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Cooking easy freeze and re-heat meals that she can eat one-handed as she won't have time for cooking.
Arrange to take her oldest child out with your DD a couple of times a week even for an hour so she has some break times.
Get her a big whiteboard with textas so that she can write notes and organise herself eg. writing when each twin fed, slept etc so she can keep track.
Offer to mind the twins for 15 min each day so that she can have a shower.
Tahnt's all I can think of at the moment.
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:goodidea Yep what she said ESP the meal thing. Also even offer to just be in the house to watch the kids so she can have a sleep.
............... Thanks heaps lovely ladies, some fab ideas there (Nai, i love the idea of the whiteboard)
Her DD will start 4year old Kinder this year so that will help that she will be in Kinder 4hours x 3days per week ... so i guess the days she has her at home i could take her DD for awhile to play with my DD (only prob her DD is clingy, she won't even stay with her Nan for long so i'm hoping that will change soon ... whenever i see her now i've noticed she sits on my lap more for cuddles).
Anymore ideas please feel free to throw 'em my way as have some time as twins are due August
Big thing here is I ask friends with kids around DS' age to come around and bring their LOs. It gives DS someone to play with so I can focus on the girls. Might sound crazy but it works for me.
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Mates of ours had twins, and also had a 3 year old. We would look after the older child occasionally to give Mum a break, time just with the littlies. We dropped a casserole in once a week or fortnight for the first year. It helped just having one meal that was healthy, and they didn't have to plan or cook. As the kids got older, we now get to mind them too when the older child needs a bit of attention- or Mum just wants to get her hair done without 3 littlies in tow.
We have also gone over for dinner, but taken everything with us. That way, the kids still get their regular bedtime routines and we get to share dinner together without them having to make it all.
Thanks heaps Kate & Rhyb
(Rhyb i have to say your pic there looks like 3 of the cutest little gumnuts huddled together ... just simply adorable)
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I definitely agree with cooking and freezing meals. A few friends did this for me and it was an absolutle godsend and I only had one baby. Also going and visiting her would be nice too as she might have trouble getting out initially. If you are comfortable enough do a little bit of housework while you're there or like already suggested look after her kiddies so she can have a shower.
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