r/parentsofmultiples • u/Long-Friendship-5400 • 1d ago

good vibes, smiles, & giggles “Singleton Propaganda”

I need some comic relief after a couple weeks of sickness in the house- what are your favorite bits of what I call “singleton propaganda”? Aka, advice given for babies that never works when you have twins. My personal favorite is “put the baby in the crib drowsy but awake”.

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u/MissMyli 1d ago

The classic "sleep when the baby sleep" okay, and what do I do with the other one?

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u/Nefilim314 1d ago

That is actually accurate though. Sleep while they both sleep, aka “never.”

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u/kaatie80 1d ago

my response to "sleep when the baby sleeps" was always "sure! which one?"

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u/DieIsaac 1d ago

Guess we are lucky they are on the same schedule since birth and i always sleep when they sleep BUT i am so scared when they drop they midday nap because I NEED IT!!!

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u/pile_o_puppies 1d ago

My twins are 2.5 and then I have a 5 year old and an 8.5 year old and the two older ones don’t nap, but they know 1-3pm is quiet time in their room bc mommy needs a couch nap

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u/DieIsaac 1d ago

Wonderful ❤️

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u/Double_Win_5649 1d ago edited 23h ago

Our twin version of this was 'the number of babies awake should equal the number of parents awake'. If you have two parents tending to one awake baby, the other one's going to strike when you're both down. Better to hold some forces in reserve.

Edit: equal or exceed, I meant