The Things that Cause Me Stress as a Single Parent of Twins
Most of the time day to day life is still as it was when I was a stay at home mom. We still find time to take walks, do arts and crafts, and read stories. Now its necessary to make time to create a source of income for our family of three.
My work gets done in short bursts through the day. It must fit around the day to day care of the twins. When the children go to sleep at night its time for me to finish up any work that was started during the day. This quiet time for work is often cut short since I know I still need to wake up with the kids in the morning.
Parenting twins sometimes makes me wonder if I am dividing quality time between the twins equally. That they both get what they need. It is important to see each child as an individual. Sometimes this is difficult because all their basic care is done times two. Sure twins have some different needs, but they both need mom just as much.
Despite the sometimes stressful situations I love being a parent. I have learned that I wouldn't change what I have for anything else. In the end it truly is worth any hardship, difficulties, or stress.
Published by Tiffani Sharp
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3 Comments
Post a CommentI'm glad to find something about women who are raising twins on their own. I look around and it seems like i'ts a rare find. I'm a 39 yr. old women who brought twins in this world by surprise. My baby before the twins is 19. I thought for sure the baby daddy would be of support. I was dead wrong. The twins are 15 months now and I confess I get as much suppport from anyone who would offer it. I sometimes get overwhelmed when they get fussy. But like you all the joy of having these angels out weighs the pain. Thanks again for sharing your stories.
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Im 39 and my twins were a huge surprise! I thought the dad would be envolved but that quickly faded to when he can have them for the week-end. They are 2 and never bonded to him. It is ALL hard. I have 2 older children i raised alone. Twins are just DIFFERENT. Throw in a developmental delay in one.... Tho I do agree. Twice blessed.