Any good books?

For new parents expecting twins?

 

I know there was one I really liked called Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy by Leiter, Gila

She had twins herself and she is a doctor so it's very comforting and informative at the same time.

 

The books that I got and really liked were:

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads - by Dr. Barbara Luke

Ready or Not...Here we Come! - by Elizabeth Lyons

I think the other twin/multiple books I have were given to me by the Dr's office and a Multiples Class we went to at the hospital but I did really like the 2 books above.

 

Another recommendation for:

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads - by Dr. Barbara Luke

That's a great book! And I really respect her experience and the research she's done. (She's the head of the Multiples Clinic at the University of Ann Arbor, and the MOMs who follow her guidelines overall have much better outcomes than MOMs in general.)

I'm also liking the book Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins and More from La Leche League. I haven't read a lot of it so far, but it has some good basic info on pregnancy and delivery as well. (And I think provides a good balance to Dr. Luke's book, since some of the perspectives on the L&D process are different--this book gives more pros and cons of the various interventions.) And obviously it goes beyond pregnancy to talk quite a bit about BFing and infant care with multiples. I think it's from the attachment parenting perspective, which I don't necessarily agree with, but I'm trying to read a variety of books to understand various perspectives.

 

My husband just ordered a book by gina ford - "a contented house with twins". obviously, i haven't read it yet, but her idea of establishing a schedule for the babies early on sounds like a good idea to me ...

 

I forgot to add another book I'm reading is The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp. Great book so far. It's not geared towards twins - but any baby. I really need to hurry up and finish it I'm going to be needing it!!!!

 

thank you guys.

 

I recently finished "Juggling Twins" my Meaghan Regan-Loomis.

It was funny, it was witty, it was down to earth and I loved it. She gave some great advice/tips on how to survive with twins. She's not a dr, she's a real mom who's lived it. I really recommend it!

 

I just finished: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy - by Gila Leiter

It was nice to have a hard copy, but I felt a lot of it I had already learned from reading twin information online. I would also check Ebay before you pay full price for any of the books.

As mentioned already and one that I would like to get next is: When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads - by Dr. Barbara Luke - I've heard that was really informative without being redundant.

Good luck & Congratulations!

 

All my favorites are listed on our website at:

http://www.nossgalenbaby.com/twins_resources.html

One I do not suggest is "Mothering Twins". They made having twins sound like the beginning of the end.

 

I like and have The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg. It isn´t written for mums with twins, though I think there is a section in there for us, but it is very good for pointing you in the right direction regarding feeds and instilling good sleeping habits.

 

Oh yeah, I've also read most of Juggling Twins! I liked it.
And I've started The Baby Whisperer and am planning to read On Becoming Babywise.

 

I liked the Happiest baby on the block (good for the first 3 months) I heard the video is great to watch with the new dad.

I love love love the book Healthy sleep habits happy child HSHHC you will see lots of twin moms in the birth- one year group who have read the book. This is great after the first 3 months when you start to put them on a schedule, before that it is next to impossible they are too young.