1. Choose a good mattress. Choosing the right mattress for your child can make the difference between a good nights sleep or a bad night’s sleep. Making sure your childs mattress provides enough comfort and support is important, therefore it is a good idea to have a look around and see what types are available. 2. Develop…
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We're all going on a summer holiday!
Read moreOh my god! Yes, it is true! We are all going on holiday! Twin Daddy, our twins, Twin Daddy’s 3 children and Twin Daddy’s mum, who has very generously paid for everything. I’m excited but also nervous. Twin Daddy and I did book a holiday last year to Haven, but we ended up cancelling it…
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Can a routine be flexible?
Read moreI have blogged previously (click here to read post) about routine and whether you should live your life around your babies routine or whether your baby should just fit into your every day life. For the past few months Twin Daddy and I have definitely allowed the girls to dictate our lives. By that I…
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Cuddles
Read moreWhen our girls were babies, I absolutely loved it when they fell asleep on my chest. I loved cuddling them and watching them sleeping peacefully. They soon grew out of it though and I wondered if I would ever have any more cuddles from them! The last month, both girls have learnt how to cuddle…
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Sleeping Update
Read moreThings haven’t been great lately with regard to the girls night time sleep. Their daytime naps are fine. They still have a 30 minute nap at 9am, followed by a 90 minute nap after lunch, at 1230pm. Night time, however, has become harder. Both girls would wake more or less within an hour of us…
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Does it get easier?
Read moreI’ve written quite a few posts since starting our blog a few months back and in a few of those posts I have said that I found the first 6 months the easiest. The first month of our girls lives was spent in special care. Now, obviously that wasn’t easy. Suffice to say that was…
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Daytime Naps – Update
Read moreTwin daddy and I have come to the conclusion that our girls need to have a better daytime nap routine. Since Tuesday of this week, instead of allowing our girls to have 3 half hour naps a day, we have managed to whittle this down to 2 naps, totaling 2 and a half hours. Here is our…
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What happened to sleep?
Read moreI have heard a number of times over the last few weeks from lots of different women, that mums who say their baby sleeps through the night must be lying. Our twin girls have always slept through the night and have done so from about 10 weeks of age. I don’t know why. We didn’t…