Articles on Twin Care and Development

Twin Services is pleased to bring you the following articles on a variety of issues important to multiples. Many are from Twin Services' Twin Care Handout Collection for Parents. Articles on topics of particular interest to parents written by others are also included. For more information see the wonderful new book for parents The Art of Parenting Twins by Twin Services' founder, Patricia Malmstrom.

Articles may be downloaded for individual use. They may not be reproduced in any form, including electronic, without the written permission of Twin Services,or the individual authors.

General Topics

• Cyber Savy Sites for Mother of Multiples
• Encouraging Individuality in Twins
• Good Reading
• Multiple Birth Resources
• Staying Sane Under Twin Stress

For Expectant and New Parents

• Introducing Solids
• Preventing Premature Multiple Births
• They Are What You Eat ÷ Nutrition in a Plural Pregnancy
• Twin Fathers Need Help, Too

Toddler and Preschool

• A Loving Hold: Calming Tantrums
• Limit Setting with Twins

School Age

• School Placement: Apart or Together?
• For information regarding school issues see the article "Encouraging Individuality in Twins" above. You will find an in depth discussion of related issues including classroom placement in Chapter 12, "Your School Age Multiples" in The Art of Parenting Twins

For Professionals

• The Alphabet Soup of Twin Biology (zygosity)
• Co-Bedding of Multiples in NICU
• Encouraging the Breast Feeding of Multiples