Twin Baby Set Fall into Toilet ?

Are toddlers supposed to start potty training on one of those small floor-style potty chairs or on the adult toilet? I told the twin twin father that the twin baby set should start with a small potty, then move on to one of the toilet trainer inserts you can put on top of the toilet seat.

We bought the Eddie Bauer potty chairs, and both the twin girl and twin baby boy are willing to sit on it, but they don't seem to have the cognitive ability to know what it's for. I do think that 14 months old is too young, but I suppose if we put it in the bathroom, they'll become accustomed to seeing it and it will seem natural when we can start training.

What about potty training pants? Do we put those on from the beginning or wait until they seem to have a good handle on it?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to start potty training? I've looked at all the potty training aids, like the books and the Potty Monkey, but I'm sure some methods are better than others, and what about gender? I think the twin girl would be easier than the twin boy, simply because her language skills are better.

Twin Girl - Fall from Highchair ??

The twin twin set has been eating in booster-type chairs on the floor for a while, but I'm starting to wonder if we need to buy highchairs. My concern is the twin girl falling from the highchair because she can release the tray latch on her booster. Has anyone out there seen a twin twin fall from a highchair, or am I just being paranoid?

There are some booster seats that have little legs on them, so maybe we'll get a set of those. I see that they also have "seatbelts," so that would probably work as well with the highchairs.

The ones we have now are older and don't have seatbelts. We bought them at a second-hand sale for multiples in our area. They were only $10, but I guess you get what you pay for...

Twin Baby Set Tear Apart Changing Table

The twin baby set decide that the changing table is no longer for only changing diapers. They've now learned to pull out the baskets of toddler books, sleepers, stuffed animals they LOVE, and much more. They really did have so much fun! I suggest you let your twin set do the same. We had a fun learning experience with "clean up" time afterward too.


If you think your toddlers won't like stuffed animals, you've got to get a few of these little tiny beanie babies! They spend hours comparing them visually and pulling out and putting back into the baskets. They like to point out the noses on all the animals, or the ears, which are different on all of them, so it's a great activity!

Twin Boy Found in Snow

We finally had to leave Arizona and come home to Chicago. Oh, I hate the cold here, and we were greeted with 6 inches of snow!

This was the first snow for the twin set...or at least the first snow they were able to play in. Last year when they were born 5.5 weeks early, they certainly couldn't be taken out in bad weather. Here's a picture of them from the NICU.

We had to buy snow suits for the twin girl and twin boy to go out in the snow! Lots of fun out in the cold weather if they have on the snow pants too. I personally prefer the separate snow pants and coat since you can change diapers easily--and you can use the pants/coat separately, if needed. And the water-proof type are the best!

The Twin twin dad took the twin set out to play in the snow, and he made an igloo for them. They started playing, and we found the twin boy in the igloo. Unlike their mother, they seem to love the snow...

It was pretty funny when the twin girl kept falling backward in the snow; I'll try to include a video link.

We also had to get snow shovels

Twin Girl Left Out in Rain

We've been in Phoenix now for 4 weeks, and I love it! I would give almost anything to live here during the winter. The twin twin set seems to enjoy it too. We go for a walk every day; most days it's 65-70 degrees F. We brought out stroller and it's a good thing! I really like it.

The one thing I hadn't anticipated was the rain. It has rained at least 2-3 days each week we've been here. One day, it started pouring and we didn't make it back in time. I was pulling the twin boy out and running into the house, but the twin girls was left out in the rain for the time it took me to get the twin baby boy inside. She thought it was fun!

We're going home next week, so I'm already dreading it...

Twin Found on Plane

We decided to spend a few of the coldest weeks here in Chicago away in Phoenix, so we took the fraternal twins on their first plane ride. It was just about the worst experience of my life so far--the plane ride. The twin girl cried for 2.5 hours of the 4-hour plane ride, but the twin boy was fine. I think the twin girl refused to go to sleep on the plane, so she totally skipped one of her naps and was not happy.

We were so busy trying to keep the other passengers from killing the twin girl that we practically forgot about the twin boy, but we found him asleep just where we left him, across the isle. We were lucky to have an entire row to ourselves!

After arriving at the outlaws' place just east of Phoenix, the fraternal twins settled down. My outlaws are awesome: they bought two Graco Pack N Play and two front-facing carseatsfor the babies, so we wouldn't have to haul all that stuff. It was set up like a dream, although you may think this sounds crazy, but the cribs were set up in the closet of the guest room. Yes, I said closet. It's a large walk-in with nothing else in there, so honestly, it's as big as a small nursery. It really worked out great because we could almost close the door to it for naptimes, and no light came in.