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Ever heard of the shocks of a planned pregnancy? Being pregnant with twins, tops the list! It might sound absurd to you but the horror of parents expecting twins is often not well concealed. Yes it is understandable that you planned to welcome one baby but then the second one surprised you in his own sweet way, it can make you nervous for sure. Loads of thoughts might be raiding your mind, how will you breastfeed them both, will your family life be destroyed, you are up for double challenges and so on! Take a deep breath, the world is not going to end for you. This is a new start, a fine new start with numerous opportunities for you to enjoy every bit of it! If you are pregnant with twins, you totally need to read this for a positive flush of thoughts. Having twins comes with its own little bundle of perks, come unwrap them!
Your Kids Will Share
They may or may not want to share but then they have little choice in this. You are obviously not buying them two sets of building blocks, so they just have to find a way to manage in this scarcity! They might want to bring the whole house down but will eventually learn to share among themselves if not that have a basic idea about sharing. You know the added advantage of raising two kids of same age? Unlike the other kids, they will know this early in life that the world does not revolve around them!
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You Can’t Helicopter Parent
If you are in the habit of going out in the park for a fresh breath of air, you might have been a witness to scenes where the parents trot behind their little one at every step. They can practically do it when they have just one kid to look after but raising twins does not allow you to helicopter parent them. Two kids running in different directions mean that you can follow only one at a time. This isn't a negative thing, it will only allow them to explore and learn on their own!
First Second Time Parent
Becoming a parent for first time is great but if you are having twins, you will get the hint of both first and second time parent! The best of both worlds should we say? When parents have two kids of significant age gap, they spend their life believing that they parented their kids differently as they have different personalities. But the twins will teach you that personalities are not solely dependent on parenting, an introvert cannot be converted into a social butterfly, its his individual self!
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Learning Stranger Handling
No matter you are an introvert or an outgoing person, if you are spotted with twins, people are going to surround you like a swarm of bees! You will be bombarded with questions like, how did you lose pregnancy weight, did you breastfeed, how tough the journey is and many more. If not this then at least you will get to hear a tale of twins in their family and how exciting it is. The benefit of this? You know how to dodge these questions or answer them in the best possible way. Congrats you are now a black-belt in dealing with strangers!
Learning To Say No
People who are too polite to turn down any invitations to social events will certainly benefit by twins. Your over commitment will go for a toss now as the kids will provide you little cooperation in going for social gatherings. They will surely cure your inability to say ‘no’ and make you more of a practical person. You could definitely thank them later!
Less Of Free Time
Okay, this came like a shock to you! How on earth having less free time a perk? You have less time for yourself and so much is left to do and the cribbing begins. But think about it the other way round, through the less is more approach! Since you are always short on ‘me-time’ you value it more. You will not waste even a second of that precious hour and be on your toes to make full use of it. All you need is a positive outlook and you will cherish the limited time you have more than the ones who have ample of it!
Heightened Tolerance
Dealing with constant crying, cribbing and curiosity makes you a tolerant person in a few years, you might agree. And if you have twins to look after, you are up for a double dose of all of the above. You can well imagine your plight, it will be tough but you know what? You will emerge out as a more tolerant person. You might spend the days throwing up in towels, handling your own meltdowns but eventually learn to smile bright in the middle of utter chaos!
The journey is full of bumps and bruises but you will sail through it and remember it for the rest of your life! So put the worries aside and plunge into the sea of loving parenting and devote yourself completely to the two little apples of your eyes!
