Since it’s that time of year, I thought I would write about an unfortunate experience a few weeks ago, when we found a tick engorged on S, one of our 2 year old twins. No one in our family had ever had a tick before that we knew of, even the dog, so it was a learning experience that I thought would be helpful to share here. I was washing S’s hair at bath time and felt something at the…
Welcome to my blog. Have Twins First is a blog offering advice to parents with a focus on what it’s like raising twins versus a singleton. I started this blog to help parents by writing about my own experiences raising twin girls and a singleton boy. I hope you enjoy reading and find some helpful tips. Thanks, Jeanne
When my twin girls were a few months old we were in the waiting room of the pediatricians office. There was another mom there with her twin boys that were about 6 years old and she told us she had another younger child as well. We were still in the whirlwind of having newborn twins and I remember how reassuring she was and it always stuck with me that she said “everyone should have twins first”. Recently having a third child,…