Working to Afford Twins, Emergency C-Section, and Getting Babies on a Schedule with Kris Lloyd – Podcast 309
Episode 309 of the Dad’s Guide to Twins Podcast Show Notes Today we continue our father of twins interview series with Kris Lloyd, father of non-identical girls. Listen as we explore his twin parenting journey, including: Found out at 8-9 weeks about twins Trouble free pregnancy and delivery Getting support from family and friends Hospitals were busy for regular scans and had to push for a plan. 37 weeks of pregnancy water broke , emergency c-section after about a day Dad was not allowed in room due to operation. Formula feeding babies Transitioning back to work When twins started crawling Slept through night since about 12 weeks Daily schedule for 9 month olds Started in parent’s room for first 6 months Time off with work 3 weeks (partner 8-9 months) Working Monday-Friday 60 hours a week and still staying connected with twins Didn’t need two jumpers, walkers, etc. as only one wanted to use it at the time. Childproofing the house now that twins are mobile and more… Connect with Kris on Instagram . Podcast Transcript This is transcript auto-generated so please forgive any mistakes. Joe: Today I would like to welcome to the show, Father of Twins, Kris Lloyd. Welcome to the show, Kris. Kris: Hi. Joe: Kris, how old are your twins right now and what’s something exciting about this age? Kris: They are turning nine months old tomorrow and I’m finding that this is the age now where they’re starting to, you know, not so much just stay still now. One of my twins, Carly, she’s started crawling yesterday properly. My other twin, Casey, is now starting to try and crawl as well. They’re sort of more involved with everything now. They’re not just, you know, food, sleep. They’re not just basically just drinking their milk, going to sleep, and playing. They’re so involved now, and they’re becoming a real personality now and finding, “Yeah, that’s the best bit that’s happening right now is that I’m starting to realize they’re becoming a person. They’re in a weird way that may sound, they’re starting to have their own little personalities. The way that you’re starting to realize what they like and what they don’t like, what gets them happy, what makes them excited. Joe: They’re very similar reactions. Like you mentioned likes and dislikes, are they similar or are they very different? Kris: Similar with the likes and dislikes as in they both love weetabix and snacks and crisps like baby flavored crisps. They have the same dislikes, but as people, they are very different ones, very, like, Casey’s very much wants to be involved with everything, wants to play with everything, wants to get involved. Whereas Carly, my other twins, she’s very much, will sit back and, you know, sort of watch what’s going on and learn and then progress. Joe: Are your twins identical or non identical? Kris: Non identical. They’re DC, DA, I think the term is DC, DA twins. They’re non identical. And as they are getting a bit older now, I’m starting to realize big differences with them. They are very similar if you were to look at them and don’t see them every day. I feel like you would say, “Oh, they’re pretty similar.” But as a dad, I can tell them. That’s right. We spend so much time with our kids. We start to notice a lot of the differences really early. Joe: What’s a typical daily schedule like for your nine-month-olds as far as sleeping, eating, stuff like that? Kris: They’ve always been good at sleeping. They’ve always pretty much from about, I’d say about 12 weeks, they’ve always slept right through the night. We’ll give or take, you know, at the odd feed here and there, but not often. But now they tend to sleep from about half, six, seven o’clock at night until about, again, they normally wake up about four, half, four, have a bone, so you give them a dummy. I think, what is it you call them? America pacifiers. Joe: Pacifier, yep. Kris: Yep, you give them that and they will go doze back off then go back to sleep for about half six, until about half six, seven in the