Alison Lee's Blog, page 15
September 20, 2016
3 Moms We Should All Be Friends With
Dear Regina George (kidding!), My sister and I share a love for the movie Mean Girls. No matter how many times we watch it, it never gets old. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s about a group of mean girls in a high school who have distinctive roles. There’s the follower who does everything […]
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September 6, 2016
The Adoring Public
We had to get out of the house. The house was where naptime ended abruptly as you tried to lower a sleeping kid into their crib. The house was where you had to stop kids from using brown fingerpaint on the walls when you didn’t even own the color brown. The house was where your […]
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August 30, 2016
How Our Life Changed With Triplets
The magic ultrasound wand in the fertility clinic revealed three babies with strong beating hearts, and we knew our lives were changed forever. It took some time for the reality of triplets to sink into my brain. During the pregnancy, I spent sleepless nights awake and sweated with anxiety about how my husband and I […]
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August 23, 2016
6 Tips to Sync Your Twins’ Schedule
Set a schedule and STICK TO IT and before you know it, you’ll have your twins on the same schedule! This is the advice you will hear from experienced twin moms. And in turn, this will be the same advice you will give to expecting twin mamas when they turn to you for help and encouragement. […]
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August 16, 2016
How to Love and Embrace Your Postpartum Body
I have spoken to many women who are self-conscious about their body after they have children. It’s a normal reaction. Your body has undergone some major changes, from head to toe. Having a negative body image affects your confidence, so here are some tips to help you look at yourself differently. Even if you are […]
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August 9, 2016
Telling My Twins Their Birth Story Changed Their Relationship
For the first five years of my identical twin boys’ lives, I couldn’t tell another adult their birth story without crying. How could I begin to share it with them? Many of my twin mom friends wanted their children to know all the facts – especially for their health history. Others feared that labeling one […]
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August 1, 2016
Call for Submissions for Multiples Illuminated’s Second Anthology
A year ago, Multiples Illuminated was a concept. A dream. An intangible idea that excited two people from opposite ends of the world. When our first anthology Multiples Illuminated: A Collection of Stories From Parents of Twins, Triplets and More went on sale on Amazon in May of this year, this dream became a reality. When […]
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July 26, 2016
Picture (Not) Perfect Parent
I wanted to switch it up with my column this week. I got super excited at the thought of creating a Multiples Illuminated video. In my excitement, I forgot my camera-awkward presence and inability to go more than two sentences without swearing. I didn’t take into account my lack of any somewhat professional camera equipment […]
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July 19, 2016
Why I’m Not Handing Out Goodie Bags On a Plane
I didn’t travel with the triplets on a plane until they were three years old. Not because I was worried that they would be ill-mannered and disturb the other passengers, but because my husband and I didn’t want to. It was too much for us to handle, being outnumbered by tiny people and their accompanying […]
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July 12, 2016
“Just” One Kid
Not too long ago I sat at a table with other moms at a coffee bar, chatting about this, that and so on and so forth. I joined in by telling them about a mom blogger I admire, who jaunted around town, writing about her fabulous life in the city. You know, with her one […]
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