Family Forum / Parenting / Twins / October 2003

I know some day I'm going to be saying 'why did I ever encourage you
to speak', but right now I'm really ready for the boys to start
talking!  They are almost 20 months old and just point to things and
say 'da', which is their word for 'that'.  It's getting pretty

Can anyone offer suggestions on questions to ask/things I might
want to know as we begin to interview pediatricians?  I'm pretty
set on the practice, now it's just a matter of choosing which of
the 7 or 8 doctors we like the best.

MIL was over this past weekend for Thanksgiving and also an early
birthday for Katerina and Joshua.
She gave them one birthday card! I irks me to no end!
It's not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things but extremely

Me and my husband are expecting our first children.  I am 25 and he is 23.
They believe they're identical twin girls.  I'm now 35 weeks along and
counting.  I've been having some contractions and am already dilated 3-4 cm,
75% effaced.  I've been dilated for about 2 weeks now.  ...

So here I am having the clever idea that we'd do party games and
Halloween-themed crafts for the party.  Crafts are fine -- I got the
supplies and we're all set.  Cakes are set (spider cupcakes and black cat
birthday cake, thank you Betty Crocker).  "Birthday crowns" will be

My boys are turning 3 on October 31st....yes that's Halloween...and the
inevitable b'day theme is Halloween.  What are some of your experiences with
entertaining 3-year olds on such a double event?  I'm relatively clueless
but have figured out the need for an entertainer.

I know it isn't all due to language acquisition but also personality
disposition but Joshua is settling into being a little toddler very well.
He is now going to his bed for naps and bedtime without having to be
asleep. All he wants is a cuddle from me for one or two minutes.

My son and daughter-in-law are about to have twins 11 months after
their first born.
Has anyone seen or heard of three individual strollers that can be
somehow connected together or disconnected.  Seems like it would be

I am totally stumped and I just went to the attic and found heaps in storage
ready for Hanna and virtually nothing for the boys.  We have birthday next
week and Christmas coming and dh just left for Asia til next Friday.  HELP.
Any and all ideas and prices -- anyone got nephews?  ...

When Jordan and Madison were learning to talk they called each other "Dordan"
and "Ma-ison."  Then for some reason they started calling each other "Ju-Ju"
(or "Baby Ju-Ju") and "Maa-Maa" for many months (probably close to a year).
Then they started calling each other by their names, ...

Happy 4th Birthday to Seth Jackson's Derek and Mariel!
I hope you have a fantastic day!  :-)

Hi, just wondering if there are people here who remember me; I lived in
Israel and had b/g twins named Emily and Edan, born March 1, 1999.  We moved
back to the US (Florida) about 2 years ago and I haven't had access to the
newsgroup until today!  I've so missed reading it.  BTW, ...

everyone is required to come up with something worth at least $40 for
the fall auction for the girls' preschool. kelly got all excited and
wanted her dad, a carpenter,  to make a wooden sleigh (he made them
for the girls). problem is, he FORGETS about our deadline or maybe

I don't think I've been this close to the end of my rope since the boys were
in hospital.  I feel like I must be the world's most incompetent mother.
I can't handle being in the house alone with the boys.  If I don't have
another adult with me to help me, the boys start crying, ...

Happy Belated 1st Birthday to Ellen's Bradley and Alex!
I hope you had a wonderful day!  :-)
I'm sorry I missed it Ellen.  For some stupid reason, I kept thinking
yesterday was the 4th!!!!  :-(