To pee or not to pee

So, just when you have got the night toilet training all done after a year, one twin starts wetting again.  I give up.  When does it all get easier with twins.  I don’t want to hear that word here “never”. So now I start all over again, getting up from my bed to lift them, […]

“Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” book review

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If the book “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” was written by an Irish author, it would be called “Eleanor Oliphant is grand”.  This is what Irish people say for everything even if you have suitcases under your eyes, have forgotten to take your pyjamas off when at the park and left the kids in the […]

Dinner for three

My least favourite time of the day is dinner time.  It is a challenge both mentally and physically.  My twins are now four.  My son has been a fussy eater since he could eat.  When they were smaller and in the baby seats at the table, I would have to strap my son in a […]

Dream on

“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” -Leo J. Burke To say sleep deprivation is torture would be an understatement.  I am just going to write about my experience of sleep deprivation from one of my twins.  I would say the first two years of being a mam of twins was […]

Wham Bam, It’s tough being a mam

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A typical day for me the last four years, consists of daily trips to parks, making snacks, cooking dinners, changing nappies then toilet training, hopefully getting six hours unbroken sleep a night and maybe having a shower at some stage of the day.  And what about my home, well, that’s kept as clean as the […]