Q&A WHAT IT'S LIKE HAVING TWINS | Kendra Atkins
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- Today I am answering all of your questions about my twins! PART 2!
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Separate classes for twins! I’m a teacher and I see it all the time, the first few years will be hard but push through. They won’t understand why they have to be separate and they will fight it, but the longer you keep them together in classes the harder it is to separate them. I’ve had identical twins in my
class that have been friends with children for years who still don’t know their names... Sad and I tried very hard to change it, but kids don’t understand the importance of calling them by their names instead of ‘the twins’ or saying ‘which one are you?’
Love your videos and your girls! xx
Having twins is so fun and also so HARD. My twin girls just turned 8. It’s getting easier now. The first 3 years were a struggle and honestly a blur. “The days are long but the years are short” ...so true. ❤️
Yes twin isolation is a thing! My friends with singletons just don’t understand and it’s challenging on our relationships.
totally!
Yes! My brain became mush after having my twins. As terrible as it sounds, my parenting “philosophy” is just survival! 😂
I don’t even have kids but this video was so entertaining!! Love watching the girls, they’re so cute and smart!
You do such a great job of explaining the twin life! It makes me feel normal. We're home alot too, a splash pad in the backyard gives a break in the day but I think they like the predictability of structure 💟
Love these videos and your channel!! 💙
Great video!
June and Violet are so cute and so much fun. Their laugh is the best. 😊
Same, girl same! Parenting philosophy-> get through the day 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️
I love seeing these videos! They make my week when I see one pop up!!!
Talking to the girls is honestly one of the best things you can do 💕 such a good mama
It's so fun watching your girls grow! Thank you for sharing.
“Oh yea that’s her middle name!” 😂😂😂 my daughter is Harper Quinn (Quinn is my husband’s middle name) and it took me FOREVER to convince him to give her that middle name 😂 I basically had to just force it, but I thought it was perfect!
Thank you for vocalizing the special difficulties/circumstances of having twins - It's amazing but also crazy! I have one-year-old b/g twins and I totally feel like we are in our own twin world and find it really difficult to do things that I see other parents doing with their singletons. So glad we aren't the only ones! :)
You talking to them all day is so important! They are learning everything you say.
OMG!! I just got back with my 15 month old from Venice Italy, and we went on a cruise around Greece. Best trip ever and she did really well. We started teaching my daughter sign language and that helped so much before she stared saying words. My 12 year old cousins are twins and they have always been in separate classes to help them develop their own personality.
I love this vlog so much it just real and uncut like this is the mom life 😭❤️
Its interesting, I usually find i learn more about the parent/ mother when talking about their children then i did about the children. The way a person frames things really says a lot about them ☺
Your girls are so freaking cute!!! I love how down to earth and honest you are! Thanks for sharing!
thanks!
I just love watching your videos, Kendra! After a crazy day with my 3 kiddos, your personality and voice is so calming to me, and your family is just beautiful!!!! Would love to see these types of videos more! :)
thank you so much!
I love all of your advices. I started watching you when I found out I was pregnant with twins a year ago. Now my girls are 5 months and I can’t wait for all the exciting milestones.
Your videos always make me smile😄June and Violet are adorable 💕
I agree about babies and flying. My crazy Son took his 14 month old to Italy.
He was surprised she was a nightmare on the way back.
I said “now I think you know why most people drive to a beach vacation when
they’re little”. 😉
Loved this Q&A!! The clips at the end are so sweet!
thanks!
OMG the girls are adorable!! I love the clips at the end 🖤
I have identical twin girls who are about to be 6 weeks and i am definitely in survival mode although it has gotten better by the day! the first few weeks were ROUGH! I am also an elementary teacher and plan on splitting mine once they get to elementary school to give them their own identity. We had identical twins in our grade level this year and the teacher who had them wished they were separate for their sake socially and also because the mom would give one child more responsibility with bringing in class money because the other one was a little less mature. Thank you so much Kendra for making youtube videos and showing me that I can survive this point in our lives!! :)
Ooh a vlog on your daily skin care and self care routine would be awesome please!
Kendra, I totally related to the "brain feeling like mush" after having my first baby when I returned to work after 3 months I literally could not focus on anything! All I could think about was baby this, baby that. My mind was 100% occupied thinking about meals for him, new toys, clothes, sleep training. It totally consumed me and I could not focus on work at all! It's like I was in a fog all day long at the office until I got home. Luckily that eventually balances out and now its like 50/50 lol!
Loved your video....Violet and June are just the cutest little girls....I only have 1 girl and she is almost 24....I love watching your family!
I love how real you are. I’m pregnant with twin right now, and I have 2 years old. I know it’s going to be so hard for couple of month after they are born like you said, but I’m just going to get through it and not stressed about little things! Please keep making Q&A videos:)
thanks!
My twin boys just turned a year old! Your videos are always sooooooo helpful. I've looked into it and the schools in our district actually don't allow twins to be in the same classroom!
I agree separate class rooms when they go to school. My neighbor has twins and they don’t seem to want to play with other kids because they are so used to having each other. They are 11.
"At that was that.." basically every convo with my husband! haha
Yes! The first three months after my girls were born I didn’t even feel like myself! Lol I was just out of my mind! After that, I feel like I’m out of the newborn fog, but I still have to prioritize what I can do, and say “no” to so many things because I just can’t add one more thing! And very true, the world is made for singletons. I’d love to do a Gymboree class, and may switch off weeks for them, but there’s no way I could do both girls at the same time.
When my girl would go back with her mom (she's technically my niece, we share custody of her, long story), it would feel so weird going to sleep that night without her there. I remember the first/only time I left her alone with my husband to go to dinner with my sister (she was about 18 months), my poor girl cried herself to sleep, she's super clingy. She would freak out if I was in the kitchen behind the closed gate, even though she could see me perfectly fine. She's 2 now and getting a lot better but she's still quite clingy.
Twin here! im about to graduate college and I can remember being in separate classes every single year. I think my sister and I maybe had 3 classes in high school together but I would really recommend separate! Homework probably won't be crazy different and I definitely grew as an individual those years separated!
Every parent, twins or not, your brain just goes to mush! 😂😂 Mine did for sure and I only have one 10 month old, I can't think about anything lol My husband and my mom has to think for me.
Right here with u in my bubble . I’m a Mom of 11 month old twin boys . I feel the exact same way you feel lol
Sooooo relate to parents of single kids not understanding the limitations when you have twins. It’s frustrating because I feel like a shut in when all these other moms can do so much with only 1 baby. 😩
i’m 22, i don’t have twins, i’m not even a mom! but i love your videos so much and the girls are soooo cute!!
Love your videos!
I have never done that! But ya I'll share my favorites somewhere soon!
Lol, when you’re talking about the different lanes, hahaha, I totally get that! I literally said out loud “yes!!” I think I was only able to take them out in public with another friend when they were both able to listen to me hands off. (ie. without me having to drag them back physically, they would recall with just my voice) and I’m definitely still working on having an engaging conversation with a friend while still keeping my eyes on my twins. Sigh. It’s so exhausting.
Okay that makes sense!
Hi Kendra. I’m a mother of twins (now 13!) and a school psychologist. Based on what I observed of twins while working, it seemed that they were often treated as a unit which made developing their own individual identities and expressing their own traits more challenging. In cases where one twin had either learning or behavioral difficulties, sharing the same classroom often meant that the twin with less difficulties felt responsible and constantly monitored and assisted the twin that struggled. After observing all of this, I decided to put my own twins in the same classroom for kindergarten (to help them adjust to being in school all day). Starting in 1st they have been in separate classes. They will being going to high school in a year, and it looks like they will be headed to different schools due to different interests (one performing arts based and one STEM). Even though they are each other’s best friend ❤️, they also seem to want even more space socially (still kind of seen as a unit even though in different classrooms in middle school and boy/girl twins). They have very different personalities. Hope this helps.
Great to know! I think I'll do the same!
Omg everything you say is relatable and my twins are such opposites but they really do even each other out. We learned to not stress the little stuff and let things go. 😅 and totally agree about going out in public alone. Every outing needs to be planned out and with another human being that knows them! If not...the twins are NOT having it and mommies are having an anxiety attack. Lol
yes!!
Ummm your description of having twins in a separate lane than friends with one kid is SPOT ON 🤣🤣🤣🤣
okay good!!!
Yes mooch most days I'm highly productive and a little bit of a know it all and other days I can't seem to take in the simplest of things. I have two girls 2 and 5 and I just don't think I could have done two at one time twins run in my family a lot so with each pregnancy I was like please let it be one lol.
oh momma that feeling of being away from your kids doesn't really go away (even though we know its good for them), my son just turned 5 and even on date nights I want to pick him up from the sitter(my parents haha) and put him to bed myself. well last weekend we went to get him and he asked to stay there. I of course said yes- & was so happy he wanted to be away and he feels happy there but my heart also hurt a little that he was growing up so much. haha.
I have a 17 year old son. Your brain will never be the same. Embrace the moosh.
My twin girls just turned 6 on Saturday and they finished kindergarten! They were in same class because they didn’t do pre-k. Gigi had a hard time separating from me and it was good to have her sister with her!! They did great together in class! Had their own friends and thrived! Now they are going into first grade at a new school in new town so I’m leaving them in same class!! I think in 2nd grade I will separate them! But they did fine together
On CZcams I let my little ones watch this show and they love it, it’s called Baby Joy Joy it’s a animated baby that sings song but is educational and it’s kinda cute LOL
In our state, the school districts automatically separate all multiples.
Someone once told me “pregnancy brain turns into mom brain.” So true!
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I’m a teacher... most of the time I’ve found that twins are often put together for the first year or two of school, then separated after that. I’ve taught an identical twin, and could easily tell them apart in the year I was teaching one of them and seeing her every day, but as they grew older and moved up grades I couldn’t tell them apart anymore!!
That sounds like the best approach to me. My kids are grown and I don't have twins, but going to school is a big change for them. Being separated for the first time on top of that seems like a lot all at once. Let them get use to school, then put them in separate classrooms.
My mom had my baby sisters (twins) in the same pre-school, but separated them in elementary. Their pre-school teacher said that one would have a good day and the other a bad day, and they would alternate each day, so they're was never a good day for the teacher, lol. They're going to be 10th graders this year.
I am a twin, and I would recommend separate classes in school. Me and brother are now 25 years old now and it worked out well for us.
We did do preschool in the same class, but afterwards we were always separate.
I thought I was the only one that has mush brain since my twins
What utensils did you introduce them to?
forks and spoons!
Kendra Atkins I meant which brand. 😄
As a teacher, I can tell you that 99% of the time it’s beneficial to split up twins into separate classes.
good to know!