Book Description
The essential handbook for parents of twins and other multiple births covering development and childcare issues from conception to adulthood.
Product Description
Double the pleasure or double the trouble? Having more than one baby can test the endurance of the most calm and experienced parent. The family issues surrounding multiple births extend far beyond the practicalities of how to produce double portions at meal-times or change twice as many nappies and many parenting guides fall short of looking at the special needs of parents of 'more than one at once'. The incidence of multiple births is on the increase thanks to rising maternal age and assisted conception. This accessible and useful book by a GP, health writer and mother of twins, draws on first hand, practical and emotional experience, helping parents cope with the development and rearing of twins from conception to adulthood. Chapters are devoted to how twins and other multiples are conceived, the pregnancy, birth and possible complications, and how this differs from singleton births; schooling, adolescence and insight into how it feels to be a twin. Particular emphasis is placed on the realtionship between twins as individuals as they grow up, their relationship with others inside and outside the family, sibling rivalry, and the importance of fostering individuality and independence from an early age. Full account is taken of triplets and other multiples throughout. (19961122)
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Double the pleasure or double the trouble?
Having more than one baby at once can test the endurance of even the most calm and experienced parent. This inspiring and enlightening guide will be welcomed by all parents of 'more than one at once' who find that the standard baby and childcare guides fall a little short of their special needs.
This book offers first-hand professional, practical and emotional advice to help parents cope with the development and rearing of twins from conception to adulthood. The early chapters are devoted to pregnancy, birth, what to expect and how the process differs from single births. Later chapters offer information on feeding, managing, school, adolescence and other issues. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between twins as individuals as they grow up, their relationships with others both inside and outside the family, and sibling rivalry. Dr Cooper offers insight into how it feels to be a twin, and emphasises the importance of allowing individuality and independence to develop from an early age.
Essential, enlightening and often amusing reading for every parents of twins or more.
