I couldn't see a group for us mums and dads with twins or triplets between 12 months and two years, so I though that I would start one for us as well. Actually I can't remember who else has bubs around the same ages as mine.

Come out wherever your are!!!!!!!

Dolph

Mum to
DS Bailey 6
DS Jesse 3.5
DD/DS Summer & Taylor 1

Step-Mum to Elodie & Brooke

Here we are!! Melissa with Katherine and Rebecca 15 months old.

I'm glad you started this as I hadn't noticed a thread for this age group either.

Take care,
Mel

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Oh us too!!!! Sharyn with Hannah and Josie at 16m!

We are just about walking and wanting to feed ourselves at the moment...so mealtimes have become something of a circus at our place! I guess twins and MESS just go hand in hand. I am so grateful for our timber floors in the dining room right now! P

Sharyn
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Here we are too, it's Jo here with 18.5 month old Joseph and Scarlett We've been hanging out in the 2+ group to see what's to come..fair warning..it's SCARY!

Jo

I'm here too - although only for another 2 months (how scary is that?) Paige & Hannah are 22 months and growing up too fast. Sharyn - I hear you on the floorboards, I hate to think what carpet would look like after just one meal! I go through a lot of floor cleaner though!

We are having day time nap dramas for the last 2 weeks - they've gone off the idea. NNNNNoooooo! I'm experimenting with different nap times at the moment to see if any time works better than another but am not hopeful. Next step is to try separate rooms and see if that makes a difference (they 'chat' incessantly). I don't really want to do that, but would rather work around the inconvenience and get some sleep into them!

Wish me luck!

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)

I am so proud of my sweet angel Hannah who last night mastered her fork and fed herself her entire dinnertime meal...roast chicken, baked potato and vegies. The concentration on her face was just priceless...even tried to get each little pea on her fork.

Also last night she decided to potter around the loungeroom, she has been taking more and more steps each day, but last night she just got up and walked across the room. Josie was watching all this and decided she should have a go too...and took quite a few steps, more than she has down before. Quite a momentus evening for our house last night. such a proud Twinmomma!!!!!

Sharyn
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Hi all,

Well done Hannah! Scarlett gets quite shirty lately if we try to feed her so we HAVE to give her a spoon/fork now or she refuses to eat!
Sharyn, did Meg get all excited about the twins walking? Abbey was beside herself when Joe started getting about and was the same when Scarlett finally joined in too!

We had a good twin day today, took Joe for a haircut this morning (they hacked his beautiful thick hair to pieces..I'm devastated!!!!) but then went fo rtheir 18 month checkup. They are doing really well and Scar is actually heavier than Joe now (not by much!) and Joe has grown much taller (3cm in 2 months) and is coming up the chart a bit more for his weight. Scarlett also going along nicely for her height too.

Anyone know when we can use pillows in cots? I forgot to ask today!

Jo

hi Everyone
It is great to see a discussion for under 2's
my girls are 14 1/2 months and both are walking finally.
You can use pillows from 2 yrs I think.
we are having 1 2hr sleep a day which is great for me. and I get a lot done ie resting and recharging batteries for the afternoon and dinner time hell.
thanks for listening
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YES JO! Meg is hilarious with the girls...I get a running commentary when I am not in the room with them. "MUM! Hannah just took a step!....MUM! Josie stood up!...MUM! Hannah fell over...MUM! The girls are jumping on me!" and so on and so forth. She is super excited about them starting to walk. I think she sees them more as little people now, not babies. IYKWIM And Josie always goes to Meg for help with her walking, she puts her hands up for Meg to hold them and walk her round the house. Hannah would prefer to do it herself, much more of an independent spirit our Hannah, hence the feeding etc. Josie will use a spoon herself, but still likes to be fed, Hannah will only take a few bites offerd to her most times.

It's such a wonderful age of development and learning new skills, never a dull moment.

Re: the pillow. I think from age two they can use one of those Junior pillows. Meg only had a pillow when she went into her big bed, and she was nearly three.

Sharyn
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DH David



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Hi all

Watching the Dr Phil update (its still making my skin crawl BTW) while my 2 are in bed - notice I did not say sleeping?

Our two have had pillows for a few months (the Tontine Junior pillow). We gave them one to try and teach them to sleep down one end of the cot in preparation for big beds. They don't really use them but at least they now START each night at the same end of the cot.

Still having nap dramas :mad: It reall throws the whole day out! I have tried everything I can think of, but no luck so far. I have avoided separating them as that's a bit of a pain, but I've set up the port-a-cot in my room today just in case. I'm going to give them 1/2 hr to get the chat out of their system and if they're not asleep, I'm going to separate them.

Of course when they were at Mum's yesterday they slept for 2.5 and 3 hours each!! And that's in the same room (which is quite light), and in port-a-cots! Just what I needed - another reason for Grandma to think I don't know what I'm doing! Maybe I should just send them there every nap time and go and get my nails done or something.

Hope everyone is managing to avoid the snot monster!

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)

Another one here glad to have wooden floors! Glad to hear everyone is having pretty much the same dramas as me! My two are currently chatting away in their room while they are supposed to be sleeping! Tia has been fighting her morning naps but Charlotte still loves hers but won't go down unless Tia goes to... |:

Tia has been walking since 11months and 1day, Charlotte has only been walking for a couple of weeks now and sticks one leg out to the side so we have to go and see a physio after having her checked out by our paediatrician.

Heather

Yey, so there you all are.

A quick update on my two little devils.

Such an amazing age as I remember from my other two but with double the personalities its so much fun. (well most of the time)

Taylor is taking more and more steps each day and is a full on BOY. Into balls, cars and bashing up his sister. Summer is my real girly Girl that I dreamed of. Loves her dolls, dress ups, prams and jewellery. This is proof that things like that are very genetic as we try to offer them the same things but they choose differently.
Both feeding themselves in their highchairs and are managing really well with the spoon. Another one here that loves the wooden floorboards.

Sleeping is going great with only one big sleep a day now and sometimes a short nap in the afternoon. Then dinner, bath and boob and down for the night at about 6.30pm. Summer sometimes wakes for a little drink at about 10pm but I don't mind as these guys will be my last two bubs to be breastfed.
Thats about it. Love reading everyones stories for this age and look forward to sharing many more milestones

Dolph

Mum to
DS Bailey 6
DS Jesse 3.5
DD/DS Summer & Taylor 1

Step-Mum to Elodie & Brooke

Count me in, please!
What a great initiative Dolph!

Nathan and Jeremy are almost 16 months.
They just started walking and getting more and more active.
They have been very talkative and say quite a lot of words in mixed languages.

They haven't been great sleepers since day 1, but I have started to accept the fact that not all babies are the same
(they only have maximum two 30 min naps during the day and around 10-11 hours sleep at night time).

Regards,

Emilia 30
DH 33
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Just popping in while I can get EB to load to say 'me too!'

My girls are almost 21 months and getting so close to two that it's scary! But I keep telling myself that they would only be just over 18 months had they been born on time so I can Lull myself into a false sense of security!

For the first time ever I am actually enjoying having twins as the girls are lovely alot of the time, and horrible the rest of the time! And there is noooooo way I am checking out the 2years plus thread... I see enough 2 year old singletons to scare me witless!

Anyway had better go make the most of EB while I can and I promise to be more of a regular when/if we ever get our isdn connection installed!

hugs

Kate

We are moving house! Yipee!!

Hi,

Well I thought I better come back and tell you all a bit about the girls. Katherine and Rebecca are almost 16 months (My god where did the time go!) both are walking and are in to everything.

Rebecca can reach the light switches so is constantly turning them on and off. They both love to climb up on to the coffee table and last night I found them sitting on the oven door. Luckily it was off and hadn't been used all day so was completely cold.

They have started to talk and can both say a few words but do run up to tell you long stories which mean absolutely nothing to us but obviously do to them.

Hope you are all well and have a lovely weekend.

Take care,
Mel

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Don't you love that baby garble! We get these great monologues from one or the other that obviously has great significance to them, but mostly gobbledegook to us! We are starting to get a few more words that make sense now, but they still seem a ways of real talking yet. We have been trying to get them to say their names, but "Hannah" gets confused with "nana" (banana) and Nanna. We get "Tata" and "Byebye" and "hello" from Josie and we think Hannah can say "Meg", but have only heard it once or twice. If you ask them if they would like a snack they both say "nana", their favourite food!

We had a great giggle last night...my six year old was being her usual crazy self and was GARGLING her drink of water instead of DRINKING it, and Hannah decided to co py her. She threw her head back and started rollimg her tongue around her mouth to make the gargling sound...of course Meg's mouthful of water ended up all over the floor!!!!!™ ;pï

Sharyn
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Hello, hope everyone is having a lovely weekend We are having a GREAT one. The girls had their first sleepover at Grandma's last night in honour of DH's birthday - we went out for dinner and stayed at a hotel. We were planning a nice sleep in, but still woke up at the girls' normal 'get up' time! Still, it was nice to not have to get up and just lie around instead - not to mention, not having to make brekky, unpack the dishwasher, get kids dressed etc, etc

The girls' speech is really coming along in leaps and bounds now. Yesterday Paige put 2 words together for the first time (other than "allfalldown" which she thinks is one word!). She saw a white car, pointed at it and said "Daddy car". It seems there is a new word from one of them every day now, its so impressive! Their favourite words of the moment are "car" and "muff" - which means muffin or basically anything resembling cake. I walked past a coffee shop the other day and both of them are yelling out "MUFF! MUFF!" at the top of their lungs.

We really have to watch ourselves, they are starting to try and copy what we say. DH was yelling at the footy this afternoon in another room and next thing I know, these 2 angelic looking children of ours are trying to get out "goddammit!"

The snot monster appears to have temporarily vacated our house (touch wood) so its nice to have everyone well for a change.

Next update please...

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah

Good morning...

How exciting to be able to share with other mothers of twins.

It's my turn to share with you.

As much as all the hard work I am going through with raising them, I am enjoying their newfound skill every day.

Nathan is more a climber than a walker, while Jeremy is the other way around.

As all twins do... they speak to each other in their own twin languages.

Luckily, they have been expanding their 'proper' vocabularies each day (mostly in Indonesian, as I have been speaking Indonesian to them).
They have had some words with correct usage (I will try to list some of those here ).

For example, they say mummy, daddy, baby, dog & puppy, duck, fish, chicken, one, two, three, bye-bye, hello, ball, more, more, nose, poo poo, down, no, and book in English.

They call both grandfathers in different way in Chinese language, as well as both grandmothers. They also know dog and chicken, as well as ear, scared, and carry in Mandarin (Chinese).

They also say mama, papa, mamam (eat), minum (drink), buah (fruit), satu, dua, tiga (one, two, three), tutup (close), duduk (sit), jijik (dirty), bobok (sleep), lagi (more), and mau (want) in Indonesian.

They also have some 'signing' words (ouch = sakit, o ow = something falls down or they knock their head on something or they fall down, etc).

They can tell me if they are thirsty (saying "minum-minum-minum" which means "drink, drink, drink" in Indonesian) or if they want more to drink (saying "more more" or "lagi").
If they are really tired (this is quite rare) and want me to pat and sing to them to get them to sleep, they will pat their chest and sing (of course it's their version of songs ).

And... the latest -and cutest - thing they do is... to call my name "Emi" instead of "Mama" or "Mommy" when they really want my attention fast!

I am still very entertained to see how they can separate what to say and what to do on cue (like clapping hands in different languages, acting differently to different songs, etc)!

On the down side, Nathan had a very bad allergy reaction to peanut butter that I put in their sandwich (Jeremy was all OK, thank God) last Monday.
Although we tested putting some peanut butter on their skin as well as giving them one mouthful each with no reaction before actually giving them a half peanut butter sandwich to share, I still felt like a bad mother
Oh well, I learnt my lesson the hard way and hope by sharing this to you, none of you need to go through what I went through (it was really scary)...

Anyway, have a lovely Sunday.

Regards,

Emilia 30
DH 33
Jeremy & Nathan

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This message was edited by Emilia on Sunday, 7 August 2005 @ 11:39 AM

Hi everyone,
Is anyone else having problems with night time sleeps? Charlotte is waking EVERY night anywhere from 11pm through until 3or4am, I have been very neglectful and given up on the settling and just put her in bed with us as i am just soooo tired, this worked for a while and we all got some sleep but now she is really restless in our bed and kicks and slaps us both so no one gets any sleep, at this point i've been putting her back in her own bed and she's goes back to sleep with no problems but then usually wakes again a few hours later... WHY???????? Can anyone help??????

On the happy side though she has also started saying nyny when we take her to bed as we say good night to all the poohs, tiggers, eyores and piglets around their room, it was just priceless as we realised what she was saying.

Hope everyone else is going well and enjoying this gorgeous age, anyone else thinking about having any more, we are considering it atm... if only I could guarantee it would be just one boy!!!!!!!!;p

Cheers, Heather

Hi Heather - I hope its just a phase! Lots of these things are I think. Paige has just recovered from some mystery virus and was getting up every 2 hours at night - I was having sleep deprivation flashbacks :gasp: She's well now but is still getting up once or twice at night - I think we spoilt her while she was sick, now I'm going to have to get her out of the habit!

Chaos here as usual, nothing exciting to report!

Oh, except this...my little girls held hands properly for the first time today. We were heading back to the car after leaving a friend's place (we had to park a little way down the street) and they just grabbed each other's hands and were trotting down the footpath. Sooooo cute! I'm pathetic aren't I, but I had to tell someone?!

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)

Hello, I have just discovered this website tonight and have already added it to my favourites list. I am the proud mummy of two identical girls (Tayla and Ashley)who celebrated their first birthday last weekend. I love hearing what other twin mums have got to say about life with multiples as I find my friends with singletons just don't understand much of what I am experiencing. I look forward to chatting with you all over the coming weeks, months, years etc.

Cheers,
Michele

Welcome to EB Michele there are a some great moms on here with plenty of advice to give when it's needed, when I found out I was having twins I had soooo many questions and the ladies on here answered them all and more! Look forward to seeing you around the boards and hearing about Tayla and Ashley.

Nicolie that is sooo cute I bet you had tears in your eyes I know I would have, i'll bet thats a moment you will always remember.

A mum from IRL mothers group suggested that Charlottes sleeping problems could be from not getting enough attention during the day and then waking in the night to get her attention, Tia is a full on child and loves to be the centre of attention and Charlotte is happy to sit and play by herself but I thought they both got the same amounts of my attention, so today I made a point of paying special attention to Charli, and a few times I did Tia would come over and try to distract me to what she was doing and if I didn't she would pull my hair or come and sit on my lap :confuse: I've never been concious of this happening before but maybe this is the problem, so my question.... anyone else had this happen????????

Thanks, Heather

Hi all,

Heather I often find that one seems to get less attention, and admit quite often it is my quieter twin. She loves to read books, build blocks, play with her baby doll etc but if I sit with her to do anything Joe will always come along and worm his way onto my lap and Scarlett tends to get fed up and go off on her own. On the flip side if I try to help Joe with his words for example and try to get him to say a word Scarlett will always butt in and say it for him. She's a great talker and he's very physical so I guess somewhere it will even out!
Btw does Charlotte have a dummy?

Nicolie - What a gorgeous moment that would be. My two will do high 5's, blow kisses to each other and hug but don't hold hands yet!

Sharyn - how funny with the gargling! It's funny watching the twins try to be like their big sister. Just watch out what Meg shows them as Abbey keeps leading our twins astray!

As for us we are all fine here. Twins are constantly getting through the baby gate so have had to tie it shut while they are up and I have to keep stepping over it..great for my calf muscles...not!

Anyhow that's all from me..nothing much to say I am afraid!


Jo

Very much Jo!!! She has now taught them to BURP!!!! Meg says "Can you burp???" and one or both will make a burping sound!!!!! You can't help but laugh!

...on the attention subject, I've always found that a real juggling act, throw a 6 yo and a DH into the mix and there just isn't enough of me to go around some days!!!!! :gasp:

I have one who has required more attention with getting moving, doing exercises etc, while the other has been happy to motor along on her own. Generally they are both content to do their own thing, but often compete for attention when I'm in the room, both climbing over me etc. Hannah likes to build block towers and Josie literally bulldozes them down. Josie likes to look at a book and Hannah will come and snatch it away for herself. If I am not in the room they are quite happy, and I often sneak a peek at them and see them passing things to one another or just gabbling away to each other...as soon as I come in...it's on for young and old. I think that is one of the most draining things mentally for me, I sometimes just feel like I'm being pulled in all these directions, and am I giving enough to each???? IYKWIM.Ÿ

Sharyn
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Hannah & Josie 22/3/04 (33 wks)
DH David



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Hi!!

Ella & Liam will be 1 in 2 weeks so I thought I might crash this group if that's ok with everyone ??!!

I'll need to catch up on all the posts, but thought I might introduce my kids - Ella & Liam are not identical (hehehehe - don't you love it when you get asked that question when you have b/g twins ) We got to 38 weeks and they were born by planned caeserian - I think they would have stayed in there a lot longer if they could!!
It's been a tough year, but I am so glad they are starting to gain some independance.

looking forward to chatting with you all!!

cheers

Jane
Jackson&Riley 16/11/01 Ella&Liam 26/08/04

Hi everyone!
Jane welcome to the group, wow can't believe Ella and Liam are nearly two, doesn't time fly!

Well we have had a break through in the sleeping, I decided to get firm with them and was going to do a bit of controlled crying (2min then 4min then 6min up to a total of 10minutes) but they must have known that mummy had had enough and decided to sleep until 6.15 with only a couple of murmours, then the second night Tia had a grizzle but after 2,2mins and a 4min she was asleep, Charli woke screaming at 3am but after a quick cuddle I put her back in bed where she cried as I left the room but when I got back to my bed she was quiet, and then they didn't wake until.... 6.45!!!!!!! OMG I feel like I have slept for a week!

We had a bad shopping day Tuesday but that wasn't my girls fault it was the supermarkets and caused mummy to have a melt down, but thats another tale and i'm now going to run a one woman campaign against the supermarkets who don't provide trolleys for mums with more than one child, doesn't the average family have nearly 3 children now, so why do most trolleys have only one child seat, anyway i'm starting to ramble and get mad again so i'll go!

Hope everyone else doing just as well in the sleeping stakes if not sending you some stern mummy vibes!

Heather

Evening all, bit quiet around here the last few days. Is everyone busy or something hehehehe?

We are puddling along quite nicely. I have been having MAJOR day time nap dramas for the last few weeks, so imagine my delight today when they both slept for 3 whole hours! I didn't quite know what to do with myself!

Heather, glad to hear the nights are back on the right track for you! Its amazing what a bit of sleep can do for you. We are back to normal on that front as well (quick, quick where's some wood to touch?).

We are very lucky with the trolley situation at our local supermarket I am pleased to say. They used to have 2 two-seaters, but after I had gone in a few times and looked sad and frazzled when there weren't any left, they ordered some more - now we have heaps!! Doesn't stop people with only one kids using them though - child in one seat, handbag in the other :mad: Actually, I must say our supermarket is really good. I went in one day and found the twin trolleys had been 'stacked' behind the regular ones, so I had to shift about a dozen trolleys to get to them - not an easy task. Anyway, I had a word to one of the managers on my way past about it, and its never happened since (quick - where is that wood again?). On more than one occasion before the girls were walking, someone had even brought a trolley out to the car for me because someone saw me pull up out the front! How's that for service?

Nothing else to report, sorry to be so boring tonight. Must go do dishes or something equally as mundane...

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)

Hi Everyone
I know what 2 or more not sleeping are like as we are having sleep problems too but ours are teething related and I found pandol workes wonders for my girls and the talking and back chating I am getting form Krystal is unbeleively but I canot understand any of it yet and we are testing mommy's limits to the max with climbing on everything and anything she can lots of watching and say no and just removing her from the area workes. I am sorry for being a pain and whinging around my girls but sometimes it is easier to talk to all of you because you are going through it or have been there and done that
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MY GIRLS ARE REALLY WALKING NOW!!!!!! ( sorry for shouting!)

I can't believe that they are actually walking! It seemed like such a long way to get there (specially for Josie) but we have made it!!! They are now choosing to walk to get to what they want, although crawling seems like a much safer option (for mummy!) they are really toddling around...it is so cute!!!! and Josie seems to be outperforming Hannah which is a huge suprise...Hannah still has this awkward wide legged gait, while Josie is perfecting her steps and balance far quicker than any of us anticipated, quite amazing!

on another note... not twin related...my 6 yo BROKE her arm last Sunday!!!! What a week! She is fine, although in plaster up to her armpit! Oh the joys of parenting! More grey hairs!±

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Hi all
I hpoe that everyone is coping with their mutiples and just to let you all know we are TTC for #3or #4 if we can pull off a other set of twins.
WEll done on walking sharyan on your walking girls
my girls are walking well now and have been walking since 12mths for Krystal and 14mths for Storm and we are trying to run more now and are climbing on everything for krystal and now we are asleep hopefully for 2 hours. more time on eb
I know that everyone is very busy but can someone say hello too ?
I must go and finish to house work now
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only have a quick minute as I have to prepare lunch. My girls will be one on the 13th of Sept so I am jumping in just a little early. I did notice that there was no 1 - 2 yr olds but never thought to start one. LOL> I am in the under ones but they will kick me out of there soon. LOL.
wil;l catch up when I have more time
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Hi there!

We are still here and all doing fine. Twins are of course keeping us busy but we are also gearing up for DD1's 7th birthday this weekend..ooops and Fathers Day too!
Dh is currently interstate but we are managing fine. I never thought the time would come when i would be able to manage all 3 kids at bedtime myself as my Mum used to stay here to help out when DH is away, problem is she drives me more crazy than the kids Having said that she is coming up tomorrow to help out a bit.

Did some drawing with Scar and Joe this morning, they did 3 pictures each and for the first time it wasn't too stressful! I only let them have 4 crayons (one for each hand) and they did a picture each for Ab's birthday, a picture each for Fathers Day and then a picture each to play with. I know DH and Abbey will be very pleased

Anyone else got a toddler who is being a fussy eater? Joe eats anything he can get his hands on, his sister refuses 80% of food we try to give her. Very frustrating!

Last week the twins walked all the way up to Ab's school and back but didn't manage it again the next day, they both decided when they didn't want to walk anymore to just sit down! I didn't have pram with me so had to resort to picking them both up...nighmare!

That's all from me.

Jo

Hi ladies!

Ella & Liam turned 1 last friday & Liam has started walking all the time now - he's a real little toddler!! & a climber!! Ella is still just cruising the furniture and hasn't stood on her own yet - but that's OK I can wait a while longer before she gets mobile !!

Liam is still waking thorugh the night - not every night, but occasionally. His normalwake up time is around 5am - any ideas on how to make him sleep longer!!??!! Jackson & Riley were always good sleepers, especially Riley, & Jackson would usually wake around 6am - I can handle 6am far better than I can 5am!! I reckon I've tried every trick in the book to make him sleep longer but nothin has worked, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Now here's a question for everyone - do your twins fight at all yet? Ella & Liam have really been having a go lately - if Ella has something & Liam comes to try and take it off her, she screams blue murder and will not let go - Liam gets frustrated (He's a rough nut!) and tried to yank it out of her hand & has even gone to bite her a couple of times!! J & R didn't start the biting til they were older - not at the age of 1 !! I can;t remember J & R ever fighting as much at this age as Ella & Liam do, makes me wonder what I'll be in for as they grow up !! o:

hope all are well
cheers



Jane
Jackson&Riley 16/11/01 Ella&Liam 26/08/04

Hi
I am just an occasional visitor to this site, but it's great to see there is now a topic for mums of multiples 1-2.

My 16 month old boys are only just walking (finally)! They took their first steps within a couple of hours of each other over a month ago, and it has taken a while for them to really get the hang of it and use it as a means to get around.

Jane, I wish I could give you a secret formula for extending night time sleeps to a more respectable hour.

I can relate to the fighting thing. My boys often play well together, but since about 11 or 12 months, they have been honing their fighting skills: hair pulling, biting, eye poking pushing etc. Fortunately it's not too frequent. Unless I am concerned one of them will be permanently maimed, then I leave them to sort it out between themselves. I'm not sure if this is the best strategy. I prefer to try and give them attention when they are behaving well, so the fighting doesn't become an attention getting strategy. One of them used to go up to the other, pull his hair, and look up at me with a big grin, waiting for me to react. What do you do when yours fight?
Cheers
Mim

Hello Ladies
How are you all. This weather sux!!!! I want to play outside!!!
anyway..... the girls have free run of the house and they are loving it. They are walking so well now, I can't believe how quickly they have grown.
I have also been lucky with the fact that they are great eaters as well. I have been giving them cows milk and they have taken to it really well. How much milk do your little ones drink now?
I have been busy organising their first birthday which is not this weekend but next. I am so excited. I really can't wait. Hope I don't cry. I get way too emotional about milestones.

on to some personals

NICOLIE How have the day sleeps been going. Welldone for keeping them in the same room for this long. I am not looking forward to the day my girls are seperated.
TWINMOMMA welldone to Hannah on using a fork. That is a huge accomplishment no wonder you are so proud and yes I bet you will enjoy the mess but I bet it is so worth it. My girls are still way too happy to use fingers. Sometimes they will use a spoon but very rarely at this stage. Yeh on taking more steps and walking. Don't you love the way they flap their little arms around? Your poor daughter.... a broken arm.
ZEBETTE hi Jo. The dreaded hairdressers. arghhhh. You must have been devastated you poor thing. Those gorgeous blonde locks!!!! As far as pillows I thought you start using them at about 2. I may be wrong. Welldone for taking care of all the kids by yourself. How old are all of your children? What a gorgeous idea with the pictures I bet DH and Abbey really loved them.
ROSIE oh I look forward to the days of one long sleep. At the moment I am getting two quick 45minute naps if I am lucky although the other day they slept about an hour and 45minutes.
HEATHER I understand with the whole one will not sleep without the other. Tiahna always wakes up first and I have to run in there and get her out of the room before she wakes Medelyn but most of the time Maddy has one eye open and as soon as she realises she is by herself the tears start. Oh well. How is Charlotte? Did you see the Doc?
JANEMC we always seem to follow eachother around on these threads. LOL. As far as the fighting I do not really have that problem. My girls seem to get on really well most of the time. Not much fighting YET!. as far as sleeping what routine is Liam in at the moment.
ROSIE that is wonderful news about TTC. You must be so excited about that. Twins again. Hmmmmm

well that is all I have time for sorry to anyone I have missed. Have a great day
Jodi

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Evening all!

Shocking weather in Perth at the moment eh Jodi? Day sleeps are much improved I must say. No particular skill on my part, just persistence. The girls have no choice but to stay in the same room - its a big one and we have had a built in robe made for 2, plus if we decide to TTC again (still in negotiation on this one), we will need the other bedroom.

After some shocking behaviour in the last week (whining, tantrums etc) I braved my first attempt at using 'time out' on the weekend. Imagine my surprise when it worked!!

On the subject of fighting, I tend to let them sort it out themselves as much as possible (unless there is real potential for injuries!). Having said that though, they are getting old enough to start to learn about turn taking and personal space etc so that's something we are starting to work on.

We are almost out of this group now - my babies are growing up They turn 2 at the end of the month!

Hope everyone is keeping well (and sane), talk soon.

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)

I am so far behind here...it's been ages since I got online, I just don't know where the time has gone!

Hope everyone is going along well???

We are cruising along at the moment, no dramas or otherwise. We have been going to playgroup which has been really nice for the girls, and me. A good excuse to get out.

The walking has made so much difference too, the girls just toddle around together, and they can walk places now instead of me lugging them around, much easier! I love it when they are both walking around and decide to go the same way at the same time and bump into each other, then they look at one another as if to say
"What are you doing????"



Sharyn
Meg14/4/99
Hannah & Josie 22/3/04 (33 wks)
DH David



...some days are diamonds
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I need help from you lovely multiples between 1 & 2 Mums.

My twins Tayla and Jake will be one on the 14th October and DH and I can not agree on what to get them for their birthdays. Then we also have the Christmas dilema.

Can you please give us some ideas on what is good for the age between one and two. What did you get your kids and what did your kids get that they love and play with constantly?

Thanks for your help I really appreciate it.

Ali

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For the girls birthday DH and I got them the FP Learning Home (now a Heinz Labels to Treasure item) they play with it every day and never seem to get bored of it, also I bought from a lovely lady on EB a Learning Puppy which they have fought over since the day they got it!!!! If only I could find another one...
Also the FP Tappy Turtle was a great present they got for their birthday which is always played with. Plus you can't go wrong with the FP little people sets.
But of course the best presents they got were the wrapping paper/boxes and helium balloons!
Hope this helps!
Heather

Hey Ali,

Will just write a list of what the twins got for their First Birthday/Xmas as there was only 2 weeks inbetween anyhow!

Loads of Fisher Price Little People sets, they particularly love the Farm and the Garage as Joe is really getting into cars now. They also got a huge tub of Megabloks..much cheaper than Lego/Duplo! Joe got a Megabloks Pirate Ship and they BOTH play with that still on a daily basis as it makes lots of fun noises as well. Board books, and bath books are always handy as you can pop them in the pram when you go around the shops and pull them out when kids get bored.
Scarlett also got a baby doll (she used to love Abbey's Baby Born but Abbey didn't want to share) it was a Berenguer one we picked up from Toys R Us which was a great size for Scar, no hair to get fingers tangled up with, no moving eyes for them to break etc. She loves her "baby" and even tried to change it's bottom the other day with real nappies!

Hope this helps a bit, otherwise get them toys that you can pull out during the year. They won't notice if they don't get heaps and you will have a stock of age appropriate toys at hand then as well.

Jo

You ladies are wonderful. I have made a list of your suggestions and will speak to DH when he gets home (away for work at moment) and then we are off shopping. Yeah!

Thank you once again and will chat to you all soon. I have been lurking around this thread for a few weeks and will be kicked out of under 1's when the twins turn 1 next month.

Hope to chat to you all soon.

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Our girls love the FP Peekablocks, they have the wagon and the Hippo. The Hippo is cool because it can be a walker to push along or a ride on, and it scoops up blocks as it goes!!! They sit for ages looking at and building with the blocks!

Santa is bringing some FP Little people for Xmas, I think it is Noahs ark....too cute! and probably ride on toys or seesaw thingy for outside. It is so hard to choose sometimes! I like the look of the Aquadoodle Mat, but they aren't quite ready for that, maybe next birthday!!

Sharyn
Meg14/4/99
Hannah & Josie 22/3/04 (33 wks)
DH David



...some days are diamonds
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