Most of you are "singleton" parents. That's a real term, but you don't learn it until you are going to be the parents of twins or triplets or something even more terrifying. The day I learned (Friday the 13th of January 2012) I was having twins everything changed, because this was such unfamiliar territory. We had a singleton, we knew how to have one baby at a time, but how the hell would I possibly carry and then care for two babies at one time.

Since that day, I've been surviving. I thought the extended hospital stay when they were born was going to be the hardest part. I was wrong. Each day is hard, but you get through, somehow. In the early days two babies would scream for me to hold them and rock them for endless amounts of time and I would have to choose which one would actually get what they wanted and which one would get a runner-up option. Heartbreaking moments as a Mom, but you survive. Then they get sick at the same time and you break your arms and your back trying to walk and rock them both back to sleep at the same time. I nursed both of them well passed a year and my body gave it's all to nourish them. All of that is seriously now a blur as I try to keep up with crazy, fast, bold, loud, naughty 2-year-old twin boys. Theo and Teak have dramatically changed our lives. And what a powerful and positive thing that has been. Happy Birthday Boys!!

Kama is author of Motherhood Without Warning. Find More Here.


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My name is Kama and I'm a Mom...and that just freaks me out sometimes. I'm a bunch of other things that used to seem really important, but somehow being a Mom blurs those other things into mush. I have a 5 year-old daughter and 2 year-old twin boys. Everyday I have a "holy s**t, I can't believe I'm a Mom" moment and those get shared here.

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