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RICHARD IRVINE

The Journal

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November 29, 2025

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS

There are many difficult questions when it comes to childcare but right now the only one on my mind is how do we control the twins and leave the house with the minimum of aggravation?

They're eight years old and not doing anything we ask is a way of life. Looking back, it was an ordeal leaving the house when they were babies and we needed bags, buggies, support systems, snacks, more bags, but at least we could carry them off the premises.

What we have now is two savvy little operators who behave like feral cats, darting around the home in various stages of readiness.

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