8 Ways Having Twins Is Much Cooler Than Having A Boring Single Baby
Most parents are happy to see someone else with a baby, but twins can invoke wide-eyed panic in others. Spare us your sounds-sympathetic-but-are-actually-kind-of-rude comments like “Double Trouble!” or “You’ve got your hands full!” and go back to being smug over your solo bundle of joy. What parents of singletons (that’s what we call you behind your backs) don’t know is that having twins is where its at. Here’s eight ways having twins is much cooler than having a boring single baby.
1. Your baby shower is a torrential downpour of gifts
People can be very generous at baby showers, but having twins will get you double the packages to unwrap. Having multiples can lead to tons of free samples and supplies from baby companies and the hospital. Getting that much swag will make you feel like a celebrity.
2. No need to schedule play dates
Making mom friends can be tough, but you’ll never have to worry about setting up play dates when you have twins. Not only will they keep each other occupied while you’re making dinner, since they’re both yours, you can avoid the land mines that come with disciplining someone else’s kid.
3. You get two for the price of one
You get all the benefits of having two kids, but you only have one maternity wardrobe to buy and one delivery to recover from. Plus, there’s no internal debate over trying to lose the baby weight now or waiting until after you have a second baby.
4. Clothes and toys cost half as much
When everything gets used twice as much, it’s basically half the price. Suddenly that indoor ball pit seems like an investment rather than a money dump.
5. Every night is a slumber party
It’s much easier to try Cry It Out sleep training when you know that your baby won’t be all alone in his big, empty room. And you don’t feel guilty for taking an extra ten minutes in bed on a Saturday morning before you head to the nursery, because you know your twins are keeping each other company.
6. You always have an icebreaker
Making awkward conversation with other moms before the PTA meeting starts is easy when you can chit-chat about your double duo.
7. No second child guilt
No need to worry about when or if you should have a second baby, no babymoon vacations to Disney World so your firstborn angel will always remember that you loved her first. Twins are used to sharing everything, including their parent’s affection and attention.
8. You can fly through the difficult phases
Brand new humans are super snuggly and all, but the idea of getting a baby to sleep through the night and navigating through the terrors of toilet training just to turn around and do it all over again sounds like torture. With twins you get all the icky stuff out of the way at one time, and then you’re done.
So sure, we may cry ourselves to sleep at night thinking about future college expenses, but overall, there’s a reason why the word ‘twins’ contains “win.”
