Twins Tale

Nat chats with  Meghan Matthews about her 13-month-old twins, including details on her very easy twin pregnancy and scheduled C-section delivery at almost 38 weeks, her twins' schedule at just over 1-year-old, and how she feels about her twins being very independent of each other. 

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Meghan Matthews is a 34-year-old full-time “essential” worker. She is a bakery manager at a large grocery chain. Works 40+ hours a week and manages her 1-year-old twins. She does so with the amazing support of family.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

BABY SAFETY COURSE

Offered on-demand, the Complete Baby Safety Course includes 30 instructional videos on infant, toddler, and child CPR, a variety of first aid techniques you may need with kids, a full explanation about different kinds of car seats and how to install them, and a room-by-room description of how to best childproof your home. Click here for details.

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Nat chats with  Michelle Piatek, mom to 15-month-old twin girls and a 3-year-old  boy.  Michelle shares a run-through of her day with her girls, including their sleep routine, meal schedule, and how she makes time for her boy as well. 

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Michelle Piatek grew up on the south side of Chicago and earned her BS in nursing at Purdue University. She received her graduate degree in nurse anesthesia from Rush University and currently works in her hometown of Munster, IN as a CRNA. While getting her patients off to sleep is no problem, she regularly struggles with getting her 3-year-old son to settle down for some Zs. Michelle and her prom-date-turned-husband Joey both work full time while raising their son and 1-year-old identical twin girls (with a lot of help from family!) Michelle has always loved organization and efficiency (and twins technically are efficient) and is embracing her new lifestyle of “3 under 4 during a pandemic.” Find Michelle on Instagram @mbecka.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

BABY SAFETY COURSE

Offered on-demand, the Complete Baby Safety Course includes 30 instructional videos on infant, toddler, and child CPR, a variety of first aid techniques you may need with kids, a full explanation about different kinds of car seats and how to install them, and a room-by-room description of how to best childproof your home. Click here for details.

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Nat chats with Glorya Toloso, mom to 2-year-old identical twin boys and full-time online teacher for grades K-6. Glorya shares details about her twins eating routine, nighttime routine, bathtime routine, and how she balances the family workload with her husband.  

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Glorya Toloso is a professional multitasker. Her current projects include: creating and teaching online content for Kindergarten through 5th grade, completing the last year of her Master’s degree in Instructional Technology and Learning Science, and raising identical twin two-year-olds with the help of her husband and four cats. In Glorya’s former life, she was a Lead Preschool Teacher with experience in child development and behaviors, which she uses daily in her parenting. Glorya is a firm believer in self-care in the form of tea, regular therapy sessions, and planners with stickers.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

BABY SAFETY COURSE

Offered on-demand, the Complete Baby Safety Course includes 30 instructional videos on infant, toddler, and child CPR, a variety of first aid techniques you may need with kids, a full explanation about different kinds of car seats and how to install them, and a room-by-room description of how to best childproof your home. Click here for details.

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Nat chats with Kate Fraser, an identical twin who had identical twin girls ON HER BIRTHDAY (crazy, but true!) Kate's twins are 6 months old and she shares her birth story with Nat (which includes a vaginal delivery at 36+5 weeks before her scheduled c-section), how it's going with her girls, and what it's like to be an identical twin raising identical twins.

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Kate Fraser is a new mom to identical twin girls and is also an identical twin (as the twin community knows, identical twins are not hereditary). What’s even more special, Kate’s twins, Estelle & Eloise, were born on Kate & her twin, Erin’s, birthday! This is so special for Kate’s family, but given that Estelle & Eloise were born in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, none of her family has met them because they live partway across the country from her and her own twin lives in another country. Postpartum, Kate had several health issues and she is opening up about those struggles with the hope of starting the conversation about how resilient mothers are.  Follow Kate on Instagram and Twitter.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

BABY SAFETY COURSE

Offered on-demand, the Complete Baby Safety Course includes 30 instructional videos on infant, toddler, and child CPR, a variety of first aid techniques you may need with kids, a full explanation about different kinds of car seats and how to install them, and a room-by-room description of how to best childproof your home. Click here for details.

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Nat chats with Linda Grein, mom to three boys (ages 2, and 9-month-old fraternal twins), about her twin pregnancy (including a cholestasis scare) and delivery, the early days with twins, and how she's managing life with 9-month-old twin boys plus a toddler boy. 

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Linda Grein has worked in traditional public, public charter, and private schools around the US as a teacher, an administrator, and now a math coach for schools. She supports schools (now virtually, due to COVID) on strategic planning, professional development, and building internal capacity so that teachers can be supported to create fun, engaging math learning for kids. Although her work isn't aimed towards parents, with the onset of COVID-19 and the uncertainty about schools Linda is determined to support anyone in creating positive math learning spaces and experiences for kids. Find more about resources, webinars, and her constant vetting of all resources out there at eduquatellc.com.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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Nat chats with Kirsten Millar, mom to 6-month-old identical boy twins, about schedules, sleep, and daily routines with her sweet boys.

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Kirsten Millar is a Manager at Rocky Mountain Institute, working on electric and gas utility decarbonization. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Previously, she worked at Uplight (formerly Tendril) in business development. Prior to that she was in Oakland, CA, and worked at Pacific Gas and Electric. She met her husband in grad school at Duke University, they were married in 2016, and had their identical twin boys in December 2019. Prior to twins, Kirsten liked to bike, ski, rock climb, and hike. Follow Kirsten on Twitter and Instagram.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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Nat chats with Stephanie and Bo Giddens, parents to 5 boys: 5-month-old twins, two teenagers, and a two-year-old! They share details on how they managed the newborn stage with twins, and what their lives look like now at 5 months with twins.

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Bo and Stephanie Giddens started their lives together 5 years ago. Both had a son from previous marriages that ended. The 4 of them grew to love each other and enjoyed their time as a family. Bo and Stephanie decided that they wanted to have a baby together to complete their little family. Harley was born in 2017. They thought their family was complete with 3 boys. Two short years later they found out they were expecting again. They found out at around 9 weeks pregnant that they’d be expecting two babies! That was the longest doctor's appointment!! Mom was considered advanced maternal age because she would be delivering these two at 35 years old. Bo and Stephanie found out they would be adding two boys to their family! Mama was able to carry the boys to 37 weeks and delivered healthy babies! What a blessing! You can find them on Facebook.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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Nat chats with Amy Einspahr, a Gen-X single mom who lives on the East Coast with her four boys--a teenager, identical eight-year-old twins, and a rising kindergartner. She talks about "parallel parenting" with her ex-husband, living with her mother, and details on her experience raising 8-year-old twin boys plus two. Sponsored by Zoe Strollers.

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Amy Einspahr is the writer behind A Lady and Four Gents. She is a self-employed single mom to four boys, including twins. Amy traded her full-time career and outrageous commute for more time with her kids. She hopes to inspire and equip other single moms to build confidence, pursue personal independence, and design the life they long for. Find her on Pinterest and Facebook.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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Nat chats with Renee Ford, a Canadian mom to 3-month-old twins, about her life with newborn twins, including her struggle getting pregnant with PCOS, delivering twins at 33 weeks gestation in March 2020 at the beginning of the Canadian COVID-19 pandemic, spending 1 month in the NICU, and running her small business in the middle of it all. 

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Renee Ford is a first-time mom from Canada learning how to navigate parenthood, in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. After a long journey of TTC, a diagnosis of PCOS (despite never having any presenting cysts) and a round of medical intervention, she and her husband of 4 years welcomed their twin boys to the world in March. Having her twins at 33 weeks and spending a month in the NICU has been an emotional and rewarding ride. Renee now works from home running "Peekabloom." A children's accessory company making hair bows for your sweet babes in a variety of sizes and fabrics, including Peekabloom's trademarked "no-hair-hair-clip." Find the full selection at peekabloombaby.ca or @peekabloombaby on Facebook and @peekabloombaby on Instagram.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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Nat chats with Jade Lambert Routson, mom to 5-year-old twin boys and 3 stepchildren, about her experiences with an easy, almost full-term twin pregnancy and delivery, a bought with postpartum euphoria (the "baby pinks"), and her twins' relationship.

Twins Tale is sponsored by Zoe Strollers. Be sure to check out their awesome twin strollers here.

Jade Lambert Routson wanted to be a rock star but settled for being a lawyer. She grew up with a kickass working mom (and dad) in a small town with twice as many bars as stoplights. She works in the "Big City" (Chicago) now and lives in the southwest suburbs. She is passionate about rock music (especially the Beatles and alternative country), craft cocktails, and cash bail reform. She has a blended family with three grown stepkids (Nicole, McKenzie, and Canon) and 5-year-old twins Elliott and Holden.

Read Jade's Twiniversity article on her experience with postpartum euphoria.

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FIRST YEAR WITH TWINS

Are your twins in their first year? Check out our free First Year with Twins resource to learn tips, advice, and ideas for getting through your first year with twins!

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VISIT Twiniversity.com for tons of free twin tips!

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