Comments for http://geminicrickets.org/main Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:53:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on The Little Mommy Effect of Boy-Girl Twins by Cheryl W http://geminicrickets.org/main/2008/03/07/the-little-mommy-effect-of-boy-girl-twins/#comment-18 Cheryl W Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:01:30 +0000 http://geminicrickets.org/main/2008/03/07/the-little-mommy-effect-of-boy-girl-twins/#comment-18 That is SO cute! My daughter "mothers" her brother but only to the point of telling him what to do and what not to do. :) I agree with you that they should be together in the early years. Of course, it depends on the twins but research has shown that it's a good idea until about the first grade, I believe. I'm going to see how my twins feel about it. Angela is definitely more "attached" to Jeffrey and sees them as a pair. Jeffrey, on the other hand, already wants to be his own person and doesn't want to play with her at preschool. He'd much rather play with his "boy" friends. So, we'll see. But I'm going to try to keep them together as much as I can during these early years because that will be the last time they will be together as a pair! After that they'll be individuals with their own friends, classes, teachers, etc. Kind of sad (for me, anyway). That is SO cute! My daughter “mothers” her brother but only to the point of telling him what to do and what not to do. :)

I agree with you that they should be together in the early years. Of course, it depends on the twins but research has shown that it’s a good idea until about the first grade, I believe. I’m going to see how my twins feel about it. Angela is definitely more “attached” to Jeffrey and sees them as a pair. Jeffrey, on the other hand, already wants to be his own person and doesn’t want to play with her at preschool. He’d much rather play with his “boy” friends. So, we’ll see. But I’m going to try to keep them together as much as I can during these early years because that will be the last time they will be together as a pair! After that they’ll be individuals with their own friends, classes, teachers, etc. Kind of sad (for me, anyway).

]]> Comment on Breastfeeding in the NICU - it can (or may not) be done by Cheryl W http://geminicrickets.org/main/2007/12/07/breastfeeding-in-the-nicu-it-can-or-may-not-be-done/#comment-7 Cheryl W Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:39:10 +0000 http://geminicrickets.org/main/2007/12/07/breastfeeding-in-the-nicu-it-can-or-may-not-be-done/#comment-7 Hi Linsey, I commend you for pumping for 6 months for your twins and breastfeeding for 14 months with your youngest. It has always been a source of pain for me that I was unable to breastfeed my twins, although I did pump for 2 months. I wish I could have done it longer, but with no one but me taking care of them all day long, I simply wasn't able to concentrate on pumping while trying to feed, diaper, hold, and tend to them. Sighhhh....that experience taught me that we don't always get what we want. :) Cheryl W. Hi Linsey,
I commend you for pumping for 6 months for your twins and breastfeeding for 14 months with your youngest. It has always been a source of pain for me that I was unable to breastfeed my twins, although I did pump for 2 months. I wish I could have done it longer, but with no one but me taking care of them all day long, I simply wasn’t able to concentrate on pumping while trying to feed, diaper, hold, and tend to them. Sighhhh….that experience taught me that we don’t always get what we want. :)
Cheryl W.

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