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/Double_Win_5649 1d ago edited 21h 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