What I’ve Learned After 30 Years of Parenting
Parenting Twins Part 1
I recently had the pleasure of celebrating the 30th birthday of my dear twins. As a seasoned veteran of personal experience, I believe that I now have the gravitas to offer just a few words about parenting. I now have thirty years of experience! I read an article while riding on the train home form the birthday celebration about how Millennials feel inadequate about parenting.
Duh
They are being fed a stream of carefully curated online fantasy.
Like many young mothers, I felt the expectations to nurse my premature twins. One of my best friends made it look so easy and convenient but then again, she only had one baby. I decided, even before delivery, that nursing was not for me. I decided not to listen to the academic pediatricians and those people passing judgement. I had two four-pound babies to feed every three hours and I had to figure out what was right for me. It took about an hour to feed, burb, change them both so when you do the math, I had severe sleep shortage.
My medical training and my career in emergency medicine prepared me well for sleep disruption and functioning when tired. I placed the newborns as far away from our bedroom as possible. My husband got up with me for the first night-time feeding and we each fed…
