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Raising Twins

From Pregnancy to Preschool

by Shelly Vaziri Flais
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Even with years working as a pediatrician, Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP, was nervous about what lay ahead when she was told she was pregnant with twins. Now, several years into parenting her twin boys, Dr Flais is sharing her wisdom and experience as a mom and her expertise as a doctor to help other parents prepare for and raise multiples with confidence. With insightful stories from her own experiences coupled with important information only a pediatrician can offer, Raising Twins will help parents

Prepare for the arrival of their twins
Survive the first few days and weeks with advice on sleep schedules, feeding choices, and finding support
Develop strategies to help successfully manage (and enjoy!) the first year of their twins' lives
Negotiate the toddler years, including potty training, language development, big-kid beds, budgets, and discipline
Understand the world of their twins as they become preschoolers, including socialization inside and outside the family, encouraging individualism, discipline and sleep issues.

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  • Release date

    October 1, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781581103793

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781581103793
      • File size: 2860 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 4, 2010
      Raising a single baby is a major undertaking, but with twins there's often double the work-for the same number of parents. Pediatrician Flais, herself a mother of twins, presents a survival guide for parents in the first weeks and months of twin-rearing, as well as sensible advice for all stages of their children's development. From breastfeeding, napping, toilet training to discipline, her empowering and confident tone is neighborly and down-to-earth, keeping parents attuned to her if-I-can-do-it-so-can-you attitude. Sharing personal experiences and professional insight, each chapter is sprinkled with common sense to-dos and quick activities to expand on topics feeding, scheduling and seeking support. While much of the content here focuses on daily routine of twin care, Flais also encourages parents to foster independent identities in their kids: "give them plenty of opportunities to be individuals and pursue their own interests," and celebrate their different strengths and traits. Loving and bonding remains the most important factor in promoting lifelong well-being, but Flais gives parents sound advice for preparing and maintaining that loving environment while serving double duty.

    • Library Journal

      September 28, 2009
      Most doctors give pregnant women a free copy of Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; this title will likely serve the same purpose for those expecting twins. Succinct, practical, andAorganized by age group, the information does a good job of sticking to the issues unique to twins. Two appendixes-"Facts Every Parent of Twins Should Know" and "If Your Twins Are Born Early"-are especially noteworthy. Unfortunately, the excessive use of exclamation marks is incredibly annoying. Despite that quibble, this is a valuable contribution that will pair nicely with other recent winners (e.g., Susan Heim's It's Twins! or Dagmara Scalise's Twin Sense).-Julianne J. Smith, Ypsilanti Dist. Lib., MI

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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