by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 5, 2021 | Faith Reflections, Family, Twin Mom
Like many parents of toddlers, I’m at my wit’s end. My twins turn 3 in just a few weeks. We are delighted with their growing relational skills, desire to play with others, and increasing awareness of life around them. But I’d be lying if I said there...
by Amanda Trumpower | Jan 9, 2020 | Married Life, Twin Mom, Writing
The twins are officially one year old and growing! Things we are dealing with at the moment are increased interest in taking each other’s toys, independent wills but little communication skills, diminishing containment options for me to use when I need to be...
by Amanda Trumpower | May 14, 2019 | Twin Mom
We are a pair of well-rested parents at the time of this writing, and we wanted to celebrate by sharing! The kids started sleeping in 4-5 hour chunks two weeks ago. Last week, that turned into 6-8 hour chunks. After putting the kids to bed at 6:30 pm, it is quite...
by Amanda Trumpower | May 3, 2019 | Twin Mom
Practice going out early. We were advised by another twin parent to make ourselves go out sooner rather than later. I second this. The longer you put it off, the more impossible it will seem. The most difficult part of running errands with baby twins is managing the...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 15, 2019 | Twin Mom
We are so happy to report Jayce had finally had a great night AND a good day! Mom and Dad Trumpower watched the twins yesterday evening so we could go to church. We left refreshed, albeit it tired. I feared we were returning to yet another evening of Jayce screaming....
