You typically see postpartum depression represented as a mom lying in bed all day, lethargic, crying, with little to no interest in taking care of herself or her newborn baby.
That was NOT my experience.
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“I. DON’T. WANNA. SLEEP!” screamed my one month shy of a 4-year-old at the top of his lungs, directly into my face. I’d like to say this was a one-off occurrence brought on by severe overtiredness.
But it wasn’t.
This, along with other unwanted behaviors, had become our new normal. Primarily with the midday nap, but not exclusively.
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Full disclosure: This is NOT a post about potty training twins in X number of days because that has not been my experience.
Even after potty training for 2 weeks, I didn’t consider my boys fully potty trained. They used the toilet regularly and didn’t wear diapers during the day, but I was still actively thinking and worrying about accidents.
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Potty training twins has been one of the most challenging parts of parenting I’ve done to date. The hard truth is, all of that had to do with me.
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Mama, I have good news. After the newborn stage, combo-feeding gets a bit easier with twins.
By 4 months, you’ve probably mastered tandem nursing and are well into the prop-to-bottle phase. Soon enough, your babes will hold their own bottles while you gaze lovingly at them, sipping your hopefully hot coffee.
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Real talk: I spent the first year of my boys’ lives trying to kick formula to the curb. Due to a lack of medical support, proper research on my part, and a pandemic leaving us isolated without hands-on assistance, we fell into supplementing with formula.
At my boys’ four-month check-up, I finally put my foot down and announced I was going to try exclusively breastfeeding.
Spoiler alert: it was an epic failure.
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I was always under the impression there were only two ways to feed a baby: exclusively breastfeeding or formula bottle feeding. After getting pregnant, I learned exclusively pumping and bottle feeding breastmilk was also a primary feeding option.
There is also the unique (and exhausting) hybrid of all three. This post is all about combo-feeding twins from birth through three months.