How To Get One on One Time with Older Siblings of Twins.

It has to be tough to be an older sibling of twins sometimes.

Older siblings, in general, have to learn from a young age how to wait for attention. Yes, twins have to do this too. But twins don’t know anything different than sharing attention, while older singletons do.

Older siblings of twins also have to deal with all the twin attention their younger siblings get. Twin babies draw a crowd, and older siblings can be pushed aside in the curiosity.

It can be easy for older singletons to feel as though they aren’t as special or important as their twin siblings. And no twin mom wants them to feel that way.

Here are 5 ways to get that valuable one on one time with older siblings of twins.

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Truths about c-sections with twins.

When you find out that you’re having twins, you generally also find out you’re having a C-section. It’s something that is always on the table because twin pregnancy is very unpredictable, and that might be scary.

But the truth about C-sections?

Well, I have a handful to share. But the big truth is that no matter how prepared you think you might be; you aren’t.

I had countless people walk in and out of my hospital room over the following days performing various tests and instructing me on what might come at any moment. Luckily, my doctors got me well enough to keep baking those babies for another four weeks before I stopped responding to medication and needed an emergency C-section.

Even with those four weeks of prep time, knowing I was going to have a C-section, I wasn’t ready.

I learned a lot from my emergency C-section and a lot of them you don’t get the chance to read about until you’ve already had the C-section and went through them yourself.

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Twin Escalation Syndrome

Have you ever had both your twins tantruming or freaking out at the same time? Does it feel like you are dealing with way more than just two babies or toddlers at once?

One child having a tantrum can be stressful, but why does having multiples feel like you have six kids tantruming?

The answer is twin escalation syndrome. You aren’t crazy, twins can rile each other up like nothing else.

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