re: Calling all Twin parents

We have identical girls. They are now 13. The first few months were rough. Now I’m chasing boys away from them. Keep them on a schedule and if one wakes up for a bottle wake the other one up. We stuck to a strict routine and it worked for us. We never let them sleep in our room either. We did keep their hospital bands on their ankles for a while. Scared we would mix them up and now we joke about it. That we may have mixed them up once or twice as babies and they might have the other ones name. I would get as much help as possible from family in the beginning. And yes as others have said, the wife will tell you plenty of times that you are not doing enough. Congrats and good luck!
Another thing, don’t hold or feed the same one Everytime. We did this and I feel like it took years for the one my wife held each time to warm up to me. The one I held and fed is attached to my hip. But now they both enjoy hanging out with dad and doing things. Just because you are having girls doesn’t mean they won’t fish and hunt or play ball. My two play travel Fastpitch and fish and hunt. It’s a blast.

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My boys aren't twins, but I can only imagine what it's like with 2 once they go mobile at the same time

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I have twin boys, 10 years old, no other kids.

It's not as bad when it's all you know. Obviously everything early on is double the effort for the most part. Not easy but I think that's better than having to go through those first few months 2 separate times. Just knocked it out all at once.

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My addition would be that we purchased two owlets and it made the time that we did have to sleep much more restful. They aren't cheap ($300 a piece) but you can't replace the knowledge that if respiratory issues arise in the night you will know and be able to react. They will wake you from a dead sleep any time the babies O2 sat falls.

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Forgot to include this in my list. My girls both got RSV when they were about 5-6 months and it gave us a lot of peace of mind. They didn't act sick and were happy as could be but they also were wheezy even when just breathing. So seeing their O2 levels stay above 90 was important.

Also note as they get bigger the Owlet may not fit as well and you might get false readings. Things were smooth until about 10 months and we had the shite scared out of us a couple times getting a low O2 alarm. We ran in there and woke one of them up and she just stared at me like, "dude, I'm sleeping - leave me alone".

Not for 6 weeks, but don't call them twins..treat them as individuals...married to one

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