I’ve posted a fair bit regarding my twins, now 2yo (DD and DS).
This isn’t a serious matter but it’s starting to get to me that people always comment that they look exhausted. They seem to have inherited my ghostly pale skin and their Dad’s massive blue eyes and so they usually have puffy bags/dark circles under their eyes.
After a bout of illnesses over Christmas these are slightly more pronounced and so the comments have increased to randomers who stop to coo over them in the street - which happens fairly frequently and I assume it’s the novelty of boy girl twins plus they still look quite little having been born premature.
This has extended onto Health Professionals as well, like me they’ve been tested for Anaemia a few times now, iron levels are fine. They eat well, drink plenty of water and generally have plenty of energy.
I haven’t quite gotten to the ‘stock’ answer that I usually employ in these situations and given I have quite strong health anxiety with them both after their rough start in life and having spent 4 months in NICU I find the comments creeping in my head and making me worry that there’s something actually wrong and I’m doing my best to keep a level head!
I probably should accept this is going to be normal for them as it is for me (unless I’m wearing makeup I’m often told I look shattered) and I’m probably over thinking this because I do worry a lot about the twins health, I try not to let it affect my parenting but it’s a bit of a battle sometimes. I don’t really know what my AIBU is tbf - has anybody else got experience with a constantly tired looking toddler and the niggling worry that they might be ill when in fact they were fine?