There’s an old saying that goes, “You are only given what you can handle.” Well, I think someone felt as though my husband and I could handle quite a bit! This past weekend, we felt like it was two full time jobs taking care of both babies. They are really wonderful boys, but at 9 months old they are still a handful and we have our hands full at every moment but I really can’t imagine it any other way! I had a lot of worries about taking care of twins but I am finding out if you step outside your boundaries or even if you are forced to step outside your box, you may surprise yourself at what you’re capable of doing!
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Dear Irene: I read your blog and watch you on television every morning and always wonder what time you must get up in the morning to be able to get to work and be on the air that early. I’m also the mother of twins, boy/girl, who have just turned 20 months old haven’t slept past 4:00 am since the day they arrived home, that would account for my early morning viewing! However, I am doing it sitting on the floor in my living room praying for just another minute or two before they really start crying and telling me “Uppy Mommy!”, so that I can finish my second cup of coffee before they awake and start their day and I start my day with them and my day trying to quickly get dressed so that I can get myself out to work for 7:30 am. Its a crazy, hectic, demanding, exhausting, the hardest thing i’ve ever done in my life, but I, like you, wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. My first year with the twins was definately challenging and I don’t know if it got easier as they got older or I just became more used to what my new life was, either way, 20 months is a dream compared to the first year and it seems every week they get more independent and life, little by little, is getting back to some semblance of normal. Your boys are beautiful and I marvel at you every morning, so whether you feel it or not, I think you are doing great!!!!! PS…I turned 43 on December 24th, motherhood is how I reinvented myself!