So your mom and your mother-in-law live fairly close to you. Get my 7 Things Every Dad of Twins Needs to Know.) ( RELATED: Don't reinvent the twin parenting wheel. And then having my mom there as well for backup gives us a couple of days a week where they’re gone kind of that eight to five range, so. So, having those hands have been a huge, huge blessing. And then on days that she works and I work, usually they go to either my mom’s or her mom’s house, so the grandmas, which as soon as the kids were born, my mother-in-law retired. I usually get the kids all day Saturday, so we refer to that as Dadurdays. And I work four days a week, usually about 25 to 30 hours, and then I’m at home. She, being a nurse, works three 12s, sometimes four. Our arrangement is so amazing, and we’re so blessed to have it the way that we do. So are you able to stay home when your wife’s not working to watch the kids? How’s that arrangement work? I go to work and I use tools to pick it up and then I come home and I digress and use my hands. So my life is basically wrapped around poop. We own a company that cleans up after dogs for a living. James: And I am basically a small business owner. So her knowledge and everything going through all of this totally helped me stay at ease. She also helps run the pediatric unit at a local hospital here in Rio Rancho, which is a suburb of Albuquerque.
James: To tell you a little bit about our family, my wife is a labor and delivery nurse, a charge nurse.
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All they want to do is be outside, and it’s about the exploration of it now, which makes it, for me … That’s kind of how I grew up, so it brings it full circle to watch them want to go get dirty and get messy. James: It definitely is, especially for having two boys. Joe: Yeah, that is a fun phase when they migrate away from just purely survival mode to where they’re little people that you can interact with and their personalities start to shine and it’s a lot more active as a dad. And the exchange there is hugely rewarding for me. When they’re scared, they reach for dad or they’re starting to reach back for hugs and give kisses. They’ll turn back when something happens. James: I would say my favorite part right now is the fact that they’re looking towards us. So when they were kind of small and laying around pooping and that was about it and sleeping, I was a little bored, but now that they are puppy monkey babies and jumping and crawling and getting into everything, it’s definitely keeping me busy. They are 16-1/2 months old which is, for me, the older that they get, the more interactive that they get, and that’s kind of more beneficial for me. ( RELATED: Expecting twins? Avoid these 4 critical mistakes expectant twin parents make.) This book will guide you from the newborn phase through infants, toddlers, and beyond. You can learn more about that book at and get a copy for yourself. Joe: But before we jump into that interview, I want to invite you to check out my book, Dad’s Guide to Raising Twins.
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Joe: Today on the show we are continuing our father of twins interview series with fellow father of twins, James Frazier, who shares his journey from the challenges of having twins in the first place to very active toddlers that he has today. As always, you can find me on the web at where you’ll find the complete transcript and show notes for this episode and all previous podcast episodes. Joe: Hello and welcome to the 176th episode of The Dad’s Guide to Twins podcast. Keeping the marriage relationship strong through the twin trials.Results of telling one twin “no” when the other is watching.
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