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Summary: DON'T WASTE MONEY ON NON-EXPERT ADVICE
Review: As an expectant mother of boy/girl twins, I am dying to read anything on the topic of being pregnant with twins and the issues you face once they have finally arrived after the nine long months of anticipation. At this point, both my husband and I have read this book and have found it to be not worth the money we spent!
Hindsight being 20/20, maybe we would have reconsidered the purchase of this book had we noticed that the author is not a doctor or psychologist, rather an journalist who seems to revel in writing pseudo-psycho babble on child rearing.
After I was done reading this tome, I was left in tears fearing I would be a disastrous parent because I am not planning on breast feeding (personal choice I have a right to!), I am planning on going back to work after the twins birth, ad nauseum with things Ms. Novotny told me would make me a bad parent.
The book overall doesn't have the tone/manner of being a book of 2002, let alone one from 2000. If you clearly look at the pictures incorporated, you see adorable children in strollers, cribs, etc. that would horrify the CPSP (Consumer Products Safety Commission) as they clearly do not represnt products that are up to code with todays safety standards. (This as well should have been a clue, while I was perusing it in the bookstore!)
Overall, I felt my money was wasted and that I should have spent my [money] on something cute for the babies to wear.
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Summary: Wonderful resource for parents of multiples
Review: I am currently 28 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins and this book has been of great use to me. I plan to attempt to breastfeed both babies and the section on breastfeeding was the clearest and most concise that I have found so far. I especially appreciated the sections giving the pros and cons of breastfeeding vs. bottlefeeding. When I began this book, I actually planned to bottlefeed but when I learned that the changes in the breastmilk that accompany a premature delivery actually promote neural development, I quickly decided to breastfeed for at least the first few months. The author's use of diagrams to illustrate the many breastfeeding positions possible with twins was a god-send, as was her suggestion that the nursery contain a chair wide enough to lay one baby down next to you. It saved me from buying two narrow glider rockers that would not have worked for me at all!In addition, the book's positive attitude goes a long way towards balancing out many of the horror stories other authors of twin books seem compelled to include. It is nice to find a book that puts its faith in you as a mother, rather than assuming every parenting theory to come along is the be-all and end-all. My one caveat with the book is its title. When I saw the title (namely, the word "having"), I assumed it covered pregnancy to some extent. However, I disagree with the previous reviewer who said this book is of no use until the 8th month. Many twins are born prematurely and I doubt I will have much time to read the parenting books by the time my twins arrive! My suggestion is that expecting moms purchase this book as well as one that focuses on the pregnancy itself.
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Summary: Good to look at but leave it in the store.
Review: I did enjoy seeing the cute pics.. however the this book is rather out dated with info. It is filled with family info but not good for a mom to be or a mom in the first few years. It does have a few funny answers to the questions that moms of multiples seem to get a lot! It was fun to look at and read for the enjoyment of it..
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Summary: The Joy of Twins and Other Multiple Births
Review: My husband bought me this book while I was on bedrest awaiting the arrival of our twin girls. I was eager to soak in as much info as possible before they arrived. What I first noticed was how dated the photos inside looked and as I read on I realized that the book was orignally written in the 1980's with perhaps a few later revisions. The stats that were quoted about things like twin birth rates, mothers returning to the work force and even baby gear were terribly outdated. Like some of the other readers, I did think some of the basic twin information was somewhat useful, but I was definitely disappointed that it was not more current.
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Summary: The Joy of Twins and Other Multiple Births
Review: This book didn't provide much useful information on how to survive the daily life with twins. It's focus is mainly the emotional health of the family-- which *is* important. But I was wanting a book that would help me deal with the trivial things we take for granted before having twins. It is a nicely laid out book-- I loved the pictures. But the information *I* wanted just wasn't there.
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Summary: Good if you like pictures....
Review: This book didn't provide much useful information on how to survive the daily life with twins. It's focus is mainly the emotional health of the family-- which *is* important. But I was wanting a book that would help me deal with the trivial things we take for granted before having twins. It is a nicely laid out book-- I loved the pictures. But the information *I* wanted just wasn't there.
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Summary: All the positives of raising twins
Review: We bought four books on twins prior to birth of our twin boys and found this one to be the best by far. Most of the other books, at some point, focused on the negative side of raising twins, but this book focused only on the positive. I would recommend this book first and formost for future parents of twins.
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