{"id":2241,"date":"2021-05-17T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2021-05-18T08:51:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:51:13","slug":"driving-life-first-time-mum-to-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/driving-life-first-time-mum-to-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Racer to mother: Driving life as a first-time mum to twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

There can be few more extreme changes to your motoring needs than going from a racer to a new mother of twins, but Rebecca Jackson, co-founder of One Woman Owner, is doing just that. We find out how she’s coping with one of life’s most important roles, and how driving life has changed as a mum of twins!<\/span><\/p>\n

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    How\u2019s life with two gorgeous baby twins?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    They are the greatest blessing and I feel extremely lucky. I still cannot believe sometimes that I have two! I love being a mummy so much, and they are an absolute delight. I hated the final stages of pregnancy because I was so slow and so fatigued. Now that my energy\u2019s back and I can easily bounce up and down the stairs again I\u2019m happy. Life feels great right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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      How have your priorities changed in regards to transport?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I thought I could just drive them around and they would be fine… Ha ha! Little did I know that their cries would send a pang of anxiety greater than I have ever experienced through my body! So, I went out and bought a people carrier with sliding doors and a proper middle seat in the second row so I can sit in between them. From there I can keep them happy by singing, stroking their heads, putting dummies back in etc. Them being happy is what I want. I only drive them on my own during nap times so I know they will sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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        Does having the babies change how you drive on the road?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Yes. I\u2019m a massive advocate for road safety anyway and headed a road safety campaign with Pertemps Driver Training<\/a> before the twins were born. Now I have two babies relying on me, I\u2019m even more vigilant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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          What advice would you give others who are looking to change their car to cater for a new arrival – particularly twins?<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          A middle seat in the second row so you can fit two child seats either side and sit in the middle to keep them either entertained or relaxed – depending on where you are in your routine. A big boot for all the luggage that you need to take with babies. With twins it is almost double the luggage and ten times more than you need as a single adult!<\/span><\/p>\n

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          Read our car buying tips for first-time parents<\/a> to prepare you for changes in your own driving life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          There can be few more extreme changes to your motoring needs than going from a racer to a new mother of twins, but Rebecca Jackson, co-founder of One Woman Owner, is doing just that. We find out how she’s coping with one of life’s most important roles, and how driving life has changed as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onewomanowner.com\/usedcars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}