Bringing the twins home from hospital was fine for the first week or so because they slept alot...as they got older and started sleeping less, that's when it became a juggling act.

One was a settled baby, the other unsettled....we also had a 23 month old who wouldn't let me leave his sight without screaming hence, making settling two little babies very difficult.

I found the first three months to be the 'hazy days'..... and my life was basically breastfeeding, nappy changing, settling, breastfeeding, nappy changing, settling...... you get the picture.

We don't have family here so I had no family support and as we were fairly new to the area, no friends to call on. We were on our own.

If you've got help available..... call on those who want to help. An extra pair of adult hands would make life so much easier.

I would feed both at the same time to save time and kept them on the same routine...if one became out of sync, then I'd work at getting them both in sync again.

Definately keeping Isabelle and Skylah in the same routine helped alot. A routine for twins is quite necessary so your know where you are at and so do your twins. As with motherof many, we also made sure to feed both twins at the same time even if that involved waking one up for a feed when the other was finished and also putting them to bed at the same time. Doing that helps mums of multiples save their own sanity as it's the only way to get a short break from the constant feeds, nappys and settling.

We had two automatic swings...without those, I would have been lost. They are fantastic for settling one baby while dealing with the other.

I had prems so attachment issues meant breast feeding didn't work for both girls, so one was BF'd while the other was bottle fed my expressed EBM. This got really tiring, time consuming and hard BF'ing, expressing, bottle feeding (wash, rinse, repeat) so we changed to formula after 4 months or so. It really helped to have the nightly bottles made and ready in the fridge to be just heated up when required. The hospital even suggested making up a litre at a time and just keeping it in the fridge to be used when required within 24 hours. This really cut down the time at night I spent being up and fumbling around with bottles etc.

As the girls have gotten older we have found that we needed to get the two of the same toys and had to let people know that if they were buying presents that if it was something like a doll etc, they had to get two of them. Otherwise, it is constant fighting. If one wants a certain toy, you can be certain the other will want it at the same time!

We've also discovered that one will start crying from hurting themselves and then the other will also start srying.....just because, so I've had to learn the sounds of their cries to work out who is the one who actually requires attention and comforting and who is just 'joining in' for attention.

For all the challenges of twins, it really is a blessing though. Though are fantastic to each other (most of the time), they are the best of friends, and the look after each other often. The best thing about twins is that they always have a playmate and mums of multiples need to know that as they get older, they do get easier, especially when you can tell them to go off and play for a few minutes

I have just been going through having one of my twins sick. Since about last october (maybe even a little before that) Mikayla started to become very cranky and clingy. She started loosing weight so I asked for a test for coeliac disease as her older brothers has it. The test came back positive so we had to wait for a biopsy to confirm it. It took until a few weeks ago to get this done. In the mean time she lost more weight, became sicker and clung to me all day. Her poor sister couldnt get a chance to get in and I have felt so guilty over that. I have one sick child that needs the extra love and a healthy child who also needs the attention. Mikayla had the biopsy done and it has been confirmed she has coeliac disease, she is picking up more and more each day but now she is less attached to me Isabelle is clinging to me more and wont let me out of her sight. Almost like she is afraid if she lets me go her sister is going to be stuck on me again. It is hard when they both want mummy time together and daddy just wont do but we will get there. They are 21 months old now if you were wondering

Your stories are always exactly the same as ours Mandii!! Down to a tea!! Ally is also our dominant twin, however around ppl shes very shy and nervous. Charli is the cruiser yet will put up a fight when necessary