- The Preschool Process
- "Are you their Nanny or Something?"
- Lazy Mama Preschool Tips
- Table for 3
- Daycare Passage
- The GOOD ENOUGH Mother
- Prepping For Preschool
- Preschool at Home with Toddlers
- Is it Labor Day yet?
- Climbing Toddlers
- Full Circle – with my Heart and Hands Full
- The Urge to Compare
- Double Trouble
- Got Twins?
- Safety and Danger in Numbers
- To Talk or Not To Talk
- Sliding into first – part two
- Seeing Double at Twins Days in Twinsburg, OH
- Alone time with twins
- Cleaning? Come On Down!
- A couple of things
- The Evolution of Fighting
- Stomach flu x2
- Sliding into ‘First’
- Psst….I've got news!
June 2011 (1) May 2011 (2) April 2011 (3)
March 2011 (2) February 2011 (4)
January 2011 (5)
December 2010 (5)
November 2010 (3)
October 2010 (9)
September 2010 (8)
August 2010 (6)
July 2010 (8)
June 2010 (7)
May 2010 (10)
April 2010 (9)
March 2010 (8)
February 2010 (12)
- Singleton vs Multiple Pregnancy
- Sisterhood of the MoMs
- New Found Independence… yikes!
- 33 Months On…Still Not Off
- Back Two the Future: “Which one is the evil twin?”
- Learning how to play with my kids
- Multiple pregnancy questions
- What are you wearing today?
- There's No Such Thing as No TV
- I Can Almost Taste It
- brotherly love
- Cold Turkey
- Survival of the Fittest
- One Cup of Tea
- One Sick Child
- What Our Toddler Twins Are Teaching Me
- My boys say goodbye to their comfort objects
- Smoothie Addicts
- Everyone's an Expert
- Playing & Learning
- Adjusting bedtime routines
- Thank God for Messy Faces
- Room for Two
- Avoiding Permanent Disaster Status With Stay-At-Home Toddlers
- Separation anxiety taken to a whole new level
- Compensation
- First Christmas and First Birthdays – All in 2.5 Weeks
- It really does get easier. {The holiday version}
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Traditions: "The most wonderful time of the year…"
- This could be my life
- Needs And Wants
- Back 2 the Future: Child-proofing
- How much sharing should multiples have to endure?
- Having twins doesn’t mean you have to buy a minivan
- Sleep Rules That Saved Us
- Moms of Multiples Groups
- Quite the Contrary
- Focus
- Back 2 the Future: Baby, you’re so money.
- Sleeping arrangements for twins
- It's that time of the year again
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Just have to laugh.
- SHEEX (crib or twin) Sheet Giveaway!
- Engaging In Battles In The War Between Twins
- How it happened that I spent an evening on the phone with Poison Control and Astroglide customer service
- A minor difference of opinion
- Everybody take a baby.
- Yours, Mine, and Ours
- Retraction
- Our Reality-Show Worthy Childcare Journey. So Far.
- Back 2 the Future: So blessed/so depressed
- How many ways can I split my time?
- Halloween, Take Two
- Halloween for Preemies!
- Halloween Recycle
- Trick or Treat Times Two or More
- Small Risks
- Confessions Of An Imperfect Mom
- Back 2 the Future: Twin flashbacks
- Temporary favorites
- Milestones…
- Reset
- Tick-Tock
- What if we didn't have multiples??
- Division of Labor
- Diaper Bag Confessions
- A Finer Moment
- A farewell to blog
- Absolving the guilt
- My TWOsome
- DAYFAIL
- Trying To Curb My Inner Pack Rat
- How I dress my three for less.
- How do you help other people tell your multiples apart?
- The ability to self-soothe begins to emerge around 61 months.
- A Tale of Two Big Brothers
- Nursing Pillows, How I Love Thee (For MANY Reasons)!
- Fantasies of two little babies, happily sleeping next to each other…
- Two late to take it back: Breastfeeding
- Am I a Fraud?
- Power Networks
- The Boy Who Cried Mommy
- The Swine of '09
- Move over Supernanny….
- What do you do when you have two (or more) crying babies?
- I Wasn't Expecting This
- Confessions of a Twin Mommy
- That "playmate for life" thing
- Strollers.
- Is it time to get up, Mommy?
- How I Became a Joiner
- We Took To Vacationing Separately
- A laundry story in two parts, with both parts related to twins
- Gambling Again
- Find the Currency…
- Sick times two
- Summer Weather + Relaxation = Potty Training?
- Ode to the (Dreaded) Grocery Store
- Three girls, three outfits
- The Gentle Truth
- Guest Post: Manly Expectations
- Identity Crisis
- Let's play a guessing game!
- Exponential
- Who's Your Mommy?
- Quick and yummy eating options
- I dream about family dinners
- School On My Mind, And It's Not Just The Traffic
- Different is Good
- Bringing Sexy Back
- No One Goes Home in Their Skinny Jeans
- A Balancing Act
- Two late to take it back: Birth Planning
- How I Hack It – Party Edition
- Your Registry Cheat-Sheet
- Big Boy Beds!
- If you're going to travel with twins, I'd recommend the Fargo airport
- Hold the condolences
- The L Word
- Field trips
- Marriage and Multiples – Follow up
- One-On-WHAT?
- More CAN Necessarily Mean Better
- Yes, She is my Real Mother
- The First Year
- Discipline
- Easy
- What Should You know?
- One typical, crazy morning
- 15 Minutes of Manners
- Peeping Mommy
- Potty training through twin peer pressure
- Way Overdue
- A Message to the Pediatric Dentists of America…
- Potty training….times two
- Juggling Multiples In Urgent Care Situations
- Good Plane Fun for Everyone
- Take Care of YOU Too
- The HER Within the Mot'her'
- Cleave
- The Story of How My Three Came to Be
- Marriage and Multiples
- Guest Post: Counting Higher Than Two
- How Terrible Will the Two's Be?
- The unexpected side effect of separating multiples in day care
- Cop-out
- Diagnosis:Hypochondria
- Happy 4th of July!
- Two late to take it back: Buying baby gear
- How I Hack It
- Beachy giveaway winner!
- The Incremental Appreciation of Babyproofing
- Reader Blogroll and Giveaway Reminder
- For Now
- Troubles with Doubles?
- The Story of How My Three Came to Be
- Two late to take it back
- Differentiating Between Multiples
- Summer housewarming party! (aka bloggy giveaway!)
- Highs and Lows of Parenting by: Krissy
- What Did You Say?
- The {ScArY} 1st Night Alone…
- No Pictures, Please.
- Back to the Future
- Twins: Two late to take it back
- Milestones
- All The Toys…And Then Some
- Indivisibility
- Phthalate exposure in NICU babies
- Twin Travelers, then and now
- My innate laziness pays off, or, must-have equiment for the new mom of multiples
- And The Winners Are…
- Last Day To Vote!
- Please Vote! Saturday, June 6
- Please Vote! Friday, June 5th
- Please Vote! Thursday, June 4th
- Please Vote! Wednesday, June 3rd
- Please Vote! Tuesday, June 2nd
- Please Vote! Monday, June 1st
- Please Vote! Sunday, May 31st
- A HDYDI First
- Divorce, marital problems, and multiples
- You got to have (mom) friends
- Writers Wanted!
- Singing Happy Birthday to Multiples
- Why I Hate Weekends
- Generation Z
- Divas and Dudes
- Birthday emotions
- It's not sharing if you rip it from her hands
- The road not taken….
- When Good Boys Go Bad
- Twins versus singleton, roar roar roar
- Divesting Assets In A Non-Profit Subsidiary
- The making of a little girl
- National Infertility Week
- Responding to "we're having twins!"
- The Nicknamer
- Recycled Post: The Power of Grandparents
- Less fun than the first steps…
- So this is what they mean!
- The germiest child care option, yet it works for us
- The Role of a SAHM
- The Stay-at-Home Dad
- Twin-Care: In Transition
- Guest Post: Au Pair
- S.A.H.M.
- Welcome to Child Care Week!
- Guest Post: The Bundles of Joy That Bind You
- National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
- Four-letter words
- "Terrible twos", times two
- Five Ways I Know I'm a Parent of Three Young Children
- Taking care of one kid
- Shopping, Twin-Mom Style
- Car Time
- Eating my own words
- You are your own expert
- Readers of HDYDI, Meet LauraC
- Flying With Twin Infants
- Two of my favorite products in my diaper bag
- Making Memories
- Foodie Friday: Maybe Early Intervention does know what they're talking about…
- My pregnancy superpower
- Playing Well With Others
- Help when you need it
- Jumping off the deep end into parenthood?
- What's That Smell?
- True bed rest confession
- Not so special, after all
- Readers of HDYDI: Meet Mommy, Esq.
- NPR segment on multiples and infertility
- More tips on flying solo with twin toddlers
- Funny names, funny words
- Foodie Friday: Eating healthy foods
- Another twin naming tip
- Life Saver
- Saving Money on Clothes for Your Kids
- Cloth Diapering
- Maybe my twin mommy blog is a little *too* honest
- That helpless feeling
- Readers of HDYDI, Meet Sadia
- Belly Up
- Ask The Moms: Transitioning out of cribs when multiples share a room
- What Was I Afraid Of?
- Saving money on diapers
- It gets easier… kinda
- The End of Entitlement: Our Twin Family Experience
- DIY Diaper Changing Distraction – Mobile
- Book review: Emotionally Healthy Twins
- Hell Hath No Fury, or, Why I won't be returning to Gymboree
- Foodie Friday: Snacks for toddlers
- Readers of HDYDI, Meet Mamie
- Foodie Friday: Breastfeeding takes forever?
- Share and (not) Share Alike
- 1+1 > 2 (or how twins doesn't equal economies of scale)
- From the archives: When breastfeeding multiples "fails"
- Sleep Plan: 6 months
- Guest Post: The Scavengers Hunt
- Foodie Friday: The mysteries of toddlers
- The End of An Era
- Brotherly Love…finally!
- Sleep issues: not just for newborns!
- When it's too cold for the sandbox
- It's That Time Again!
- Prep School
- The "twin talk"
- Foodie Friday: Holiday meals and two toddlers
- For All the New MoMs
- N.O.
- Foodie Friday: Favorite holiday recipes
- Educate Me
- Ask the Moms – Outings with Twins and More
- Drafting Traditions
- Toddlers and TV
- Helping others with lessons learned
- Shh, mommy's hiding!
- How DO you do it?
- 911
- My First Time
- A letter to Santa from two years ago LauraC
- If you find yourself in Chicago…
- Fun holiday tradition: A magic elf
- Foodie Friday: Good food related advice
- Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Judging Is SO EASY When You're Ignorant
- Going It Alone: Solo Air Travel with Twins
- Product review: items for car trips
- Loosen the Grasp
- Guest Post: Breastfeeding two year old twins
- Foodie Friday: Getting older
- Ask the Moms – Holiday Survival
- A Simpler Time
- Things I could do in my sleep since becoming a mother
- The Best Advice
- Mealtime Independence
- Foodie Friday: Easy sneaky recipes
- My Backseat Drivers
- The Things We Won't Remember. Or The Things We Choose To Forget.
- Peer Pressure
- On the fridge
- Please tell me it's just a phase
- Guest Post by Dan England
- Foodie Friday: Online resources for food ideas
- Most of What I Know About Parenting I Learned From A Dog Trainer
- How DO People Do It?
- Ask the Moms – Gentle Adjustments for Adopted Babies
- Twin language?
- Traditions
- How Far We've Come
- Foodie Friday: Cookies, cookies, cookies
- The Power of Grandparents
- Tooting your own horn
- How falling back saved the morning nap… for now
- Foodie Friday: Happy Halloween!
- Ask the Moms – How Mommy Got Her Groove Back
- Making Baby Food
- Reasons to join a singleton moms group
- Rosie the Virus
- The Candy Tax
- Foodie Friday: Holidays and food allergies
- Delighting In Your Children
- Ask the Moms – Solo Newborn Survival
- I think 2 1/2 may be my tipping point
- Nature and Nurture
- Foodie Friday: Food traditions
- Making A List, Checking it Twice
- Every "Free" Moment Tugs At My Heart
- Product review: Tadpole ipod case for kids
- Naps, the final frontier
- Magic Words
- Guest Post: Dan England on "Time"
- Foodie Friday: Desserts? Kids? What to do?
- Why Do Other People Have More Fun With My Kids Than I Do?
- When 75% Of The Household Is Sick
- GoodGuide
- Whining
- The chair photos, twin style
- Thoughts about singleton parents—and twins
- Foodie Friday: Toddler snacks
- The Superdad
- I Looked In The Mirror (and other bra and makeup discussion)
- Going against conventional wisdom
- Teaching Your Children About Books
- When is a word really a word?
- Foodie Friday: Interesting article on kids and eating
- My Nightly Ritual
- Potty Training, x2
- The ABCs – Ani DiFranco, Baby Einstein, and Coldplay
- A cure for my singleton fantasies
- On Kids and Politics
- Guest Post: Dad's Day at Home
- Foodie Friday: Guest Daddy Post (Danny & Abigail's Daddy)
- The Mystery of Multiples and Birth Order
- Change Of Plans Thanks To Hurrication Ike
- Singleton fantasies
- You have 100 days to get ready
- One cup to rule them all
- Foodie Friday: Advice from others
- Recovering From Infertility
- Two Babies. Two Towers.
- Toddler Fears
- What to Do – Pour Rice
- For The Visually Inclined: Getting Out Of The Car
- Multiples and software identity management
- The things you forget
- Might as well catch up on my reading…
- Foodie Friday: Breastfeeding newborn twins
- My Evolving Approach To Emergency Preparedness
- Going Back to a Singleton
- That first little bit of doubt about more kids
- What to Do – Paint the House
- My New Year
- The Neglected One
- Guest Post: Q&A with a Daddy of Triplets
- Recipe: Spinach-Rice Balls
- In the blink of an eye.
- Keeping the romance alive…
- To Answer My Husband
- Conflict In Purge-atory
- In favor of laziness.
- ilunchbox.com – Great Resource!
- Start your engines!
- Do your twins match?
- What to Do – Tin Foil Wrapping
- Law Lets Twins Stay Together
- Meals to freeze
- When Dad fills in for mom
- The State of the Union
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
- Ask the Moms – High Chairs
- Some Of The More Interesting Comments I've Received
- Our Michael Phelps theory
- So long, farewell, adieu
- Toddler meals
- Questions and Answers From a Twin Dad (Guest Blog)
- Playing the twin card
- Ask the Moms – Milk Transition
- Packing Lunches for Daycare, Times Two
- This Post Is Long Because Getting Out Of The House Each Morning Starts A Week Before
- Our experience with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and a helmet
- Fostering closeness?
- Making Time To Be Creative
- Product Review: Convertible car seats
- Guest Post : Slow the Game Down [Daddy's Perspective]
- Foodie Friday: Eating out with twins
- Coping with sick multiples
- Ask the Moms – Stay at home strategies
- Why I Now Like Brangelina a Little Bit More
- Having twins doesn't have to be THIS hard
- An Inside-Outside celebration for a bed rest mama
- Reflections on a year
- Product Review : Baby Carriers
- Do you have a little clown?
- Foodie Friday: Quick dinner ideas
- Hacks for multiple, curious toddlers
- For All the New MoMs
- Memories
- Twins going to the same college?
- Why (and how) we watch TV with our toddlers
- From the North Woods
- Product Review: Crayola Art Products
- Boston Globe article on separating twins in school
- Foodie Friday: Including vegetables in a toddler diet
- Road trip secrets for multiple toddlers
- Hello My Name Is Krissy, And My Kids Are Driving Me Crazy!
- Drawing the Battle Lines
- Ask the moms: Napping transitions
- Cloth Diapering and Multiples
- Sharing the germ-love
- We have a winner!
- Back to School: Why I Kept My Twins Together
- Arms Race
- Product Review: Sippy Cups-The good v/s The Bad
- Foodie Friday: Toddler snack
- Pinching Pennies Part II
- Ask the Moms – to Work or Not to Work?
- Road-tripping with multiples
- The First Year with Twins.
- Get your free double stroller here!
- Ask the Readers: Transitioning multiples to toddler beds in the same room
- Absence
- What you need for trip to the ER!
- Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins
- First Day of Kindergarten!
- Foodie Friday: Cooking with kiddos
- Battle Wounds or Burden?
- Getting things done — Mama style
- Ask the Moms – Ask the Readers!
- Social Shorthand
- Top 10 Reasons I Love Having Twins
- Powerful instincts
- Happy Late 4th of July-Supporting our troops-Product Reviews will commence Next Week!
- Ill Communication
- Foodie Friday: Favorite resource
- 10 Ways to help Mothers of Multiples (Part 2)
- The Making of Memories
- Ask the Moms – sleep advice
- Sleepless Nights
- Learning from each other
- My room, your room, our room?
- Never Say Never
- Product Review: Our Favorite choice of bottles!
- Picnics with two babies or toddlers
- 5 Ways to Help Moms of Multiples (Part I)
- Where has the time gone?
- Ask the Moms, part 18 – Nursing in Public
- 3 is the loneliest number…
- They played independently so I should be happy, right? Right?
- Babies who lunch
- Product Review: Wagon V.S. Stroller
- Watch Out for Hot Slides!
- Gigantic Newborn Twins
- Foodie Friday: Breastfeeding Twins
- Silent Language
- The anti-schedule for multiples
- Stood up. Brokenhearted. Again.
- Ask the Moms, part 17 – bed rest
- Gender Bending
- Ahead and behind
- Introduction: Why I had Three Under Two
- Product Review: Some Fun & Some Necessary products to have for those hot summer days!
- Happy Father's Day!
- Invented by a twin mom, naturally.
- Foodie Friday: Starting solids
- The Weaning Chronicles
- An Antidote for Twinsanity
- It's MY Family Planning
- Weaning twins at a year
- The one comment I still hate to hear
- Twins and Massachusetts
- Food Fight
- Product Review: Some "MUST HAVE'S" for a road trip with children…
- Waving hello!
- Great article
- Foodie Friday: Foodie find of the week!
- Pinching Pennies and Tightening Our Belts…It’s All About Saving More and Spending Less
- Getting out without the kids
- Ask the Moms, part 16 – Playing favorites
- My favorite item in my diaper bag
- Transition
- What to Do: Ice
- Let the speculation begin
- Foodie Friday: Book review
- What's In My Bag
- Ask the Moms, part 15 – bathtime
- To test or not to test?
- Me and my camera, then and now
- "Let's Bring Those Babies!"
- The Birth Story of Sarah & Samantha – Born 12/26/06
- Product Reviews: Some fun things for the summer months
- No surprises
- Foodie Friday: Essential foods for the new mom
- The Never Ending Pregnancy
- Easter 2007: Birth Story
- Coming to Term(s)
- Aaron & Brady's Twin Birth Story
- Ask the Moms, part 14 – help for the new mom
- every which way
- LauraC: 3 months of bed rest, emergency c-section, and one week in the NICU
- Josh and Nate – The Birth Story
- What to Do – Rainbows
- My semi-planned c-section
- Be kind to your multi-babied friends
- Product Review: My Favorite Products of all Time!
- Foodie Friday: Pay it forward
- Ettiquette Question
- Angelina's having twins too??
- Confessions of a Scared Twin Mom
- Ask the Moms, Part 13 – the twinmobile
- Thoughts on Year Two with Twins
- The things you wait for
- Product review: bibs
- School's almost out!
- Gastronomy 2.0 : Eating with Twins on the Grow
- Eating Out
- Multiple Myth #27
- Ask the Moms, part 12 – more kids after multiples
- Set Point
- Making time-out work for multiples
- A new kind of outing
- Foodie Friday: Parents of multiples must eat too!
- Nap Nemesis
- No One Told Me It Would Be Like This
- Resisting Temptation
- Ask the Moms, part 11 – schedules and visitors
- Ringing the Dinner Bell
- A little piece of me back
- For every sitter, there is a season
- Calling all writers
- You've gotta have friends…
- Foodie Friday: Road trips with babies
- Lessons Learned from Jon and Kate Plus 8
- Ask the Moms, part 10 – schedules
- A Toddler, and Twins, and a Newborn – oh MY!
- Mommy Guilt
- Preparing your financial house for multiples
- Double trouble
- The first year….
- Foodie Friday: Ode to the baby mum-mum
- Staving Off Boredom
- Random Ramblings
- The Incredible Identical Fraternal Twins
- Product review: jogging strollers
- Ask the Moms, part 9 – Laundry mountain
- Growing, Growing, GONE!
- "If I had known then what I know now…"
- A word about baby clothes
- Product Reviews: TwinSpin-Tunes for Twins [CD]
- Foodie Friday: Mommy question #1
- I have a secret.
- Happy Birthday
- Can breastfeeding multiples work?
- Ask the Moms, part 8 – Sleeping through the night
- Celebrate the Similarity
- When breastfeeding multiples "fails"
- Far from home
- The "in" group
- Product Review: double strollers
- Oh Gross!
- Foodie Friday: Two babies, one meal?
- Twin Mom Stalker
- Baby Space
- Potty Pride Before a Fall…
- Ask the Moms, part 7 – Finding a pediatrician
- Classroom Thoughts
- Weekend Warrior!
- Goodbye, Graco
- I've been preparing for weeks now…
- Product Review: Burley d'lite
- The mess, oh the mess!
- Perspective
- Ask the Moms, part 6 – 'Equal' time
- Under construction
- Dear J. Lo,
- Sick twins
- Big kids
- Product review: My sleep "bible"
- Foodie Friday: Getting toddlers to eat
- Jennifer Lopez and her Twins
- Where's Mommy!?!
- Siblings at Heart
- Ask the Moms, part 5 – Pregnancy discomfort
- Wake up call
- Toddler Truth, Times Two
- The Dreaded Daycare Dropoff
- Sliding doors
- Product Review: Used stuff
- Finger foods follow-up
- The Importance of Photographs
- Matchy-Matchy?
- The Twin Card
- Safe At Home: More Than Babyproofing
- The Little Things
- Ask the Moms, part 4 – Newborn 'schedules'
- Movin' on up!
- Foodies
- The craziest twin comment directed at my kids
- Seasoned travelers
- Introduction to genetics….
- Product Review: GoGo Kidz Travelmate
- 2 babies + 1 spoon + 1 bowl = 1 meal
- Where did my house go?
- Ask-the-MoMs: Moo Moo
- Overheard: Mothers of Twins are "pretty amazing"
- Pumping For Advice
- Identical or fraternal rant
- My version of "normal"
- One baby envy
- J.Lo's Baby Names
- Product Review: 5 Products You Can Live Without
- How do you shop?
- We've fed the kids….now what do we eat?
- Little Ways your Little Ones Can Help!
- When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy
- I'm Still Here, You Know
- Ask the Moms, part 2 – Pregnancy nutrition
- Rock-a-Bye
- The post-partum twin belly: there is hope
- The man in your bed
- Inquiring twin moms want to know
- Semblance of my Former Self
- Product Review: Top 5 Baby Products You Need to Have for Multiples
- Battle of the Moms of Multiples
- Finger foods for little ones
- There Are Two Things In Life For Which We Are Never Truly Prepared: Twins
- The First Months: Actually Leaving the House
- Full moon philosophies
- Ask The Moms, part 1 – Travel
- The Milestone Competition
- One if by Land, Two if by…Mini Van?
- How American Gladiators ended a friendship
- How Do You Do It?
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