Raising Twins

Parenting Multiples From Pregnancy Through the School Years

Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610023375
• Year: 2019

Pediatrician and twin-mom, Dr. Shelly Vaziri Flais, offers expert advice for raising healthy, well-adjusted twins and triplets in this fully revised and updated third edition. Her guidance will help parents of multiples prepare for their babies' arrival, weather the first few months of infancy, manage toddlerhood, and help establish individual identities through the school-age and teenage years. The combination of sound medical advice and real-world experience will give twin-parents the direction and reassurance that they need. Packed with thoughtful advice, parenting tips, and anecdotes from twin-moms and -dads, this new edition also includes interviews with twins, including astronaut Scott Kelly.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Please Note
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: A New Adventure
• Chapter 2: Preparing for Your Twins' Arrival
• Chapter 3: The Early Days and Weeks
• Chapter 4: Early Infancy and Getting on a Schedule
• Chapter 5: Later Infancy and First Birthday
• Chapter 6: The Toddler Years (1- and 2-Year-Olds)
• Chapter 7: The Preschool Years (3- and 4-Year-Olds)
• Chapter 8: The School Years: As Your Twins Grow
• Chapter 9: Support, Emotional Health, and Time-savers
• Chapter 10: Preterm Birth and Other Birthing Challenges
• Chapter 11: Triplets, Quadruplets, and More
• Chapter 12: Multiples: Facts, Lore, and More
• Chapter 13: A Glimpse Into the Twin Experience
• Chapter 14: Single Parenting, Partnership Challenges, and Divorce
• Resources and Websites for Families With Multiples
• Index
• Back Cover