Natalie from Mommy of a Monster!

I would like to introduce you to this week’s Featurette! She is Natalie from Mommy of a Monster (I mean Toddler) & Infant Twins! You can also find her at Our Mommyhood as an editor. She’s awesome, so please show her some love!!!
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Hi There! I’m Natalie, and I’m so excited to be over here visiting with you all here at Mommy Monologues! Thanks Kate, for having me!

You can usually find me over at Mommy of a Monster (I Mean Toddler) and Infant Twins. That’s right…I have a toddler (my monster) who will be three in August, and twin girls (one of whom is following in her brother’s footsteps and is a monster-in-training) that will be a year old in August. That’s three little ones all under three. Yes, life is crazy. Yes, I am very busy. And no, I don’t know how I do it…I just do it!

The relationship the twins have is amazing to me. I have some beautiful pictures of the two of them sleeping and snuggling together when they were newborns. They always have gravitated towards each other, and continue to do so. When they were newborns and sleeping in the same crib, we used to put them at opposite ends, but when we’d check on them, they’d be right next to each other! We don’t know how they did it, but we tested it out several times and they would always end up back together.

When they are playing, they always sit very near each other, and often are touching. They stare at each other and smile. They kiss each other. Ms. L is more clingy/whiny than Ms. M, but if Ms. M is hurt or just needs some mommy time, Ms. L will “be good” for a considerable length of time before reverting to her regular shenanigans.

Other moms of twins have told me that when they start talking, they develop their own little language. I think that’s super cool and I’m looking forward to it! I’m sure it will drive their brother crazy since he won’t be able to understand them 🙂

And now, Kate had some questions she wanted me to answer, so here they are…

What’s your favorite blog to read?
What? I can only pick one? I’m going to have to cheat a little here. I have 14 blogs on my blog roll that I read every day, no matter what. 14! That’s a lot of blogs! I can’t pick a top favorite, but here are the five I always read first (in alphabetical order):

a belle, a bean, and a chicago dog
Funny or Snot
Letters for Lucas
Pretty All True
Taming Insanity

What’s your best blogging tip?
I just wrote a whole post on this last Saturday (Kate – great minds think alike!). The first one on my list was to always respond to comments by email, or if that isn’t possible, to visit the commenter’s blog and leave a comment there. I think it helps to develop relationships with your readers.

Give a link to your favorite blog post you’ve ever written!
I participate in the meme “You Know You’re a Mom When-sDaze” and I love those posts because I literally just jot things down throughout the week of things that happen and put them all together into a post. They are honest, funny, and all moms can relate to them!

But my favorite post ever is probably My Nana. It was the second post that I had ever written on my blog. I think it only has one comment. My Nana passed away in March and it’s her story. And there is an amazing poem she wrote thirty years before she died that the kids found after her death. You should check it out because it’s pretty cool!

So there you have it! Me, in a nutshell! Thanks again Kate for having me over for a visit!

Past Posts You Are Guaranteed to Love:

• We are potty training. Therapy Needed.
• An Adoption Story
• Toddlers. Ya Gotta Love Em.
• Newborns are Absolutely Amazing & Exhausting
• The Murphy’s Laws of Parenting