...you can shower and dress in under 5 minutes.
...you have competitions with your spouse to see who can change a diaper faster.
...you strategically volunteer to change one baby's diaper because you know the other one has a nasty one.
...as soon as you get one baby to stop crying, you start moving toward the next one because you know she'll start crying next.
...you ask if there is a twin discount at the grocery store.
...you think mean thoughts about people with one kid when they say that they "never have time" or "haven't slept in so long." Do you know how much time we would have if we only changed one diaper at a time, put one child into a carseat, put one baby down for a nap, or tried to comfort one baby after 4-month-old shots?
...you automatically double the cost of everything when trying to budget.
...you can't put the front seats in the car all the way back because two rear-facing carseats don't fit well in a cars or SUVs.
...strangers gather around your stroller and gawk.
...everyone looks at you and says, "wow, you've got your hands full."
...you feel like a margarita at noon.
...you are out strolling in your double-pink stroller and random people ask you "are they twins?", "are they boys?", and "are you sure they're not identical?"
...you go from paying extra money to the IRS one year to receiving a massive refund the next year--we love dependents!
...you can feed two babies at one time.
...you want to puke when people say, "I have kids just 10 months apart, and that's harder than having twins."
...you can't describe one child's development or symptoms without referencing the other's.
...restaurants seat you in the back corner table---and you still draw a crowd.
...you feed with your eyes closed because you are so tired.
...you go from stress to joy and back again about a thousand times a day.
...you can't imagine loving anything more, and then you look at your other baby and burst.
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| Do they look like boys? |
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| It only took 8 months to get to this point. |
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| Double the fun! |
