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You Can Do It!
10 Secrets to Surviving the First Year with Twins
By Elizabeth Lyons
You are going to get advice on childrearing in general left and right from family, friends and women behind you in line at the grocery store. People are going to comment on your choice of breastfeeding or bottle-feeding. People will comment on how crazy the babies' sleeping patterns are (and how much of that is your fault).
Sit down and think about the people in your life whose opinions you really value. Now, are any of those people the same ones who you would imagine attempting to give you "advice" that really feels more like criticism of your parenting skills? I doubt it. So, when you want advice, ask for it from the people whom you generally believe will give it to you with your best interests, not their underlying opinions, at heart. For everyone else, smile and keep walking. If it happens in your own home, feign a migraine and retire to your room until the offender leaves.
As Zora Neale Hurston once said: "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." This year will most certainly do both – I guarantee it! And I will make you the promise that my great friend Mollie always makes to me: You're going to make it!
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