Practical Parenting

I created this site In the hope it is useful to for us to share our experiences of parenting. While there are many excellent resources on how to parent, I noticed, especially with twins, that there weren't that many that took the theory and made it real. You can find my totally honest lowdown of what went well and not so well in this section of the site.

2 - 3 years

Summer Holiday with 2 Year Old Twins

Between the arrival of the twins and Covid, we had not had a holiday or any break other than a couple of weekends at the inlaws for over 2 years.

So, we decided to book a month away, surely in a month we could get set up and enjoy ourselves? Surely?!...

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18 months+

Getting the Twins to go to Sleep on their Own

At 20 months we still had a bedtime routine that required both parents, and separate bedrooms for each twin. We knew we needed to make this simpler and more independent for the twins and us!

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0 months+

Why are they Throwing EVERYTHING? (aka Play Schemas)

Play Schemas drive almost obsessive, sometimes frustrating behaviour that was really important for the twins exploring and learning.

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0 months+

9 Really Useful Bits of Kit

There were some things that we brought (or were given) that I didn't even realise we would need or I found exceptionally useful.

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0 - 24 months

Getting Twins to Sleep Through

Every parent I have spoken to says the same thing, sleep will have a massive impact on how you feel about parenting. I am also a massive sleep princess, so took this very seriously and did everything I could to try and create the right conditions for sleep. How did it go? Errr.....

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0 - 18 months

Bottle Feeding Twins

Feeding is both relentless and an ever changing ever changing jigsaw puzzle. But it does get easier!

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6 months+

Weaning Twins

The twins eating solids was a massive milestone, but there was a lot to think about!

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