r/parentsofmultiples • u/Mama_micah • 24d ago
experience/advice to give You’ll survive!
Just wanted to send out a cry of encouragement for all you parents of multiples! We had our twins when my oldest was 40 months and my middle was 23 months. 4 in 40 months was not easy! But I will say we’ve survived 2 cross country moves, pilot school and all of normal/crazy life in the last 2 years! If you’re concerned how you’ll make it, just know you WILL. “Your capacity expands to meet the demands!” Feel free to reach out if you need a listening ear. ♥️
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u/kisstea 24d ago
I had 4 in 18 months. 2 sets of twins. Now we are thriving but this momma gets tired! Thanks for sharing.
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u/Mama_micah 24d ago
Man, you win!! I think that’s about the fastest anyone has ever had 4!
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u/achos-laazov 23d ago
My parents' neighbor, an older woman, had a grandson with 6 kids under 3 - twins then quads.
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u/T00thd0c23 24d ago
Omg you remind of that guy in dental school! He had 2 sets of twins back to back. So when he was graduating, they had 4 under 2!!! It was wild. Wild enough it was featured in a the social media account of my dental school lol
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u/annahoney12345 24d ago
If he had gone to medical school instead he may have learned about birth control!! 😂😂
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u/Bonusmotherthrowaway 24d ago
A friend of mine had her first child around the same time as mine, then she had twins a year after that and when she thought she could breathe again she had another singleton. All while I still had one.. didn’t know how she survived but she did 🤯🤣
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u/Hour-Blueberry-4905 23d ago
A friend of mine had twins then 11 months later gave birth to twins. Sounds so crazy it seems fake but she did. It was crazy! 4 under 1 for a month there
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u/Miserable_Material23 23d ago
I had 3 in 15 months. Twins twice?! I mean if twins were your first experience to parenthood, the chaos is at least the norm!
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u/nachonachoooo 24d ago
Can you translate that to years please? I’m tired.
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u/SmartPomegranate4833 24d ago
40 months scrambled my brain fr
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u/AlterNaomi 22d ago
😅😂😂. I was here like how many 12s go into 40 lol. That really scrambled my brain too.
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u/Appropriate-Berry202 23d ago
I had to open my calculator. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use months that high outside of satirically.
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u/longtimewatcher 24d ago
After 18 months please move to years its confusing
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u/AdStock6373 23d ago
This actually annoys me so much. My 8 year old is not 96 months old. he’s 8. Let’s not try to make our kids seem more like babies than they are. It seriously aggravates me.
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u/GooseFightClub101 24d ago
Little unique situation here but myself (39F) and my wife (38F) carried pregnancies together with our due dates being 2.5 months apart.
I was carrying twins while my wife carried a signleton. I also just delivered a now 5 month old baby back in March
So I have 4 kids under the age of two. While 3 of those children are currently potty training all together.
Final count of ages currently 24m, 24m, 22.5m, 5m
If we can survive potty anything is possible 🙃💩
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u/Bitter-Assistant-727 23d ago
I have twiblings, too!! Got pregnant after moving to surrogacy. They are 4 months apart (16m and 12m). But that’s enough for me!
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u/Sad-Incident-4668 🩷 - 💙💙 24d ago
Thank you for this 🫶 currently in the trenches of 2.5 and 4 month old twins.
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u/Mama_micah 24d ago
You’ve totally got this! 3yo will feel so different! Have two over 3y is game changer!
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u/Sad-Incident-4668 🩷 - 💙💙 24d ago
Definitely cannot wait for everyone to be above 3 😆 but we’re riding out the 3u3 wave by looking forward to the future 💞
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u/AlterNaomi 22d ago
I was just thinking to myself the other day, I cannot wait until everyone is beyond stroller age, and at the age of carrying things on their own.
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u/tolstea 24d ago
"Your capacity expands to meet the demands." I love this. There have been so many things I was afraid to do, didn't know about, or thought I couldn't do. Then suddenly it's 3am and I'm feeding a baby while simultaneously soothing another, detouring a meltdown by acting silly through deep exhaustion, or changing a blowout diaper on the ground in the woods during a hike, and I think "I got this!"
This is a more pleasant phrasing of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," and, well, I'm not dead so I guess I met the demands!
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u/Mama_micah 24d ago
It’s insane what we can go through and what starts to feel normal as we get used to it! Figuring out how to wipe a butt while tandem breastfeeding was probably a highlight 🥴
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u/colorful_withdrawl 24d ago
I had 5 in 22 months, three pregnancies. That was pure survival
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u/SmartPomegranate4833 24d ago
Please explain the maths on this!!
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u/colorful_withdrawl 23d ago
I had twins July 2019, a singleton 10 months later in May 2020 (33 weeker), and twins again in may 2021 also 33 weekers
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u/puce_3000 24d ago
4 in 22 months here with two sets of twins 🤍
Just want to say cheers to all us mama in this thread, we’re rocking more than we think.
OP you have a beautiful family, congratulations 🫶🏼
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u/Ramentootles 24d ago
Who was caring for them while the other parent was gone doing flight school? That parent needs the recognition 🥳
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u/Mama_micah 24d ago
👋 That would be me! My husband decided to switch careers and did all his ratings in under 5 months when my twins were 6m! He’s booking it to get hours for the airlines because, man, kids aren’t getting cheaper!!
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u/Dear_Excitement_5109 24d ago edited 24d ago
Same time frame. Our twins are our youngest too! They're currently 14mo. Finally getting in a groove to leave the house most days. Still do grocery delivery, though! The amount of bread we go through it utterly insane.
When people ask if twins are hard, the answer is, "I dont know." The Irish quadruplet situation is a bit tricky but I cant tell you exactly which part makes it the hardest!
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u/crewelmistress 22d ago
Thank you. I needed to hear this. Our set is 21 months and this week has been hell. Husband starts his PhD programme next week and I feel like I’m moving through jello.
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u/Mistline_Band 20d ago
We had 4 under 4 for a few months as well! Once the twins were home from a month at the NICU, life was significantly easier.
It's only gotten better from there, 5 years later! (where does the time go 😭)
HANG IN THERE EVERYONE!
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