I haven't - and am pretty excited about just having the one on board - but I have been a nanny for a lot of twin families, including one family who had fraternal [awesome] boys who were 19 months old when the identical boys came along. Their mum was amazing. Stuff I think she did well:
- Keep a sense of humour about you
- Relinquish control! (accept that some stuff is going to happen that you don't like, and work with it)
- Prioritise!
- Don't be afraid to ask for help
But, yeah, laughing seemed to be the most important thing. I remember her saying once "the little ones don't even bother crying - they know noone's gonna come!" Totally not true, but she used humour to deflect her frustration that she couldn't always get to every need of every child right on time.
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