Congratulations on expecting twins, I have 5 year old twin boys, non id, and they are an absolute joy and mischevious little beggars. On thier 4th birthday they managed to crash my car between them. One pressed the button on the handbrake while the other sat on the handle. I was right next to the car speaking to thier nursery keyworker and hadn’t strapped them in yet!!! My one piece of advice is never to underestimate your twins when they get older as what one child is incapable of two children can achieve with ease. The other piece of advice I would give to you would be to have a routine from the very start. If you are bottle feeding then have 24hrs worth ready. If you are breastfeeding then try and have 24hrs worth ready (i.e breast pump) as it is much easier and it gives Mum a break from the start. It is a personal choice, but I couldn’t have coped otherwise, although the boys were 8 wks prem and tube fed for a long time so I had to express. Hope this helps and enjoyit while they are babies as it gets a lot harder as they get older.
J

Hi Jane

Thanks very much for the advice and comments. I think I’ll pass them directoy to my wife. It’s not that I’m squeamish, I just struggle with the whole breast pump thing.

And I take your point about not under-estimating the twins. Our secret weapon in all this is Monty, our two and a bit year old. If things get too much for us I’ll just send him in first and let him sort out the twins.

Note to self - don’t let them crash my car until at least their 18th birthday. Still, I guess it menas yours started early and got it out of the way so they won’t have to do it again later…

Thanks again for the advice! Luke