The other thread "guilt" about spending more time with one baby got me thinking about other things I feel guilty about with my twins. So - confession time:
- my girls have never been swimming. I love swimming and I think if I had had one baby at a time I would have been swimming with them lots, taken them to waterbabies etc. But it all just seems so hard with 2 - can't face it alone and weekends when DH is home it all just seems like such a lot to organise. And now I've left it so long they'll probably freak out anyway (like the couple of times I tried them in the paddling pool and it ended up with me in it and them watching and shaking with fear!)
- I keep them confined to their buggy when singletons are out and about. There's a cafe we go to often which has a play area in the corner. I deliberately park the buggy away from it (so they can't see it) and the girls sit in the buggy and eat their morning tea and then we leave. I know the staff quite well now and they asked me the other day if the girls can walk cos they've never seen them out of the buggy! Mean, aren't I? But they're quite happy sitting and munching and I just can't see the point of getting them out only to have the fight to get them away from the toys and back into the buggy.
I'm sure there are lots of other things I feel guilty about from time to time. Anyone else got any to add??
Maree
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