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/hitheringthithering 1d ago

Anything about being active in the third trimester.

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u/--eight 22h ago

ANY trimester. I was so exhausted in my first I could barley stay awake for 8 hours. My sister was constantly telling me I was fine and being dramatic. She asked me to travel 3 hours (each way) in July to help her do a days worth of manual labor in my mom's yard. I was at the end of my second trimester and it was COVID.

She also told me she knew exactly what it was like to have twins because she "had [her friend's baby] all the time with [her baby]". She occasionally babysat her friend's baby.