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How to Get Twins to Crawl
We got a question asking for some ideas on how to get twins to crawl. A dad wrote to say his twins are 12 months old, and he says that they will still not crawl. He’s tried everything, including...
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Teaching Your Twins How to Swim
Safety First The most important thing to remember while taking your twins swimming is to be safe. This means that your personal enjoyment takes second place to the safety of your kids. You are the...
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Preparing Bottles for Twins
After unsuccessfully trying to breastfeed our newborn twins, we quickly moved to bottle feeding. At first my wife pumped and we filled bottles with breast milk. After several weeks of this, we switched...
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Rules for Raising Twin Babies
I found a great article over at thefatheroftwins.com, where Mike Crider shared 41 rules for raising twin babies. I went through his list of rules, and it’s a great list for you to check out. But today...
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Getting Older Kids Settled
So I got a question from a dad who asks about an issue that he’s having. He says, “I’m having trouble getting my other four young children situated or should I say settled so my wife and I can focus on...
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Can We Travel Once the Twins Arrive?
One of our readers asked, “Will we be able to continue traveling once the twins arrive?” You will, but not at first. We traveled with our girls for day trips by car when they were still infants and by...
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Handling Both Twins at the Same Time
I recently was asked, “Will I be able to handle both twins at the same time while performing basic activities?” The answer is that it depends on the activity that you’re trying to do. If you have both...
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How Do You Manage an Older Child’s Feelings?
This question comes from Brandon. He asks, “How did you manage an older child’s feelings and the inability to spend as much one-on-one time with them as you would like?” Well, Brandon, we do have two...
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How Do You Balance Work and Time With Kids?
Here is a question from Jarred. He asks, “I’m struggling with balancing being there for my kids, but also working enough to provide for them. Do you have any insight on how we can successfully balance...
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Favoritism When Raising Twins
The circumstances of having twins often highlights the differences between each child, and you might find yourself gravitating toward one child over the other. Favoritism when raising twins is natural,...
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Do Twins Develop Faster than Singletons?
We got a question about whether twins develop faster than a single child because they can feed off of each other’s progress and development. The answer here is not necessarily. They’re not necessarily...
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Difference Between Parenting Twins and Just One Child
Today we’ve got a great question from the community of fathers of twins like you. The question is, “What can I expect to be new after twins are born that isn’t what I deal with having just one baby?”...
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What if One Twin Needs More Attention than the Other?
Question: “Is there a concern if one of the babies needs more attention than the other or you end up holding one more than the other? Is it important to make sure to split time pretty evenly for...
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How to Keep Twins From Fighting
This question is something that each of us with twins struggles with regardless of the age as soon as they start interacting with each other. “How do you stop twins from fighting?” So if your twins...
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Balancing the Needs of Twins and Older Siblings at Day Care
The next question is about daycare. This mom writes in and says that, “Big sister’s daycare is about to get the twins as well.” And so she’s worried about her singleton being overshadowed by the twins...
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Top Advice From Twin Parents
What’s the best twin advice you have ever received? That’s the question I asked you, the Dad’s Guide to Twins community. Here’s what you said: Giving Attention “Don’t feel guilty if one twin needs more...
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How Dad Can Help Mom’s Mental Health when Raising Twins
Here is a question from a father of twins. He’s worried about his wife’s mental health. He says that she’s all alone with the boys while he’s at work and he knows that it’s stressful for her. And so...
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Feeding Both Twins at the Same Time
Here is a question from Duncan. He says he’s got twin girls who are seven weeks old, and one of the girls is a good eater but the other one usually takes longer and is a little more fussy. How do you...
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Affordable Chairs for Feeding Time with Twins
This question is from a parent who says, “I have 1-year-old twin boys. What would you recommend for feeding them? I used to feed my boys in their walkers. But since now they’re walking they throw fits...
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Are your twins natural?
Something about having twins seems to attract the most probing and personal questions from complete strangers. One particularly grating question is: “are they natural?” This question is loaded with...
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