2-Year-Old Identical Twin Boys With Glorya Toloso | Twins Tale Podcast

Last updated on August 12th, 2024 at 04:56 pm

Nat chats with Glorya Toloso, mom to 2-year-old identical twin boys and full-time online teacher for grades K-5. Glorya shares details about her twins eating routine, nighttime routine, bathtime routine, and how she balances the family workload with her husband.  

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Glorya Toloso is a professional multitasker. Her current projects include: creating and teaching online content for Kindergarten through 5th grade, completing the last year of her Master’s degree in Instructional Technology and Learning Science, and raising 2-year-old identical twin boys with the help of her husband and four cats. In Glorya’s former life, she was a Lead Preschool Teacher with experience in child development and behaviors, which she uses daily in her parenting. Glorya is a firm believer in self-care in the form of tea, regular therapy sessions, and planners with stickers.

Top 3 Pieces of Advice for Other Parents of Twins

1. Plan to Get Out of Your House and Make It Easier on Yourself

Invest in a stroller and/or babywearing supplies so that you can get grumpy babies out of the house and get yourself some fresh air. 

2. Take Lots of Videos

I love rewatching recorded moments and listening to the coos and grunts I had forgotten from newborn times. The app “1 Second Everyday (1SE)” is a great way to start, since you are prompted to record 1 second of video each day that it compiles the videos for you.

3. Talk to Your Babies, Especially About Your Feelings and Life

Narrate what you’re feeling, why you’re feeling it, and what you’re doing about it. This goes for when you’re happy: “I’m feeling happy!” Or “I’m smiling! I’m excited to be outside today.” But also for complicated times: “I’m feeling disappointed. I’m missing my friends. So, I’m going to write them a letter. I might feel sad while I’m writing, but I’ll be proud when they get their letter in the mail.” Modeling emotional awareness early on makes it easier and more automatic later for everyone.

Top 3 Things You Wish You Had Done Differently

1. Don’t Get Caught up in Perfect Memory Keeping

I had so much guilt during my first year that I wasn’t keeping up with scrapbooking or doing social media-worthy photoshoots for every milestone. That was wasted emotional energy that I wish I could get back.

2. Seek Out Play Dates (Including Virtual Playdates)

Getting the chance to let your children interact with others is powerful and I wish I had made more of an effort to seek out and maintain play date friendships early on. Our boys get to play with their friends at preschool, but I’m not there to see how they act independently. I miss getting to watch them play with other children.

3. Keep Up With Infant Massage

I can’t say enough about how happy I am that we took an infant massage class. It was one of my favorite ways to bond with our little ones; but once they started rolling away at bedtime, I stopped chasing them. Now that they are toddlers, I want to get back into that routine for additional bonding time, but I wish I had started it back up sooner.

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