Whether you have twins, triplets, or more, multiples are a special experience that bring a special kind of challenge along with the normal joys and challenges of parenthood. There are resources at your local library to help you with the joys and challenges that you will face as a parent expecting multiples.
Twins: A practical and emotional guide to parenting twins
Katrina Bowman and Louise Ryan
From the first realisation that you will have twins until they are two and a half years old, you can expect to change about 12,000 nappies. To help you through all that goes along with twins and multiples, this book has excellent sanity saving tips and strategies for coping. There are some uplifting, some cautionary and some hilarious personal stories included.
Reviewed by Barbara
And one more: the multiple experience
Kay Brown [et al.]
A story of the experiences of four different families when they have twins. This book explores both the physical and emotional side of being pregnant with and giving birth to twins. It also covers relationships and going back to work and many other things that come with having twins.
Reviewed by Briony
Having twins - and more: A parent's guide to multiple pregnancy, birth, and early childhood
Elizabeth Noble
This 2003 publication is the third revised edition of a classic on the intricacies twins and multiples. In plain language it covers the physical, emotional, psychological and social challenges from conception to early childhood. The extensive glossary ensures complete understanding, and the index is thorough, allowing a quick look-up.
Reviewed by Barbara
Raising twins: what parents want to know, and what twins want to tell them
Eileen Pearlman, Ph.D and Jill Alison Ganon
This great book is an introduction to the wonderful (and mysterious) world of twins. This book is full of practical advice, as well as interviews with twins that lets you look into their world. This is not the easiest book to use, but it does contain valuable help for the parents of twins. This is a great all round introduction to the world of twins and twinship and will provide new parents of multiples with a starting point for questions and advice.
Reviewed by Erika
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