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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with many of the PPs about this not being your job and you are kind to help out. I have been in your friend’s position in that what was most helpful to me was when someone offered to take my oldest for a play date (my kids are in public school and I don’t have twins, yikes!) My son has ADHD and while he is sweet, he can be a LOT to handle and I so so appreciated the parents who would have him over when he was a wild and crazy preschooler so I could rest at home with my baby.

If you want to continue having the kids over, I would try to have them both together. Having just one over will make the other kid miserable and jealous and doesn’t give the mom a break at all.

As for the play dates, let go of the anxiety about how they are playing with toys. Maybe in your house, your kids play with legos and then put them away before moving onto a puzzle. But that is not typical and definitely not how it works at my house. Put away any breakables and ask the kids to keep all the toys in one room. Don’t ask them to clean up. Give them a 5 minute warning to play with one last thing, and then get them out the door. Your real gift to the mom can be the 15 minutes you spend at night putting all the toys back in their respective boxes. [/quote]

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