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[quote=Anonymous]I currently watch 17 month old twins but they were 8 weeks when I started with them so I have A LOT of experience in this area!

When I started, my bosses had them on a awesome schedule so I didn't have to do too much but then they both got RSV and their schedule got messed up while they were in/out of the hospital so we had to work on that again.

*Definitely keep them on the same schedule. If it was feeding time and one woke up before the other, I would wake up the second one within 10-15 minutes to eat also. I know people say not to wake a sleeping baby but it was so important for them to be on the same schedule.

*Always put them down for naps together and ideally, in the same area. My twins slept in their parents room for the first 4 months in a crib and then moved to their own room but I always made sure to put them down for naps together and in the same room/area because they had to get used to each others noises and crys, etc. since they would be sharing a room for years! I didn't want them to get used to sleeping in a quiet room without each other because that wasn't going to be realistic in the future.

*Make sure you give them even attention. I know that may sound hard/be hard but that was a big must for me. If I was holding/rocking one, I always made sure to pick up the other one immediately after and hold him too and give him that one on one bonding time.

*When they are that little, they are so easily portable. We went on daily walks, trips to the grocery store/target/cvs/other errands and they always slept straight through. We had a double snap and go which was a life saver so there was no moving sleeping babies into a regular stroller. We used the snap and go for about 6 months and then got a city mini double.

*Doctors visits can be difficult, especially when their are shots involved. I always made sure to have a bottle prepared for them as soon as they got their shots as that would help soothe them so I could focus on the next one getting examined.

*Lastly, prepare everything in advance!!!! MB pumped/breast fed them for 6 months so every morning when I would come in, I would put all their bottles together for the day so that all I had to do was grab and heat up and didn't have to worry about transferring them from the breast milk bags into the bottle while I had screaming babies. Also, have a diaper station set up with everything!! We spent a lot of time in the downstairs living room for the first couple of months so we had a diaper station set up right in the living room with diapers, wipes, creams, binkies, burp clothes and extra clothes. It's so much easier when everything is in the same room as you so you don't have to worry about running to their room if there is a blow out or someone puked, etc.

Twins are so much fun! Yes, it's hard work but still so much fun! My little guys are 17 months now and are talking and running around and it's crazy thinking how just last summer, they were so little. [/quote]

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