by Alden | Apr 28, 2014 | Twins
It seems as though there are a million posts out there on the interwebs about what not to say to parents of multiples. Boring. I’m sure there are other posts similar to the one I’m about to write, but that’s OK with me. Being a parent of multiples...
by Alden | Apr 22, 2014 | Twins
This week, the babies are winning. Up until this point (we’re 19 weeks in), if you’d asked me how we’re all doing, now that we’re a family of four, I would have smiled and said, “We’re doing really well,” with a semi-surprised...
by Alden | Apr 20, 2014 | Brush Ranch, Twins
Growing up at summer camp was an educational experience to say the least. Every person who walked through the gate at Brush Ranch had something to share, something to give, and something to learn. And it seems that everything that happens at camp happens in warp...
by Alden | Apr 18, 2014 | Residency, Twins
Sure, get out a piece of notebook paper and make one column for pros, the other for cons, then decide if residency is for you and your family. Ha! After four long years of medical school and mountains of debt, you’d better hope that the “pros” column...
by Alden | Apr 16, 2014 | Brush Ranch, Twins
There were moments when we were in the NICU with our twins that I really thought they would never let us bring them home. I thought we’d be one of those families that spends years in the hospital with babies who never knew anything different. The challenges our...
by Alden | Apr 10, 2014 | Twins
If you’ll recall from my first post, major life changing event number 1 was having twins. Our family went from two, plus two dogs, to four humans and two dogs in what felt like overnight. It was actually 218 overnights, but who’s counting. Oh, wait,...
