Best baby products and essential buys

Being a new parent and trying to choose from the myriad of products available is daunting to say the least! Having had 3 kids I thought I'd share my favourite products and what I think are must have products from nappies to nightlights! NappiesHmm so I recommend different nappies at different stages (sorry not one …

How to keep going when you have nothing left …

I'm so tired, no wait exhausted, right now there are moments I just don't know how I'm going to make it through the day. After 2 weeks of sick babies and now I'm sick myself my energy levels have hit rock bottom. Yet I still need a release and here I am at 9:00pm tapping …

Loosing the baby weight

After having my twin girls I put on 15 kilos. This was due to unhealthy, binge eating as I was stressed, tired and time poor! I am 25 kilos away from the optimum weight I would like to be at. I'm currently 2 weeks in and 3 kilos downs. I have struggled with my weight …

20 weeks (13 weeks corrected) Twin Routine

We reached the golden 12 weeks last Wednesday and so many things started to fall into place with our girls. We now have a considering routine to our day which is so nice as it is easier to plan my day (yeah right like I have the mental energy to do that!!) Most days it …

10 Tips to survive the newborn twin phase

Our girls turned 19 weeks this week (12 weeks corrected) and almost overnight things got a little easier. Thinking back over the blur of the last 19 weeks here are my top tips to survive the newborn phase. 1. Take it Day by Day Treat each day as a new day. This makes it easier …

15 week (8 week corrected) twin routine

After a few dreadful weeks of overtired babies and exhausted parents I think we finally found a groove with a routine today!! Based on a mixture of Tizzy Hall, a Contended House with Twins and Littleones sleep program we came up with this for our girls. The first time is for Twin 1 and then …

Newborn Twin Schedule

I am obsessed with schedules and what other babies do compared to mine! Love seeing what a Google search turns up especially when we get off track! So here is our household schedule for a 2 year old (Edward) plus 10 week old twins. The times are approximates and sometimes vary by 15-30 minutes. 10 …

Breastfeeding twins

I didn't think it was going to be possible but it's amazing what you learn to do when you have two babies to juggle! Our twin girls are 10 weeks and I have been breastfeeding successfully since we got home from hospital 6 weeks ago. I use the Twin Z pillow during the day and …

Noisy Premmie Babies

So we brought our two twin girls home from hospital 3 weeks ago. They were 6.5 weeks early. My husband and I felt super confident, being babies number 2 and 3. We had about 6 hours sleep each the first 48 hours!! Premmie babies are such noisy sleepers - grunting, snuggling little warthogs!!! We were …

7 essentials for your hospital bag

For baby number one my poor husband lugged in 3 bags full of stuff that we thought we'd need from a variety of snacks, to massage oils and sound machine with a playlist of soothing songs painstakingly created over many weeks. We didn't use any of it - ha ha!! Needless to say I overpacked...So …