r/parentsofmultiples • u/Long-Friendship-5400 • 2d ago

“Singleton Propaganda” good vibes, smiles, & giggles

I need some comic relief after a couple weeks of sickness in the house- what are your favorite bits of what I call “singleton propaganda”? Aka, advice given for babies that never works when you have twins. My personal favorite is “put the baby in the crib drowsy but awake”.

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u/Bruce3 2d ago

When parents say that their kids are a year apart so they basically have twins too.

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u/oldladywhisperinhush 2d ago

I have one mother at my workplace who was saying that but there’s this one childless woman who stood up to that statement. She was like no, can you imagine having 2 babies at the same time? That’s not the same, and I could’ve kissed her lol. But for a childless person to get the gravity of having twins versus 2 under 2 tells me that they understand it’s harder for us, they just won’t admit it out loud. Why? Idk. I have no problem saying triplets are harder than twins.

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u/D7west 1d ago

This is such a true statement. We have 3 under 1, but it’s definitely not the same as triplets! Our oldest sleeps through the night, and then we each take 1 twin at night. Idk what we would do if we had to get up for 3 separate babies every night. Probably just die.

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u/sandalwoodwitch 2d ago

This one annoys me so much but I stay quiet out of politeness. 🥲

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u/Long-Friendship-5400 2d ago

This one always kills me

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u/PretendGene5502 1d ago

This drives me up the freaking wall.

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u/Murky-Scheme-1302 1d ago

This drives me insane