for parents of twins & multiples
Small children discover the world around them by using their senses. They touch, squeeze, smell, taste and look. Texture, colour, even the noise something makes as fingers are run over it – it all provides a motivation for play, and through that play, learning. Water and sand in particular provide countless opportunities for tactile, imaginative […]
Children are quite hands on with new things, this is how they learn. Taking part in ‘messy play’ is just another aspect of a fun, healthy and productive childhood. When a child gets ‘messy’ it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are rolling about in the dirt or splashing around in muddy puddles, it simply refers […]
Time for some light-hearted tips on weaning twins… All learnt the hard way!!! 😉 Reproduced with kind permission from Crazy with Twins. Unless you enjoy starting your day with a smattering of pureed food products all over your clothes, in your hair, dripping from the walls and stuck to the carpet… don’t be tempted to […]
Reproduced with kind permission from Vesta Birth & Parenting website: If your expecting twins or more you may be wondering about your feeding choices. When I say choice, I mean it very loosely. I know as well as most, that mums of multiples in some circumstances don’t actually have the opportunity for true […]
As any parent knows, having just one child can be one of life’s biggest challenges, but if you have been blessed with twins, you have got twice as much to think about, from wardrobes to sleeping habits. Your twins are used to sharing everything from the womb onwards, so it may seem like a great […]
Coralie Phillips and Donna Roach are identical twin authors. They have written four books together. The illustrated book Duplicate Dreams about twins and multiples with identical interests and careers in common is their latest book and is available via Amazon. We had the opportunity to interview Coralie and Donna about being twins and about their […]
A routine check, which meant a day off work for us for the appointment in the morning, and then to the local cafe for a toasted sandwich to get excited over the scan pictures. Never would we have thought that hours later we would be parents of twins, the toasted sandwich would have to wait… […]