Reviews

Double Time: How I Survived---and Mostly Thrived---Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins by Jane Roper

sarahfett's review against another edition

4.0

I certainly am the target audience for this book. Like the author at the time she wrote it, I'm a woman in my early 30s with a history of depression who struggled with infertility before having twins. I enjoyed reading about the similarities and difference in our situations and getting a glimpse of what toddlerhood with my boys may be like. Her humorous tone is a delight.

mamasquirrel's review against another edition

5.0

If there ever was a book that described the last two and a half--almost three--years of my life, this is it. Truly. I want to hand this book to everyone I know and say "See? It's not just me! This stuff is HARD!" Breastfeeding twins. Managing outings with baby twins. Twin toddler emotions. Hard choices about career and motherhood. Postpartum twin body. Postpartum hormones and depression. Handling people's comments. Thank you for writing this, Jane Roper.

m_lee's review against another edition

3.0

I was drawn to this memoir as I am currently pregnant with twins. However, I feel like the title and description of this book are a bit misleading. There are definitely honest portrayals of what it’s like to raise twins and insights that I hadn’t encountered in the less personal twin books I’ve read so far. However, I can’t help thinking/hoping the author’s experiences were significantly overshadowed by her struggle with mental health issues in such a way that won’t relate to my future experiences raising twins. It was definitely interesting to read about her struggles to adjust her medication and work/life balance while experiencing the sometimes adorable and oftentimes difficult aspects of raising twins. However, I hope that I don’t later find her situation far more relatable than I currently imagine.

kristin_roemer's review against another edition

4.0

I felt like I wrote some of this book -- the difficulties getting pregnant and anxiety disorder, not the having two kids and having bipolar thing. I really liked this one but it simultaneously made me very overwhelmed.