Berkeley Parents Network: Books about Twins

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Books about Twins

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Feb 2005

Does anyone have any good, current recommendations on books about raising twins? We are expecting twins within the next couple of weeks. Thanks. Cindy

The book I found most supportive and useful was called ''Mothering Twins: From Hearing the News to Beyond The Terrible Twos.'' It was written by five mom's of twins who met at a twins club support group. They each shared their various experiences, including what did and didn't work for them. I really appreciated that it was written from the perspective of ''Do whatever works for you, here's some things I tried...'' It is completely non-preachy and non-judgemental. I highly recommend it!! Julie

Sept 1998

I found several books before my twins (just turned 5!) were born. One of the best was Having Twins by Elizabeth Noble, dealing mostly with pregnancy and infancy. An even better resource is Twins Magazine. They generally have something about various age groups. They also have a very good web site: www.twinsmagazine.com. Check out their "Resources". Also check out Twin Services in Berkeley. They have groups of articles available on various aspects of raising multiples. Their phone # is 524-0863. They also have a web site but I don't have the address handy. Berkeley may also have a good Mothers of Twins group. Good luck and have fun. Colin

The Joy of Twins is an excellent book, very positive. The Elizabeth Noble book is also a good resource, but has a lot of scary stuff about twin pregnancy which I did not find helpful when I was pregnant with twins. There is an excellent twins group that meets once a month in Berkeley on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 at the community center/church on the Alameda near hopkins (I forgot the name of it.). The organizer is Suzie Robertson. I found the group very helpful when I was pregnant. We have a two-year old and 5-month old twins. Good luck. Melissa

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