Our mission is simple: to connect with and help as many twin parents as possible. We know the joy, and we know the struggle. Why? Because we are just like you! Come grow with us!
- Karyn, Dan, and the Kids
Twins: While the word can be a noun, adjective or verb, it’s not how you use it, it’s how you live it. And nothing quite alters the way you live like adding twins to the mix. Twins don’t just contribute to a lifestyle; twins are a lifestyle. And Tips for Twins is here to make sure your interests, routines and overall way of living is enhanced along your twin journey.
That’s up to you! Whatever it is you desire, Tips for Twins is here to help you create a lifestyle you love. For us, it’s trying our absolute best to enjoy the adventure! Easier said than done if we’re being honest. It’s hard work. But wow, is it ever so rewarding. It’s an all-encompassing, evolving mindset of flexibility, optimism, planning, and resilience. It’s trying to be present while thinking what’s next and dodging back and forth between an endless stream of demands. It’s adapting to change frequently, rolling with uncertainties and busyness, yet sticking to schedules and having set pillars to ground the day. As with so many things “twins,” the lifestyle component with twins is a tall order, a dichotomy between flexibility (or you’ll lose your mind) and regimen (or you’ll lose your mind).
Adding to this complicated contrast of telling yourself to be cool, you’ve got this, while maintaining schedules to strict yet varying degrees depending on each twin’s needs while trying to enjoy it all knowing it’s coming at you hyper-speed while learning as you go yet trying to soak it in because it’s already flying by is the very real fact that very few people understand your situation.
Yes, we realize that previous sentence was crazy long. Read it again though. You’ll get it.
We repeat: Very few people understand your situation. The “situation?” Twins. Welcome to island life. And we’re not talking the grab your hat, set up a cabana, and pop an umbrella in your drink kind – ah, if only. We are talking an isolating, lonely at times, nobody understands how crazy, hard, wonderful, chaotic, expensive, stressful, fun, and emotional this kind of life can be.
So first things first: What do we recommend as the foundation to this lifestyle? Your people. Tribe. Anchors. Crew. Mates.
Call them what you want. You know them; they know and care about you. Spoiler: This probably isn’t the friend who reminds you she had 2 babies close in age so she “gets it.” 
Find your people. The ones that support you and lift you up and breathe life into you. They are priceless.
Having twins is a fascinating social experiment in general (the curiosity, inquisition, novelty, fascination, commentary – if you know, you know). There will be moms who lift you up, ask how you’re doing it, laugh with you, tell you their stories yet know they can’t fully comprehend yours; and there’ll be the ones who compete and compare, as if you have time for that nonsense anyway.
Again, find your people. And Tips for Twins, while we don’t know you personally, knows. We know the joys, struggle, loneliness, anxiety. We know the humor. We know the overwhelming love. We know! We get it. We are here. Our inbox is an invitation to ask, vent, laugh, cry, or sort it out. We’re doing the same on our end! So while we’re not your people per se, you’re ours.
Now that we’ve set the foundation, let’s get to the fun stuff. Tips for Twins believes wholeheartedly twins enhance everything. The highs are higher; the lows are lower. (The messes are messier… we could go on.) And layered between these contrasts of highs and lows, flexibility and regimen, loneliness and chaos, and wins and losses lies one key component: adventure. Twins can make even the most mundane of tasks feel like an adventure! And who doesn’t love a good adventure? While some days (moments) are defeating for sure, we believe that if the mindset is that of adventure, the outlook to the situation can drastically improve. Now, we’re not saying phone it in, give up, and let them run like wild boars at great-grandma’s retirement home, but we are saying that we are here to help you find more joy, more humor, more fun, more wins and celebrate them alongside you!
Tips for Twins is here with life hacks and simple strategies to make the ordinary a little easier. It’s the little things woven together over time that make up the big things, so we are here to help you get the little things right. Traveling with twins? Road tripping? Day tripping? Just going to the grocery store? We have tips to make life easier with twins at home, the beach, pool, zoo or park.
We’ve researched the best strollers for twins, the best hiking carriers, day packs, and of course, the best sunscreen, bug spray, snacks and stain remover for along the way. Tips for Twins has ideas and insights for nannies and babysitters, lists to check off to keep essentials stocked, and basic “how to” resources, like packing an efficient diaper bag.
Need a break? So do we. Browse our ideas for quiet-time bins and no-regret craft ideas. Tips for Twins even has insight on things that aren’t twin related at all! Because some days, twin moms and dads just need an easy recipe, a quick workout, a relatable story, meditation, a 5-minute makeover, or a delectable drink.
When we found out we were expecting twins, one of our good friends told us, “The babies will adapt to you. Don’t adapt to them. They’re needy and selfish but malleable. Make them adapt to you.”
Spoiler alert: This friend didn’t have twins.
Another spoiler alert: They were right!
Of course, there have been and will be exceptions, but your lifestyle is what you make it prior to twins, and it will be what you make it with twins. It’s yours for the taking! Allow Tips for Twins to be your guide. We don’t know all the answers. Collectively, we’re still working on it ourselves! But we’re on this ride with you, and we’re so excited to be on this adventure together.
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Our mission is simple: to connect with and help as many twin parents as possible. We know the joy, and we know the struggle. Why? Because we are just like you! Come grow with us!
- Karyn, Dan, and the Kids
