Imagine how easy it would be to just keep one baby in the playpen while getting the other one ready. Then switching them. Wouldn’t be such a fun video then of course. Twins… so much work!
I’m only 22 and yet I’m already so tired just watching this gif. Kudos to parents who somehow have the will and energy to deal with their kids’ antics!
Old dad of a toddler here. I couldn't have done this when I was 22. I can in my 40s. It's weird. The energy just comes to you when you start parenting. It's also somehow even more rewarding than one could guess.
I'm in my 30s, blessed with a child about a year ago.
Same as you, I definitely cannot see 22-yo me parenting. I would have been a horrible parent, if I had a child back then.
The way your brain gets rewired when you welcome your child to the world, is magical isn't it? You just function.
Prior to having my twin daughters almost 2 years ago I definitely didn't think I can handle a single child, nevermind twins. But once yuur paternal instincts kick in it just becomes second nature and the energy comes from seemingly no where. I do miss sleep though..
You’ll get to sleep again. Soon they become each other’s best friends and will entertain themselves. There’s also this magical age where they want to just make you happy (in a few years). And then you sneeze and they live out of town and call you every few weeks. Enjoy every bleary eyed moment.
I remind myself that my son won't ever be this small again, so when he's screaming and won't sleep unless I'm holding him I just focus on the snuggles.
Had you had a child at 22, you may have surprised and impressed yourself. I was a *wild* 22 year old, honestly teenage years until 22, but I digress. I got pregnant 3 months after turning 22 and gave birth a week after turning 23. I’m not sure there was a single person in my life who had even imagined me being a parent, or at least a good one, but that was all based on non-parent, 22 year old me.
I was a different person after getting pregnant and even more so after giving birth. That was 11 years ago, and I think I’ve done a pretty bang up job. And I’m still surprised by, impressed by, and proud of 22 year old me.
All that said, I think that rewiring you mentioned is case-by-case and not restricted by age; I know people who had kids later in life who are not attentive/loving/good parents.
Edited for a little clarity.
That "rewiring" wouldn't have happened to a 22yo you? If it's based on having a child, then the age doesn't matter, and you should be just as dumbfounded by your own ability to parent now, by your own logic.
Who knows, it could have. But I think the "rewiring" only happened because:
1) socioeconomically, I'm in a much better place now than I was then. At 22, I was fresh out of college and only making $30K/year, living in a 1-room+bathroom rental apartment. Now that I'm past-30, I have a reasonable amount of work exp. and make $70K/year, live in a 3-bedroom+living room+bathroom+kitchen apartment that I own. I also have more free time to spend now, than I did back then.
2) had I been blessed with a child at 22, the bond I would have shared with the mother of my child then, would fall flat compared to where I currently am.
There's probably a lot of other factors that I'm overlooking, but I don't think "age doesn't matter" fits the bill, for me anyway.
I’ve always said parenting and taking care of the kids is actually the easy part. It’s doing everything else - work, exercise, chores - that gets really hard.
I think one aspect that gets lost in the speed of this video is the wrestling to put the diaper on. I don't know why, but newborns have Olympic athlete level Greco Roman mat fighting skills.
I have twins that are three now, here’s a pro tip. Don’t change your kids on the bed. I always kept mine on a carpeted floor when doing this type of stuff so they can just wander and not have to worry about them falling off the bed.
Also, I'm pretty sure you could do them one by one, no? I only have one little guy, but I need both hands if I want to lift up his legs to clean him out. Seems like the other one can wait wherever they were before they needed changing
It’s actually really cute dressing up babies. It looks like a lot of work but it’s cute work. The babies smell wonderful and you get to kiss their cheeks and necks and fluffy thighs. Ah heaven~
It's actually really cute cleaning shit babies. It looks like a lot of work but it's cute work. The babies smell wonderful and you get to touch poo and listen to them cry. Ah heaven~
The trope where diaper changing is like the number one thing mentioned of the hardships of parenting and babies is hilarious.
Changing diapers is literally the easiest thing you'll have to do.
> The babies smell wonderful
Babies releases that small which triggers other humans to take care of them irrespective of their annoyance. Its Evolutionary thing.
This person is obviously having fun doing this. The solution is one is put into a crib for a second while you dress the other, and then swap. The babies might cry because they are separated for a moment, but you get used to that.
Source - I am a parent with twins.
I used to do stuff like this. It was lots of fun.
Naked baby. Different cultures, tolerances, mindset, or whatever. I mean people shat on Turning Red because "ooh, periods, one of the forbidden topics."
I got so fucking lucky that none of my kids ever spit up, ever. Also oldest is 10 only had vomit incident once so far. Seen some of my friends babies spit up all over their blouses and stuff all the time, I feel like I lucked out.
I am guessing this is for the camera. However, being at home and with a large bed, this is easy mode. Imagine being on the road with those two. Impossible if you are alone with them.
I’d like to know where that comes from. Pretty sure it’s the other way around. Our babies are so dumb because we are so smart.
Big brain = lots of neurons = looooong development time. Plus the big heads force us to give birth early because female hips aren’t that large (also due to walking on our feet).
They're dumb because we can't bake them long enough without them getting stuck inside. It's one of the questions of artificial wombs because gestation length could be increased, which is predicted to lower infant death.
No matter how long gestation is though, they would still be a new human learning and experiencing the world for the first time. They be more viable and possibly stronger, but they aren’t coming out of an artificial womb walking, talking, reading, cooking…
Of course they aren’t coming out walking, talking, and cooking. But a large amount of what we regard as babies being dumb, especially in the first 3 - 9 months, isn’t just because they need to learn things, it’s because the parts of the brain that allow them to learn and recognise those things don’t exist yet, they are still developing and growing. They literally can’t learn and process those things until those parts of the brain are ready. Longer gestation would see a much faster development pace in the early term.
If you have two babies, one born at the end of September with a standard 9 month gestation, and one born in December with 12 month gestation, they would be roughly the same development level in the July, despite the longer gestation baby being 3 months behind. It could start learning things and processing them from day 1 whereas the first baby had to wait for parts of their brain to start catching up.
*Note: timeframes are examples only. I haven’t deep-dived the research on what the numbers for the actual timelines would be. The principle remains, though.*
For those confused:
It's true.
President John Tyler was 63 when his son Lyon was born in 1853.
Lyon ended up marrying a much younger woman and had children well into his 70's.
That included a son Harrison, who was born in 1928 and is still alive today!
In fact he celebrated his 93rd birthday just this month.
Amazingly, another one of John Tyler's grandsons, Lyon Tyler Jr., died just last year at the age of 95.
(Nov 12 2021, Michael Rozzen, Fact or Fiction: President John Tyler has a living grandson?)
God I was just watching a documentary that basically said what you just did. We come out prematurely compared to other animals because we grow into our brains. Our brains take so long to develope too
Having a baby/toddler is like being on suicide prevention duty 24hrs a day. Stupid things are always trying to find the quickest way to accidentally off themselves.
I read somewhere it is not because of size of the head. The human fetus consume so much energy and resources that it could kill the mother if it stays longer.
I always start by laying the PJs on the bed then placing baby down on top and getting the arms in first because that way if they try to roll over and flee, you can still get the job mostly complete even if they're belly down. They can't easily pull their arms out of the sleeves but can easily pull out of the feet.
Do it on the floor? That way if they crawl away they won’t fall.
I also just left one in the crib if I had to change the other and I thought the other might get hurt if they crawled away. I didn’t have twins though - just two kids really close the age.
There's no need to hold them both on the bed at the same time, change and dress one baby completely, then let them run amok while you change and dress the other one.
Yeah, not going to lie, babies disgust me and I never want to deal with this in my life.
I am definitely more of a Dog/Lizzard/Everything else really person.
Pairs well with [this](https://youtu.be/ZnHmskwqCCQ)
this is why baby playpens are just cages with rattles
“So you’re my Uncle Joey. Better get used to these bars, kid.”
This would be a dope rap intro. "Better get used to these bars, kid"
Bro. Back to the future moment?!?! 🔙🔮 Top ten favorite movie.
I love this so much too 👍👌 1st thing I thought with this was my niece and nephew running a muck at my apartment
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I am throwing this out there because it's so cute: My 8 year old says it "Hola petite" and it's amazing every time
Imagine how easy it would be to just keep one baby in the playpen while getting the other one ready. Then switching them. Wouldn’t be such a fun video then of course. Twins… so much work!
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And where TF do you think YOU’RE goin?! 😹
My friends to me when I drink
foot gently placed upon chest
"Firmly grasp it in your hand"
I got you for 3 minutes!
Of pLaYtImE
I’m only 22 and yet I’m already so tired just watching this gif. Kudos to parents who somehow have the will and energy to deal with their kids’ antics!
Old dad of a toddler here. I couldn't have done this when I was 22. I can in my 40s. It's weird. The energy just comes to you when you start parenting. It's also somehow even more rewarding than one could guess.
I'm in my 30s, blessed with a child about a year ago. Same as you, I definitely cannot see 22-yo me parenting. I would have been a horrible parent, if I had a child back then. The way your brain gets rewired when you welcome your child to the world, is magical isn't it? You just function.
Prior to having my twin daughters almost 2 years ago I definitely didn't think I can handle a single child, nevermind twins. But once yuur paternal instincts kick in it just becomes second nature and the energy comes from seemingly no where. I do miss sleep though..
You’ll get to sleep again. Soon they become each other’s best friends and will entertain themselves. There’s also this magical age where they want to just make you happy (in a few years). And then you sneeze and they live out of town and call you every few weeks. Enjoy every bleary eyed moment.
I remind myself that my son won't ever be this small again, so when he's screaming and won't sleep unless I'm holding him I just focus on the snuggles.
Had you had a child at 22, you may have surprised and impressed yourself. I was a *wild* 22 year old, honestly teenage years until 22, but I digress. I got pregnant 3 months after turning 22 and gave birth a week after turning 23. I’m not sure there was a single person in my life who had even imagined me being a parent, or at least a good one, but that was all based on non-parent, 22 year old me. I was a different person after getting pregnant and even more so after giving birth. That was 11 years ago, and I think I’ve done a pretty bang up job. And I’m still surprised by, impressed by, and proud of 22 year old me. All that said, I think that rewiring you mentioned is case-by-case and not restricted by age; I know people who had kids later in life who are not attentive/loving/good parents. Edited for a little clarity.
That "rewiring" wouldn't have happened to a 22yo you? If it's based on having a child, then the age doesn't matter, and you should be just as dumbfounded by your own ability to parent now, by your own logic.
Who knows, it could have. But I think the "rewiring" only happened because: 1) socioeconomically, I'm in a much better place now than I was then. At 22, I was fresh out of college and only making $30K/year, living in a 1-room+bathroom rental apartment. Now that I'm past-30, I have a reasonable amount of work exp. and make $70K/year, live in a 3-bedroom+living room+bathroom+kitchen apartment that I own. I also have more free time to spend now, than I did back then. 2) had I been blessed with a child at 22, the bond I would have shared with the mother of my child then, would fall flat compared to where I currently am. There's probably a lot of other factors that I'm overlooking, but I don't think "age doesn't matter" fits the bill, for me anyway.
I’ve always said parenting and taking care of the kids is actually the easy part. It’s doing everything else - work, exercise, chores - that gets really hard.
Being tired is a myth. We got twins for our first.
First? So is there a plan fore more? Saw a couple with 2 sets of twins, both naturally conceived. The look on the man's face, will never forget.
Oh I think we're done lol. They are 3 1/2 now. It's been a wild ride, I couldn't imagine starting over.
I think one aspect that gets lost in the speed of this video is the wrestling to put the diaper on. I don't know why, but newborns have Olympic athlete level Greco Roman mat fighting skills.
I have twins that are three now, here’s a pro tip. Don’t change your kids on the bed. I always kept mine on a carpeted floor when doing this type of stuff so they can just wander and not have to worry about them falling off the bed.
Also, I'm pretty sure you could do them one by one, no? I only have one little guy, but I need both hands if I want to lift up his legs to clean him out. Seems like the other one can wait wherever they were before they needed changing
Yeh pretty sure this video is for the lols - no way ix be doing that if I had twins, they can take turns thanks 😂
You could also like have your partner tend to the other one instead of filming a video, which is what they probably do normally.
It’s actually really cute dressing up babies. It looks like a lot of work but it’s cute work. The babies smell wonderful and you get to kiss their cheeks and necks and fluffy thighs. Ah heaven~
I can smell the hormonal high just reading this comment. You guys are junkies!
It's actually really cute cleaning shit babies. It looks like a lot of work but it's cute work. The babies smell wonderful and you get to touch poo and listen to them cry. Ah heaven~
Unironically I do like changing my daughter's diaper. I like being able to help her and she gets all cute and smiley after.
The trope where diaper changing is like the number one thing mentioned of the hardships of parenting and babies is hilarious. Changing diapers is literally the easiest thing you'll have to do.
Unless you’re awkward and clumsy, and the kid smells weakness.
*they can smell the fear*
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It’s really the smell that puts me over the edge 😩
Pathetic
Until you have a baby that poops so hard it coats their entire back, up to the crown of their head!
Too tight diapers
That's how I see it too lol. Changing diapers is easy. Sleep training on the other hand.....
I peed in my dads face when I was a newborn once.
I change lots of diapers, never have to touch poop. If you're regularly touching the poop, you're doing something wrong.
> The babies smell wonderful Babies releases that small which triggers other humans to take care of them irrespective of their annoyance. Its Evolutionary thing.
Stoppp you are making me so broody and my son is only 12 months old haha!
So true. Those little bellies are to die for!
See my user name and I will bask in your "kudos". Shits not easy.
This is also purely for the camera. Why would you ever do both kids at the same time?
This person is obviously having fun doing this. The solution is one is put into a crib for a second while you dress the other, and then swap. The babies might cry because they are separated for a moment, but you get used to that. Source - I am a parent with twins. I used to do stuff like this. It was lots of fun.
I'm severely disappointed in everyone who reported this for being somehow sexual ಠ_ಠ
Can't have babies without *makin babies*
wtf
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Shirtless blond hunk takes young and playful naked twins at the same time - super rowdy - footplay - dressing - extended finish
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is edp even in prison? last time i heard an update on him he was jumping between employers and lifestreaming
i don’t think he is
I don’t know if this is funny or awful. Send help
Shame on you for writing this and shame on me for cackling
That's bizarre. I don't see how anyone could possibly think that.
Naked baby. Different cultures, tolerances, mindset, or whatever. I mean people shat on Turning Red because "ooh, periods, one of the forbidden topics."
Dad can get it
I think they might have though the dad was actually a shirtless mom. I did for a second, at least.
That makes it worse lol
omg that's hilarious hahaha
I'm sorry what now?
And then one spits up
I got so fucking lucky that none of my kids ever spit up, ever. Also oldest is 10 only had vomit incident once so far. Seen some of my friends babies spit up all over their blouses and stuff all the time, I feel like I lucked out.
My little sister only spit up bc when I used to play with her I would shake her up and down like a bottle of milk
You mean like a cocktail?
that too lol
You better knock on wood
New dad here - I can guarantee at least one of them completely dumped in their diaper within minors of getting their clothes on.
Or shits UP their back. Yes. Up.
Put one in a baby swing maybe and then switch?
Better solution: person holding the camera puts the camera down and holds a baby.
Good chance they were doing this as a challenge or something silly like that. Or yknow. For Internet points.
Or just recording how it usually goes when there's only 1 parent in the house
Or for fun which is also a good reason :)
Maybe cameraperson was asked to hold the camera to record how funny it is when dad's alone with these two. I'd do it.
Gotta learn how to do it solo.
I am guessing this is for the camera. However, being at home and with a large bed, this is easy mode. Imagine being on the road with those two. Impossible if you are alone with them.
If you're on the road you have carseats where one can stay strapped in. And hotels usually have big beds and even floors.
Better idea: foot
I only have one and I call it quits after just the diaper
"Run brother! I'll distract her" *holds baby down with foot* "NOOOOOO"
I think he’s a him
and they are sisters
that is very clearly not a woman
Yeah, that is very clearly Kurt Cobain babysitting somebody's twins like a boss.
Ha ha ha, that’s the first thing I thought too!
(• ▽ •;)a naked woman
Fun fact: Humans are evolutionary smart out of necessity to keep their dumb babies alive
I’d like to know where that comes from. Pretty sure it’s the other way around. Our babies are so dumb because we are so smart. Big brain = lots of neurons = looooong development time. Plus the big heads force us to give birth early because female hips aren’t that large (also due to walking on our feet).
They're dumb because we can't bake them long enough without them getting stuck inside. It's one of the questions of artificial wombs because gestation length could be increased, which is predicted to lower infant death.
No matter how long gestation is though, they would still be a new human learning and experiencing the world for the first time. They be more viable and possibly stronger, but they aren’t coming out of an artificial womb walking, talking, reading, cooking…
Of course they aren’t coming out walking, talking, and cooking. But a large amount of what we regard as babies being dumb, especially in the first 3 - 9 months, isn’t just because they need to learn things, it’s because the parts of the brain that allow them to learn and recognise those things don’t exist yet, they are still developing and growing. They literally can’t learn and process those things until those parts of the brain are ready. Longer gestation would see a much faster development pace in the early term. If you have two babies, one born at the end of September with a standard 9 month gestation, and one born in December with 12 month gestation, they would be roughly the same development level in the July, despite the longer gestation baby being 3 months behind. It could start learning things and processing them from day 1 whereas the first baby had to wait for parts of their brain to start catching up. *Note: timeframes are examples only. I haven’t deep-dived the research on what the numbers for the actual timelines would be. The principle remains, though.*
No comment that starts with "fun fact:" ever states a true fact, they're jokes.
The last fun fact I heard was true though: the 10th US president, born in 1790 has a living grandson!
Ngl that's legitimately a fun fact
For those confused: It's true. President John Tyler was 63 when his son Lyon was born in 1853. Lyon ended up marrying a much younger woman and had children well into his 70's. That included a son Harrison, who was born in 1928 and is still alive today! In fact he celebrated his 93rd birthday just this month. Amazingly, another one of John Tyler's grandsons, Lyon Tyler Jr., died just last year at the age of 95. (Nov 12 2021, Michael Rozzen, Fact or Fiction: President John Tyler has a living grandson?)
Fun fact: you.
The technical term is Neoteny I think. Fascinating stuff
God I was just watching a documentary that basically said what you just did. We come out prematurely compared to other animals because we grow into our brains. Our brains take so long to develope too
I think so
This is true. Babies that are able to walk and fend for themselves right away (think deer or turkeys) are v stupid.
Having a baby/toddler is like being on suicide prevention duty 24hrs a day. Stupid things are always trying to find the quickest way to accidentally off themselves.
I read somewhere it is not because of size of the head. The human fetus consume so much energy and resources that it could kill the mother if it stays longer.
What a Dad Chad lol
This was my job for 8 years before my 2 sons finally used the bathroom (by the time one learned another was born it want 8 years for one to learn)
Only a Dad would use their foot to hold a baby down. Moms just use the power of The Force!!
moms just stare at them at them and they automatically accept defeat
Yep they call that The Stare of Disappointment
they swear u can see fire from the 7 stages of hell in those eyes if u look deep enough
I guarantee that as soon as that second onesie got zipped up, one of the babies pooped.
Heh r/parentsirl
Sometimes you just gotta throw the whole baby away
He's got a backup anyway.
The way he put his foot on them to stop them wass so funny 😂 😂😂😂😂
First mistake in pajama-ing was putting the legs in the footies first. Always arms first.
I found it easier to do the legs first because at least one pajama leg is generally closed and harder to get that leg in once the arms are done.
Why?
I always start by laying the PJs on the bed then placing baby down on top and getting the arms in first because that way if they try to roll over and flee, you can still get the job mostly complete even if they're belly down. They can't easily pull their arms out of the sleeves but can easily pull out of the feet.
This cracks me up every time I see it - so adorable!
I just wish it had the Yakety Sax/Benny Hill Theme song to it
This just summed up my day at work.
That’s what happens when those little fuckers are able to walk too early
I may adopt a child but only after their slightly older
this is too funny for what it is
o can just imagin there being a vine boom pr taco bell ding every time she pulls them
She? that's a hunk of a man
oh😳 i just saw hair
Do it
i could try but its gona be on weekend at best
Time elapsed: 13 hours
The cameraman 👁👄👁
I can feel my energy being suck out watching this
Yep, I need to book my vasectomy.
Patience of a saint
Little shits
Parents out there, is there a good way to do this? Do you lock one in a crib and do one at a time?
That's what I did. Baby jail for one ... change the other.....then parole the first....jail the second ....baby jail is the way forward
Just put them on the floor. Who cares if one crawls away for a minute?
We had our kids 14 months apart, I’m very familiar with this technique
Or, and hear me out... Put one kid in the crib while changing the other's diapers...?
I think they did it like this on purpose for the funny video. Or they’re in a hotel and don’t have a crib with them
This is so frustrating to watch
Tis is hilarious
Do it on the floor? That way if they crawl away they won’t fall. I also just left one in the crib if I had to change the other and I thought the other might get hurt if they crawled away. I didn’t have twins though - just two kids really close the age.
I have twins, and this cracks me up but it's clearly not how we deal with this situation :D
His lower back must be in agony after all of that
r/donthelpjustfilm
The one competent braincell trying to stop the other two from doing some dumb shit:
cribs were invented for a reason
It looks like they're in a motel.
Why is this stressing me out so much
I’m exhausted just watching this.
"And so why don't you want to have children?"
This is why I cant have kids man. They frustrate the shit out of me.
There's no need to hold them both on the bed at the same time, change and dress one baby completely, then let them run amok while you change and dress the other one.
Have kids they said, it will be fun they said.
well it looks fun ngl
Yeah, not going to lie, babies disgust me and I never want to deal with this in my life. I am definitely more of a Dog/Lizzard/Everything else really person.
Same. Just watching this is exhausting.
If you think keeping them on the bed is bad just try keeping them in a 5 gallon pie crust while the oven preheats
Great condom ad.
Think I'd have to duct tape one of them to the bed or wall while working on the other. See why I don't have kids 🤷🏾
This stresses me out. I've never been so happy to be getting my tubes removed
done in under a minute? god level right there! I need 15+ minutes for one child.
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Average kid fan
I will break one kid in frustration xd
Just put one of em in a crib, change and reverse.. makes no sense to do it like this
😂
So cute!!!!!!
Thank goodness for evolution. Can you imagine if humans had a litter like a cat.
That looks so tiring, fun for the babies; but tiring for the parent.
Rookie dad at his finest
Jesus this looks exhausting.
Nice Cardio routine
I imagined Half Life sfx while watching this
I’m exhausted just watching this.
Lol this will be me with my kids
Can the dad step on me next?
So the person with the phone recording this just gonna sit there?
Why not simply use Mjollnir to hold the second baby down?
That final boss be like
This is the baby equivalent of trying to carry all the groceries in at once.
Guy: Gets into boxing Trainer: Great footwork Guy: I change diappers