My oldest friend (from 1984) and I have children the same age (Hannah was born a few weeks after our twins in 2003) but she and her husband now have gorgeous non-ID twin baby girls too who are now 7 months old.
I stayed the night with them on Saturday while I was in London as couldn’t resist an opportunity to see Deborah,John and their brood and as I remarked to them they are the picture of tranquility and happiness and seem to find their recent additions to the family far easier than when they first became parents.
Deborah is a firm believer in sticking to a strict routine with her babies as she is able to plan around the babies’feeding &sleep times. She knows that at 9am when the little ones go down for their morning nap she will have 30 mins in which she is able to get herself washed and dressed,similarly at lunchtime she is able to have a good chunk of time (usually up to 2 hours) where she can do many of the household chores which can’t be done when two babies are needing entertaining and cuddling. Deborah is also able to spend time with the babies’big sister knowing that three times a day the babies will be asleep at the same time.
Deborah and I both love Gina Ford’s ‘Contented Little Baby’book with its detailed prescriptive schedules for young babies. I only discovered her book when my kids were nearly 3 months old and it brought me sanity when I thought I would never be able to get a handle on being mummy to two babies but Deborah’s youngest children have been in the ‘Gina routine’since they were born. The whole family are obviously thriving on it as they have radiant good looks,energy,a really lovely clean house and super super children.
Well done Debba you are really special. xxx
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