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10 Reasons Why Being A Twin Mom Is Awesome

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I was never one of those people who hoped I’d have twins. When I had my first baby, I had a friend who had twins around the same time and I remember thinking better her than me. One newborn was enough work. I was perfectly content popping one baby out at a time.

Fast forward to my second pregnancy. I went in for my 20 week ultrasound and after looking around a bit, the first words to come out of the ultrasound technician’s mouth were, “So did you know you’re having twins?” No. No we did not. We simply thought we were going to find out if we were having a boy or girl that day. Instead, we found out that we were halfway through a twin pregnancy.

The moment I became a twin mom, my life changed forever…in the best possible way.

Don’t get me wrong. The first year was HARD. Harder than anything I’ve done in my life. It was pure survival mode. If you know a twin mom, I’m sure you’ve felt her desire for you to know and understand just how difficult it is. It’s true, we do kind of want you to recognize that having twins is no walk in the park.

However, we also want you to know that being a twin mom is one of the best things that can happen to a person. Don’t pity us too much because while it’s obviously double the work, we’re also having double the fun.

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10 Reasons Why Being a Twin Mom Is Awesome

1. ONE pregnancy. We might have been HUGE and uncomfortable, but we only had to go through one labor and delivery, one recovery, one sleep deprived newborn stage, and we got TWO babies!

2. Extra daddy bonding. While many dads of singletons were sleeping during middle of the night feedings, our men were in the rocking chair next to us, and are now totally empathetic when they hear us say “I’m exhausted.”

3. Celebrity status. It’s a bit of a thrill being a twin mom when we venture out in public. We’re almost always stopped and get lots of questions and attention from strangers. And while we might get tired of a million people a day telling us we have our hands full, we also know that means our hearts are too.

4. We don’t judge. We’ve likely found ourselves in every embarrassing new mom circumstance, which may or may not include pumping in the car while going through the Starbucks drive-thru with screaming babies. So when we see a mom of a singleton doing really anything that other moms might sneer at, we’re gonna give you a high five and hand you a Bux gift card.

5. We view milestones as estimations. It’s fascinating to watch two babies grow at the same time. Even identical twins, who are genetically the same, develop at different rates. Instead of comparing them, we notice that each has been gifted in different ways. We aren’t stressed if they hit milestones exactly on time or not, we celebrate their uniqueness.

6. Built in besties. There is nothing sweeter than watching two babies giggle back and forth, communicate in their own language, chase each other around the kitchen, or play peek-a-boo together. Honestly, after they learn to sit up, a twin mom’s job becomes more of an observer than an entertainer!

7. More time at Target. When you’re a mom of multiples, shopping has to be about convenience. Thankfully, Target knows this and has blessed us with the mega cart, making it one of the few places a twin mom can easily take her crew. Target runs being totally justified? Hallelujah.

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8. Sharing is caring. Twins have to share everything. We don’t have to work as hard teaching them to share and take turns because they’ve been doing it since birth! They learn from a young age that life is not about them, and it’s so sweet to see the compassion they have for one another, even if it does come in the form of sounding like crying fire sirens.

9. Matching and coordinating. Before twins, I never thought I’d be one of those moms who had the matchy-matchy twins. But it must be of those twin mom phenomenons. It’s just SO MUCH FUN.

10. Double the love. Our hearts explode and our love multiplies constantly. Seeing two smiling babies pop up after nap time, ready to snuggle with mommy is enough to convince us that we’d go through every difficult moment again in a heartbeat.

The list goes on and on. The next time you see a twin mom, tell her how lucky she is. One of our favorite things is when other people acknowledge the double blessing it is to be a mom of multiples!

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51 comments

Mary May 14, 2015 at 8:20 PM

My identical twins are 40!!!! Yes, I made it!!! I agree with article that first year was very hard, but the father has to help which is good. We knew we were having twins but did not know gender.
Every stage was wonderful. I loved every minute when they were young and love it now as my two lovely girls are married with children of their own.

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Dorothy December 23, 2015 at 1:56 PM

I never thought I’d dress my boys alike, but another twin mom told me that when you’re trying to keep an eye on both of them, our brains are so good at pattern matching that it makes it much easier to spot them quickly. Now that they are toddlers running every which way, this has been a huge help.

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Jennifer December 28, 2015 at 5:37 PM

Where are the denim headbands from?

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Diane Peterson January 4, 2016 at 5:35 AM

Agree totally with everything you have said. Mine will be 21 soon and I wouldn’t change a thing. They are still their own best friends, just don’t dress alike anymore!

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