The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
Why I Shouldn?t Check My Referrals
2007-11-29 21:57:00 I can check what sites referred people here. That’s how I find out about the crazy searches that land people on this site. Today I had a lesson on why I shouldn’t follow those links. I’ve asked that this Facebook group be removed for harassment so by the time you read this it ... More About: Breastfeeding , Check , Refer
Breastfeeding Twins Tips - Follow Up
2007-11-28 06:00:00 A recent comment on the old post Breastfeeding Twins Tips was unimpressed with the advice to get a copy of Mothering Multiples and the EZ-2-Nurse Twins pillow. The guy noted that women all over the world throughout all of history have been nursing without books or special pillows so why throw in the extra ...
Things Not to Say to Your Post-Partum Partner
2007-11-27 13:35:00 Hey, look! You did get stretch marks! I guess it’s really hard to lose all the baby weight. I’ll babysit the kids this weekend so you can have a few hours off. I’d like to quit my job and stay home doing nothing all day. That sounds great. All my friends at work say their kids ... More About: Partner , Post , Things
Win a Subscription to Old House Interiors
2007-11-26 15:50:00 Old House Interiors covers American period design from 1700 to 1940, with articles on restorations, interpretive use of period decorating, sensitive kitchens and baths, furnishings, color, textiles, and more. Coverage extends to architectural styles and gardens. It’s a truly beautiful magazine with intelligent writing. To win it, leave a comment telling me what the ... More About: Contest , Old House
Something I Learned Over Thanksgiving
2007-11-26 13:16:00 I am the stupidest woman alive. I carefully took the battery out of my camera to charge, carefully put the camera in a bag, carefully put the bag in the car. Guess which step I forgot? There are no Thanksgiving photos from me. Oh well. More About: Learned , Hank , Some
New Words and A Sentence
2007-11-25 23:06:00 Before Thanksgiving F added an almost unintelligible “chicken” “kitty” and “dog” to her vocabulary. Over the Thankgiving holiday she added quite clear versions of “hi” “hello” and “ball”. J uttered his first sentence after he reached for a water glass the day after Thanksgiving and I took it away. “I want it.” ... More About: Words , Sentence
It?s Black Friday!
2007-11-23 06:00:00 Well, today is the day of shopping. If you don’t want to deal with parking lots, another crunchy online store has opened up. You can use the coupon code GRANDOPENING at Non-Toxic Tots to save 15% off of your first purchase. More About: Black , Friday , Black Friday
Happy American Thanksgiving
2007-11-22 06:00:00 That’s all. More About: Thanksgiving , American , Happy , Hank
Win A Subscription to Bon Appetite
2007-11-19 15:35:00 Join me in my “make every cover” project. To enter, just leave a comment telling me which Google ad displayed with this post and confirm that you voted for Mason. You can enter multiple times but you can only vote for Mason once. Yes, you can use this as a Christmas gift ... More About: Contest
Vote For Mason (round 2)
2007-11-19 14:00:00 Mason has made it to round 2! Now we get to vote for him again in our ongoing attempt to get Erica’s child $5,000. It’s the same drill as before. You vote, they send you a confirmation email, you click on the link in the email. Don’t forget to enter your own munchkin ... More About: Contest , Vote , Round , Mason
Jumping
2007-11-19 06:00:00 J learned to jump off the front step by himself on Saturday. More About: Photos , Jumping
Internet Typo
2007-11-18 13:59:00 I can neither type nor spell any more thanks to the Internet , but now and again I see a typo that makes me laugh. My house is invested with mice! (What do they recommend? Stocks? Mutual funds?) More About: Typo
The Sleep Just Keeps Going
2007-11-17 14:08:00 J declined to sleep for much of last night. He went to bed late, he got up early, he woke up in the midst of that. I’m so tired of being in this fog. Last night I said, “I used to be smart” and Brian said, “You’re still smart but you’ve been ... More About: Sleep , Going , Goin
In Which I Am Brusque
2007-11-16 06:00:00 Guy at Door: Hi… Me: Politics or selling something? Guy at Door: Ummm…politics. Me: Democrat or Republican. Guy at Door: Well, Democrat, but… Me: Do you want money or just for me to sign something? Guy at Door: Well, both… Me: I’m not giving you money but I might sign something. Let me ...
Parenting Ideals Revisted - Cliff Note Version
2007-11-15 15:52:00 9 Months: Oh, I don’t want them to have any processed sugar. 16 Months: They’ll split a chocolate chip pancake and I’ll have a mimosa. More About: Parenting , Note , Cliff , Version , Parent
Parenting Ideals Revisited
2007-11-15 15:31:00 Now that we are well into our second year of this parenting gig I thought I would see how well my hippy/AP ideals have held up in the harsh reality. Natural Birth Well, that didn’t exactly work out. Bummer. Maybe next time. (And, no, that’s not some kind of subtle announcement.) This ... More About: Parenting , Parent , Pare
Vote for Mason!
2007-11-13 14:03:00 Go vote for Mason . His mother is a regular reader here (she won the summer photo contest, which was sans the drama of the fall contest) and Mason is adorable. He is also entered to win a radio contest for $5,000 which is a pretty penny in Ye Olde College Fund. He’s Mason 1 ... More About: Contest , Vote
Sharing
2007-11-13 12:00:00 Last night F was hauling around her stuffed chicken. This has been a recent rediscovery and after languishing unloved in the bottom of the bin since Christmas the chicken is suddenly a hot item. J was screaming and screeching and crying and wailing because he wanted the chicken. We tried to distract ... More About: Sharing , Shari , Hari
Balancing Act
2007-11-12 06:00:00 Change Diapers Breastfeed Dress Children Prepare Breakfast for Children Clean Children, Floor, Dishes and High Chairs up after Breakfast Read Books Play with Puzzles Prepare Snack Clean Up After Snack Remove Children From High Places Take Photographs Kiss Away Boo-boos Teach Latin Online Go to Playgroup / Gentle Touch / Twins Group / Mall Put Children Down for Nap Write Meal Planning Grocery Shopping Laundry Make Lunch Clean up after Lunch Play in Yard Go for Walks Manage ...
Curmudgeon
2007-11-11 06:00:00 Playgroup has moved indoors to a play place that has the coolest playscapes ever. There is a giant wooden pirate ship that is easily the size of my dining room. It has two levels and a drawbridge. It is also several thousand dollars. And you can get a larger one that ...
Just in Time for Christmas?
2007-11-10 14:00:00 Sure, I did one post on toy discount shopping codes, but that is what Sara’s Toy Box DOES. She tracks down companies and quizzes them about their safety policies and gets them to offer up discount shopping codes. She’s got toy reviews and a list of the good online toy merchants. ... More About: Christmas , Time , Just in time
(Mostly) Indoor Things to Do with Toddlers in Winter
2007-11-08 14:08:00 Storytime. Your local library will have a story time, as do most chain bookstores. Even our local Pottery Barn Kids has a story time once a week. Bathtub Finger Paints. Strip them down and use colored whipped cream or pudding so that when they eat it, well, no big deal. Science Centers / Museums. ... More About: Winter , Things , Toddlers
16 Months Developmental Milestones
2007-11-08 04:25:00 I have “graduated” from my previous developmental charts.This is a pretty huge chart drawn from Dr. Sears’ The Baby Book. I have put a star (*) in the column indicating the time frame in which a skill is standard, and a J when J reaches that milestone and an F when F does. ... More About: Milestones , Months , Month , Tone , Stones
Growing Up
2007-11-07 02:46:00 F broke the tail off her wooden pull toy cat today. Then she hid the evidence of her crime, putting the tail at the bottom of her toy basket. Yep. Should I call this a “developmental milestone”? More About: Growing , Growing Up
Nope. I Was Right
2007-11-06 17:00:00 There was recently a totally random comment on the old Multiples are Not a Freakshow post that claims (I think) that the triplet mother who made the video was just an attention whore. I remember when I was out with infants; Brian and I would take bets on how many people would stop us. ...
Profile Shot
2007-11-06 02:03:00 His mouth is open like that to breathe because the poor kid is stuffed up. I am too. Grump. More About: Photos , Profile , Shot , Profil
Sick at Chez Twinkie
2007-11-05 22:00:00 We’re sick here at Chez Twinkie. We were supposed to go to a Halloween/Samhaim party Sunday and I opted out a few days before because both kids had become snot factories. Although I had to admire their productivity the product was a little yucky and I doubted anyone else wanted to share in ... More About: Sick
Coupon Code for Our Green House
2007-11-05 16:04:00 Ask and ye shall receive. I’m on the mailing list for Our Green House , which is a company that sells eco-friendly goodies, including toys. When I got the latest mass email I emailed back and asked if there was a coupon code they’d be willing to share. You can get 10% off their toy ... More About: Code , Coupon
Again, Thank You
More articles from this author:2007-11-04 15:50:00 I just wrote out checks to send to the kids’ college funds thanks to your ongoing interest in Google’s ad offerings. You, too, can add ads. You won’t make a fortune, but a few extra dollars in the 529 account never hurt anyone. The targeting is kind of funny - whenever I ... More About: Hank 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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