Guest guest Posted September 6, 1999 Report Share Posted September 6, 1999 I too felt very uncomfortable with the twins club that we joined before the boys were born. We went to a Christmas party and felt like we stuck out. No one even noticed there was anything different about . The lack of sleep and the disorientation and shock I felt that first year was extremely noticable when I kept getting confused about the twins club and the Down Syndrome Association. I kept getting them mixed up. Of course that was somewhat reasonable since I had met my friend Saretta and her girls(our boys girlfriends born two days earlier one DS) and I had also met another family with older twin girls one with Ds. I remember going to a DS meeting and asking where their other twin was and at the twins club trying to figure out which child had DS. I was just a wreck. Now I think it is amusing. Now with Annice being almost the same size and Greyson and I have been asked if they are triplets - of course if she isn't wearing a hat her bald head gives her away. Recently a past Pres. of the Twins Club just wrote an article about having a twin with special needs. Her little boy has just been diagnosed with autism and epilipsy. I called her to thank her for writing the article and she said she was amazed how supportive everyone was and how many twins have some other problem. We have not been active with the club except for all their sales but I think we will become more so if we can squeeze in anything with all the therapies. That to me is one of the hardest parts. All the scheduling of therapists and them trying to work with at the same time take care of the other kids,cook,laundry,grocery shopping - its just endless. Margaret Greyson and (2yrs 10 mos. Annice(15mos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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