Comments on: How To Talk To A Triplet Mom

By: Bec

Bec — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:52:41 +0000

I have to say, number 2 made me laugh. Like you wouldn’t know how many children you birthed at one time.

A friend of mine has six kids so gets the “wow you must have your hands full” comment a lot. She has a little phrase in her signature that goes “if you think my hands are full you should see my heart”,

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:05:36 +0000

Awesome job Dorinda!

By: Heather Mott

Heather Mott — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:02:07 +0000

I could not have said any of this better. I just love the title..the comments and I want to know if I can post on my blog with you being the author of course. It is just so simple and it is so truthful. Thanks for posting and making the answers to some of these difficult questions seem so easy.

Heather Mott

By: Laurene

Laurene — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:39:12 +0000

What a wonderful list – we all need a shirt or cards to just hand to people that are so invasive of our families. My trio are 4 and I still get all those questions. Being outgoing doesn’t mean I love the invasive questions – it wears me out and pushes me over the edge most of the time.

You’ve got your hands full gets better full than empty for my reply. That makes them think. lol

Thanks! Great insite from another HOM mom.

By: mattysmama

mattysmama — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:18:34 +0000

I can’t imagine taking pictures of someone else’s children. That’s just wrong. I am very careful with pictures of MY kids playing with other people’s kids!!!

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:42:02 +0000

Thanks for sharing! This is great

By: Maureen A. Doolan Boyle

Maureen A. Doolan Boyle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:15:33 +0000

Dorinda, thanks so VERY much for sharing this! It is great!
I have posted a link to this piece via Twitter (MaureenDBoyle) and Facebook (Maureen A. Doolan Boyle) to go along with our Public Attention business cards for Multiple Birth parents:
FREE Multiple Birth Parents how to handle personal questions when out in public
http://mostonline.org/sunshop/dd/PublicAttentionCards.pdf
You are so spot on!
Maureen

By: Dorinda

Dorinda — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:09:13 +0000

So far, thankfully no one has ever committed suicide after finding out they had triplets! Why? Because they are such a blessing

And we too gets lots of pictures taken by people we don’t know – no idea why?!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:21:38 +0000

#6 is a really important one.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:36 +0000

When I was pregnant with my twins, a man said to me “if I were you, I’d kill myself!” Since he was someone I worked with, and in general a very nice man, I corrected him nicely. People often just blurt things out before they think, don’t they?

Now my (boy/girl) twins are eleven, and my singleton seven; we don’t get a second look or even a “wow, your hands are full!” I don’t really miss the attention, but having twin children remains a wonderful experience.

By: Mama Bird

Mama Bird — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:07:08 +0000

Okay, I don’t have multiples, but have friends (and soon to be family) who do. This was a very helpful post and I will definitely remember these tips in future! But the taking of photos?! That is just plain weird. I would get really angry of that.

Btw, your children are lovely….ALL of them.

By: Trip'n Mommy

Trip'n Mommy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:31:32 +0000

Thank you for writing this!

Another pet peeve of mine, and more so when my three were infants (they are 5 now), was asking me their names. I could never understand the relevance to a complete stranger and found it creepy. Not as creepy as the requests for pictures though.

Also, I have always wanted to answer “Better you than me” with “Apparently,” but have never had the nerve…

By: Karin Katherine

Karin Katherine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:11:51 +0000

These are great tips! I wish I had them when my twins were younger. And yes, you will miss when people no longer recognize them as twins. Its a great blessing as you already know.
Karin

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:27 +0000

Thank you! I just wrote a post about this. I always get comments, but lately it’s been really bad. I had someone taking pictures of us at the park. I little frustrating and rude.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:35:31 +0000

I love this!!

Thank you!!

By: katef

katef — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:49:14 +0000

Great post…

I am so with you on number three…. I realise most people are just interested but when you start a conversation with ‘double trouble’ an insult to me and my children I am really not going to be in the mood to chat, but if you tell me how lovely my children are or how lucky I am, I’ll probably be happy to tell you everything you want to know!