The other day, after being asked for the UMPTEENTH time "How do you cope with two?" I thought to myself, I really must find a new answer! My standard reply at the moment is "I just do!" Not very original I know. But it is the truth.

I just wondered if anyone else found this question mildly irritating, and how they replied????????????


Sharyn
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When the mood strikes me and dependant on the person asking etc I usually answer with a surprised look on my face and say "Oh!...is there an alternative???"

Otherwise you can just tell them how you do it. For instance "Well I get up at 6am so I can shower before DH gets up and be dressed by the time twins wake up, then I heat, milk, change bottom, serve breakfast, then I change another bottom ,serve breakfast, while they are eating I make DD's school lunch and her breakfast, pack her bags, lay out her clothes, etc etc" and keep going until they get what you are saying

Better yet you can just ignore them!

Jo

This comment makes me laugh... I got it today from my grandmother!

I am the same as Jo and usually just ask 'is there any other choice?'.

I mean ofcourse you cope... what other way is there to be? It also feels slightly negative to me... like they are saying that having twins must be so bad that you must be close to curling up into a foeatal position in the corner and moaning to yourself all day. Though I'm sure they are just trying to be nice....

Ofcourse you could also reply with 'It's easy when you are a prefect super-mother like I am!



Kate

How about saying "I don't" ... that should shut them up Or, "that is why we sold the third on EBay, two is hard enough!" Or "Oh my God - is there only two- I seem to have lost one!".

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Usually I say "I don't" only half jokingly. How the hell should I know, I don't have time to contemplate it, so I wish they would stop asking me.

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*LOL* Keep them coming ladies im taking notes and getting prepared for those stoopid questions..

I usually get asked this question by people with one baby...I usually say with twins you have to do thinks differently ie...there's not enough room in our bed for 2 extras so thats why theyve always slept in their own beds and they dont even consider ours an option....they eat in their highchairs instead of wandering around the house with me running after them trying to feed them because getting out of their highchairs is not an option until theyve finished eating...Im able to dress them quickly and get out the house reasonably quickly because its not an option to run off and muck about....etc etc etc....I then say how I can see how you might do things differently with only one because you do have, maybe, a bit more time on your hands to get the things done you need to do.

I then also add.....you just do what you have to do....




Caz Joel and Cam at 2 1/2years old