As I am writing this I am 35 weeks and one day pregnant and I thought it was a good time to write this post as I don't have much time left! 37 weeks is considered full term for a twin pregnancy, and over 50% of twins are born at 36 weeks or before so [...]
Author: mymotherhoodtokyo
Preparing Your Firstborn for the Arrival of a New Sibling (or two!)
I started thinking about how to prepare A for the arrival of a new brother and sister quite a while back. One of my favorite books on the topic is The Second Baby Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a popular gentle parenting activist. In the book she talks a lot about not only the experience of [...]
What I'm Packing In My Hospital Bag for Pregnancy #2 with Twins!
At 32 weeks pregnant with twins I am getting my hospital bag packed since we could end up going at any point in the next 5 weeks! My hospital gives you a list of things to bring but I am taking quite a bit more of that since it only covers the basics. Just a [...]
Why choose natural childbirth + my tips for once you have
i standon the sacrificesof a million women before methinkingwhat can I doto make this mountain tallerso the women after mecan see farther legacy - rupi kaur Natural childbirth, just like breastfeeding, was never something I imagined myself becoming so passionate about until I actually experienced it for myself. It seems that, at least in the [...]
Twin Pregnancy Second Trimester Update (Weeks 13-28)
As I sit down to write this, I am 29 weeks pregnant and officially in the third trimester! Before I forget everything, I want to talk a bit about how second trimester went during my twin pregnancy. Right around 12 weeks pregnant is when the nausea began to clear for me and I felt like [...]
10 Ways to Promote Oral Language Development in a Multilingual Environment (Ages 0-3)
I've been asked a few times to do a post about how I promote oral language at home, particularly since we are a bilingual household. My husband is Japanese and speaks Japanese to my now two-year old son and I speak primarily English. At two years old, my son is able to have conversations in [...]
Asahi’s 2 Year Update – Sleep and Everything Else
I'm a few months late on this post (blame my twin pregnancy!) but I'm happy to finally get to it now! Asahi is currently almost 2 years and 3 months old and a few things have changed in the last few months which I will try to note. First off, from about 20 months old [...]
Weaning from Breastfeeding in the Toddler Years
This post is close to my heart right now as my son recently weaned from breastfeeding at the age of 25 months. I want to share a bit about my story as well as provide some tips and advice if you are thinking of encouraging your toddler to wean from breastfeeding. Weaning is a complex [...]
5 Baby Products You Need Living in Central Tokyo (and a few you don’t!)
Living in Central Tokyo, especially as a person who grew up in a more rural situation (aka driving everywhere!) can be a learning curve when it comes to baby products. Now that my son is two, I feel like I am a bit wiser as far as baby products go! Here's a list of five [...]
First Trimester Update (Weeks 1-12) – Pregnancy #2 with Twins!
When they say your second pregnancy flies by they weren't lying...although I think I can only say that about the last week or so because the rest of it I basically felt horrible! Here's a roundup of my experience in the first trimester during my twin pregnancy! If you prefer video format, you can also [...]
