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Homecoming for Twins

Making New Family Connections

By Laura Cone

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Slaughter and her husband tried to explain the situation. "I was on bed rest for a while, so during that time we talked about it over and over," Slaughter says. "He was 2. I don't think he understood the whole concept, especially that Mommy would be bringing two babies home. And then my babies were born early so they were in the neonatal unit for a month. That was a hard concept for him to understand, too, because he was so young they did not let him in to see the babies."

She told her older son the couple would bring the babies home when they got bigger. One of the twins came home at 3 weeks while the other one came home four weeks after the delivery. Her older son was not allowed to visit the infants due to hospital rules.

"He did not see them for the first month of their life," Slaughter says. "That was hard for [him] to understand. You are home and your belly is not big anymore, but where are the babies? We showed him pictures and tried to explain to him they were there growing and getting bigger." Once the twins were home, Slaughter tried to keep her older son involved by having him get a diaper or pacifier for her.

Slaughter also took time out for her older son. "He thought they would come home ready to play with him," she says. "It was hard for him to understand they were still too little."

Hiring Help
Slaughter had someone clean the home while she was on bed rest. She continued to hire a maid as well as a teenage babysitter to help in the late afternoons on days when her husband worked late.

"I'd have a teenager come at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to help me with dinnertime and bath time and that kind of thing," Slaughter says. "The afternoon and nighttime hours are the hardest. One of the biggest things she did was help with my older child. She kept him occupied. She was able to play games with him and do things I just couldn't do."


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