Family Forum / Parenting / Twins / November 2003

Happy 7th Birthday to Alison's (James W. West) Heather and Brodie!
I hope everyone has a wonderful day!  :-)

What age can you give Cows Milk?  My two girls will not drink Water or Juice
so I thought perhaps I could try giving them this.
Regards
Joanne H

Thanks to everyone who replied to my posts about the party and the boys'
gifts.  I read and mulled over everyone's thoughts ... this is what we did:
We had 17 6-7 year olds, Holly and one Uninvited Younger Sibling of one of
the guests (he might have been 2.5 or 3 years old, I didn't ...

...when people try to "label" your twins as "the good one"  and "the
demanding one," or terms to that effect?
Chris is much more vocal about his opinions, both positive and negative.
And he has a scream the tones of which can bend metal.  Alex is quieter in

OK, when you have twin car seats, etc., plus other kids, you pretty much
resign yourself to the "mommy van" brigade. Or at least we did. Before the
boys were born, we bought a new Ford Windstar (96) and it served us very
well. After 80K miles, we decided to finally replace it with ...

I am a proud aunt so if you happen to get the 2003 ToysRus Wish Book, please
check out page 26.  My cutie pie nephew Austin is the little boy pictured with
the My First Leap Pad.  He is very excited about the whole thing.
Michelle

. . . to say hi . . . it's been ages since I've even lurked in here, and I
see a ton of new (to me) names, but still a few that I remember.  (Hi Leslie
and Pam and Kimberly and Andrea and Janet and Erin and Stephanie!)
Nik

Since you all gave me such great Christmas present ideas for my girls, I am
once again calling on your help to give me some ideas for my niece's 12
year-old sister. I don't know her well enough to know what kinds of things she
likes (she's only been a part of dh's family for a few ...

Ok, I knew I was in for it when I had Triplets, but I never realized the
extent of how other people think that common  courtesy doesn't apply when it
comes to interacting with people with multiple children.  Here's what I mean
. . .

Well, my suspected pre-eclampsia escalated and I was admitted to the
hospital on Monday 6th October to try and get everything under control, that
was not to be and on the 8th my OB breezed into the room and announced I was
having a section the following day before things got any ...