Child Care for Twins: Traditional and Non-Traditional ...
As many new parents will tell you, quality child care is very expensive. Multiply expensive times two, and you have the cost of caring for twins. So how can you find quality, affordable care? The first step in assessing your situation is to call ... [... more]
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How Bearing Twins Can Affect Your Body - Twins
Growing and delivering a set of twins can affect a woman's body in semi-permanent, though usually reversible, ways. Here are some common problems women face in the year after delivering twins. After losing some of my pregnancy weight, I noticed ... [... more]
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Lose Weight After Twin Pregnancy - Twins
Although my twins are now grown, I've never forgotten, or will never forget the weight I gained while being pregnant with them. Before pregnancy, I was a slim 125 pounds. During my final well-baby check, I weighed in at 203 pounds! Much of the ... [... more]
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DNA Testing and Twins - Twins
From the moment some twins are born, parents are certain of one thing-they aren't identical! Perhaps they have different hair or skin colors, or perhaps, like my twins, one has a distinctive hereditary mark (a cleft chin) and the other does not. ... [... more]
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Twins with Different Fathers - Twins
Twinning in itself is a phenomenon that captures the interests of millions of people. That's the reason there is a Twins Site here at BellaOnline. Mix in the reality that there are twins who exist that have been fathered by different men, and the ... [... more]
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Helping Older Siblings Interact with Twins - Twins
Now that my twins are nearing their first birthday, I'm finding new ways to help my older children interact with the babies. Here are some ideas that have worked for us. My Kindergartener is just starting to read books on his own, and had books ... [... more]
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Parenting Twins and Managing Stress - Twins
Parents of twins experience the same stressors that other parents face, and then some. Here are some of the most common causes of parental stress, and some suggestions for how to address them. Twins put an economic stress on a family, sometimes ... [... more]
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Weekly Cooking for Twins - Twins
When you're cooking for twins, sometimes it works best to cook on Saturdays and then freeze everything into family or individual portions. Some of the dishes I've made and frozen into portions include: Here are some recipes I make for my family ... [... more]
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Twins of Different Races - Twins
Alicia and Jasmin Singerl were born in 2006 in Australia, to a mother of Jamaican-English heritage and a German father. Alicia is fair and blonde like her father, while Jasmin is dark-skinned and dark-haired, like her mother. Another set of ... [... more]
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Hip Maternity Wear for Expectant Moms of Twins - Twins
When I began my twin pregnancy, I was a size eight. I soon moved on to maternity clothes in size medium, then large, then extra large, and then (in the final month or two), XXL. My bra size inflated six inches and three cup sizes. Such a rapid ... [... more]
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Book Review - Twinspiration by Cheryl Lage - Twins
Most women, upon finding out they are pregnant with twins, go to the bookstore to find information on what they can expect. The idea of having two babies at once is often just too hard to get one's mind around without some help. Cheryl Lage's ... [... more]
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Toddler Twin-Proofing Your Home - Twins
As twins transition from crawling to toddling, they get into everything! Here are some "twin-proofing" ideas that have worked for our family. When the twins were smaller, we used small plastic containers for their toys. We used a Rubbermaid ... [... more]
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