Someone please explain to me exactly how I’m supposed to function with this kind of awesome under foot every day?
So much is new it’s hard to keep track of it all. They are now 2 years and closing in on 9 months old. They started preschool half days in September and have had runny noses pretty much constantly ever since they started, but it doesn’t seem to slow them down much.
They now say things like, “This is my family!” and “See you next later everybody!” and “It’s okay, Mom,” (usually when I am flailing because we are late for school or I am out of coffee or someone has dumped their milk and Cheerios all over the kitchen floor for the third time this morning). They go to school and if one of them is feeling shy, you can be fairly confident his brother will take him by the hand and say, “Come on, let’s play.” And it’s hard not to get all teary eyed when you see it because that’s what you want with twins, that they have each other’s backs.
All that said, they are not even remotely interested in using a toilet for its intended purpose. I’m back and forth over whether to encourage them more or to let them take it at their own pace. It’d be real nice to be done with diapers, not gonna lie, but there’s also part of me that thinks they grow up fast enough. Why pressure them to move even faster? So for now we’re just letting them be, and waving big boy under pants around every so often saying, aren’t these cool? To mild interest, at best.
This child development stuff happens so subtly, feels like it’s hidden in the context of all this working and going to school and running around and not sleeping enough so that you hardly seem to notice most of the time. Then one day you look over and two superheroes are clamoring for the prime spot in the photo op. And that’s when you see it, right? That’s that epic expanse of life experience crammed into the few years we call childhood, right there, blinking its big ole’ candied eyes at you, all those memories you keep with you your whole life and pull out when you need to feel safe and loved and hopeful about the world being a magical, good place after all. It’s right here, in the kitchen in its new superhero costume waving and smiling and saying, Hey! Isn’t this awesome?
Yes. Yes it is.
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It’s beyond awesome! It’s funny how it happens when you least notice. And the runny noses? Get used to it. Those too seem to happen so often you don’t notice- just like growing. And the potty stuff? Eh… They’ll learn when they’re ready. I dont’ have twins and the benefit of that is that I get a learning curve that you certainly dont’. My second has often learned things late simply because I forgot to teach him! Makes it easier. Just pretend you didn’t think of it.
The boys make wonderful superheros. I can’t believe how big they are getting. I guess I should be surprised because they are so close in age to Lily, but it does surprise me.
We have very little to no interest in potty training. Lil has had a really bad diaper rash lately that I can’t get rid of so I’m requiring lots and lots of diaper less time. As a side effect she’s using her potty quite a bit and I’m not sure it will actually stick or not, but it’s good practice. Good luck.
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Awesome, indeed. We’re about a year behind you. Twin boys turning 2 in December. It is going blindingly fast, and I’m scrambling madly to document it all in between moments of standing utterly still so as to let the beauty soak deeply into my heart. Love has never been this big! Awesome.