TWINS!!! (a non-baseball diary - sorry!)

by JJ on Oct 15, 2005 12:27 AM PDT

no, not the baseball team, but what my wife and I found out we're expecting in May! This will be our first and second kids and we're totally excited. I love the idea of having twins, it'll be an adventure for sure. The ultrasound technician says, "Well, there are definately two in there, let's see if there are any more." The world stopped for a good 1 minute as I regained my breath to hear, "well, it's twins!"

So, mark down 2 more A's fans to come! I'm going to have to train them from Cincinnati, but they'll be growing up in green and gold!

So, I was wondering, are there any twins out there or anyone who has twins that would like to weigh in with advice for a young couple? Also, should I become a little more of a Twins fan (a suggestion by someone in class)? Or, have there ever been twins to make it to the major leagues? Or, what's a good twins joke you've heard? Let's talk twins, but not the baseball team!

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Should JJ delete this poll so that we can go back to complaining about Macha?

FIRE MACHA NOW!!!

13 votes

The baseball season is continuing even though Boston and the Yankees are out of the playoffs???

3 votes

YES - AN is a baseball only site!

4 votes

NO - JJ doesn't know what's about to hit him, he needs all the help he can get!

38 votes

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Congratulations!

Yay babies!

Nobody Girl

by day-to-day on Oct 15, 2005 12:53 AM PDT reply actions

whoops

sorry. i meant to click no but i guess i was in a hurry and clicked yes. im not a jerk. congrats!

by KEVINfromCV on Oct 15, 2005 1:10 AM PDT reply actions

woo hoo!

congratulations! From what I've seen having twins is a gigantic handful, but a rewarding and unique adventure.

When the due date gets closer, get a friend to volunteer to set up a meal rotation, where a few friends chip in and bring you a big meal a day after the birth (and leave immediately). Also, if possible, take a week or two (even better) to be with your kids without family and friends, just so you get to know them a little bit; then get as much help as possible.

Congratulations again!

by Apricot on Oct 15, 2005 6:34 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations!

by arch on Oct 15, 2005 7:30 AM PDT reply actions

Great,

another addition(s) to the Athletics faithful! Congrats!

by richharden40 on Oct 15, 2005 7:33 AM PDT reply actions

Oh wow, congratulations!

Twins, man... I wish you all the luck in the world. :-) Nice to know there'll be TWO more A's fans in the world!

As for twin baseball players, Baseball Almanac has a list of the sets of twins who have played the game. Including our own Jose and Ozzie Canseco.

Hopefully, the A's will have another set of twins soon on the team soon by drafting the other Street brothers!

"Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic." -Robert S. Wieder

by Kyli on Oct 15, 2005 8:25 AM PDT reply actions

I forgot Ozzie and Jose are twins

geez, I hope to aim my twins the exact opposite of those guys!

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on Oct 15, 2005 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions

congrats!

Now you've only got 14 to go before you catch up with Michelle and JimBob Duggert!

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Oct 15, 2005 9:00 AM PDT reply actions

Cory Lidle is a twin

and his brother, not to surprisingly, got drafted as a catcher. I heard he was starting to pitch, too, somewhere in the minors, but I haven't heard anything in a while.

I'm an identical twin, and I'd be happy to give you advice (don't dress them alike; don't give them rhyming names; they'll communicate in ways you'll never understand; autonomy will always be an issue; etc.).

congratulations.

by captainamerica on Oct 15, 2005 9:14 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah for twins!!

I'm also an identical twin (though not captainamerica's twin), and I'll concur with some of the above thoughts -- no rhyming names, don't dress them alike, make sure they get the opportunity to form their own identity, value what makes each different, and expect the unexpected...

Congratulations! And good luck!!!!

giggle

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 15, 2005 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

no worries about both of those

I have to be able to tell my kids apart--- I'm terrible about telling apart twins!

My brother-in-law is a twin and absolutely loves it, I think it'll be so fun to have them grow up together!

Thanks, gigglingone!

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on Oct 15, 2005 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions

nailpolish

Paint the big toe on one of them. Just remember which one!! :)

If you are lucky, they will have birthmarks which will make it easier. But otherwise, see what you can do to keep track of them until they start differentiating themselves...

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 16, 2005 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Congrats, JJ!!!

Having my daughter is the most wonderful experience I've ever been through. I can't imagine having two at once!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

by Tyler Bleszinski on Oct 15, 2005 10:58 AM PDT reply actions

Congrats!

Twins are so cute! I am very happy for you!

"We play our best ball when we're goofing around and having a good time" ~Bobby Crosby

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Oct 15, 2005 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

As someone who is just two weeks into fatherhood..

...get as much sleep as you can between now and May, because after May, you'll be lucky to get an hour in.

One other, possibly more valuable, piece of advice; work out a way to sleep in shifts. My wife goes to bed about 9pm and leaves me to feed/change the kid through the night, and after a 3AM feeding I put the kid to bed and go to sleep myself, leaving the missus to rise at 6am for the next feeding while I sleep until about 10am.

This is the ONLY way we can get a decent 6 or 7 hours sleep each in a row, and life got a lot better for both of us once we figured it out. Up to that point... well, it wasn't healthy.

Oh, one other piece of advice - let the kids feed until they're in a milk coma. That way they'll sleep for three or four hours straight and leave you some time to yourself. Most parents stop feeding once they figure the kid is full, but if you keep going a little further, they'll actually fall asleep in your arms and stay that way. Blissful. And it's perfectly healthy for them, at least in the early stages.

Oh, and move away from Cincinnati. As someone who lived in Covington for a year, I feel your pain.

by Ozzz on Oct 15, 2005 6:36 PM PDT reply actions

milk coma... brilliant!

My wife loves Sunday dinner because she falls into a "food coma" afterwards on the couch!

Covington, I have to say, is not where we're going. I'd move out pretty quickly from there, too! I can feel your pain!

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on Oct 15, 2005 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Double congratulations!

...just add love, ...and lots of A's games!

"...It might have been a great year with a real DH."

by A s Eh on Oct 15, 2005 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, and don't forget Twins Fest!

The annual Twins Days Festival is held in August in Twinsburg, Ohio each year -- just a short drive from Cincinatti! My sister and I have gone twice now, and it's great fun. There are also lots of parents there, so it's a great way to get advice from other parents of twins! Oh, and their website (and tons of others) have listserves and message boards with information about raising twins.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 16, 2005 11:31 AM PDT reply actions