Moms of Multiples

Good question! For me, yes - the disbelief went away, but I don't remember exactly when. Maybe by the time they were a year?

Talking to other parents of twins was helpful - I could share the excitement and also the crazy questions (what if one is smarter? why is one rolling over and the other isn't? why don't they like the same food? all those crazy twin questions!) There isn't a good Mothers of Multiple club near me, so I mostly relied on Twinstuff.com.

As with any baby, multiples, more so, at 8 months old you are still reeling from giving birth not only to 1, but 2. The disbelief will pass probably when you get a bit more used to being a mom of 2. Enjoy it, it's a miracle.

We have twins on both mine and my hubbys side of the family. My grandfather had twin brothers, my brother and sister are twins, My sister in law (hubbys sister) has two sets of twins. Whats funny is my sister was dating a twin, my nephew's (who's a twin) girlfriend/baby's mom is also a twin and my niece's (a twin) boyfriend/baby's dad is also a twin. I can't remember if it's the identical or fraternal twins that run in families but, since we have such a mix I'm anxious to see who the next one is to have twins. Anyway, I got a lil off subject but my mom was shocked to be having twins especially since she "thought" she was done having kids when she got preggo and yes, I think that feeling of wow I have twins stayed with her for years. The best question (even though you did not ask lol) we used to get was "Are they identical?" LOL, My brother & sister did not even look much alike and would be dressed in Blue and pink.

My boys are almost 5. Everyone told me that it gets easier over and over. I won't say that it gets easier - you just learn what works for you and you manage. You look at things differently the older they get and once they get mobile you just start focusing on all of the new things they can do and stop thinking about it. At least that was how it worked for me. I don't really think of it much anymore except for on occasion when I pick them up at preschool and it never fails that any new person questions me when I try to take two kids home from the same class. Other people make a bigger issue out of them being twins. It's just common place now for us and now I am especially thankful when they play together and I don't have to entertain them - even if it is for only 10 minutes - because they have each other to have fun with.