Say Say Oh Playmate...won't you come play with me

Everyone always asks me how I "do it" with twins; they say that they know how it is with one baby... but two???   I hear all about "double trouble" and "you have your hands full" and the "god bless you, I know I couldn't do it!". When I was pregnant people would tell me that it would be hard at first, but over time it would get easier.

So first of all, I disagree with the "hard at first but then gets easier" statement. For the first few months, even though there were challenges no doubt, all the girls really did was eat, sleep, and poop- what's so hard about that? At least not hard compared to later months; especially the months when they became mobile:)

Gone are the days when you could just plop them down and they wouldn't (couldn't) wander; they do tend to run in different directions whenever possible which does make things a bit challenging. Gone are also the days that they were unaware of each other.

Now that they are very aware of each other, we have the fighting over who plays with what toy, who reads what book, who gets carried, who sits in who's lap. We have the hair-pulling and the biting. We have the ear-tugging and the nose-pulling. We have the pushing, shoving, yelling, screaming, pouting, and over-the-head toy bopping.

On the other hand, we have the snack-sharing and back-rubbing; we have the laughter and the mimicking. We  have the shrieks of delight and jabbering. We have the smiling, tickling, giggling, consoling, and forever playmate... we have twins!

So while people are constantly reminding me of how hard it must be or is 'supposed ' to be. I just say: First, I don't know anything different, and second, now, I think we may actually have it easier than those folks with just one... because they have a consistent playmate and friend to keep them occupied!, The one exception of course is that they also have a partner in crime:)