LadyNicci has me all a fluster trying to think of only ten things that make me happy. I'm not too happy that I am about to detox until Christmas so this list will be a memory for when I am finding things tough over the coming months. Outside of the usual suspects of the kids,... Continue Reading →
Questions to never(ever) ask a multiple parent..
Are they natural? Yes, look if I pinch them for you they will cry... or be prepared to be asked how your sex life is! Aw look you have two boys.(back in the squishy newborn days) Yes the boy wearing a dress with a hairband is obviously a boy...... Double the trouble. Do... Continue Reading →
Distractions
The day of the twins third birthday party as the hot food was cooking in the oven and thirty minutes before the party was due to start our electricity went. It was a Saturday afternoon, slightly rainy but warm( welcome to Irish summers!) and we expected the power to come back moments later. But it... Continue Reading →
And then they were three
We celebrated the twins third birthdays' last week and it is sometimes hard to believe I have two toddlers, let alone now, two three year olds ! I scribbled this post the other night after their birthday party, I was a little emotional as I always get on their birthday. This is for B and... Continue Reading →
Then versus now. Pregnancy and parenting, the early days.
Finding out you are pregnant Back when my mam was expecting me, her first child, she had to wait two days to confirm she was indeed pregnant after a trip to the doctors. These days we don't even have to wait for a missed cycle before we can find out a baby is due,with early detection... Continue Reading →
Giving the twins freedom and not losing any hair in the process.
There will come a day when you will give up your double buggy after one too many black eyes( I joke) from wrestling your twins into their seats . You will have had one too many stressful situations trying to manipulate two rigid kids into what they deem a medieval torture holding device and will... Continue Reading →
Soggy socks & sippy cups – From boob to beakers
Soggy socks set me off tonight on a trip down memory lane! As I squelched into the kitchen for the umpteenth time that evening for kitchen roll to mop up a pool of water on the ground I smiled back fondly to days of simple choices of left or right. There was little to zero... Continue Reading →
Does the worry ever leave?
We need you to lie on your left hand side in this bed and only get up for the toilet for the next few weeks. We need you to get to 26 weeks to intervene if they come early. Let me start by saying we are living a happy ending but I will admit that... Continue Reading →
Peek a Poo
Originally posted on DodeestoDaquiris:
Have I caught your attention ? From the minute our children enter the world we talk about poo. I bet it doesn’t take much to cast your mind back to that lovely first meconium .. It’s something we get to know in such intimate detail from that very first experience to…



