http://www.iparenting.com/ Latest articles from preconception to the teenage years. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/XULP1_yu2i0/2122.php If you are pregnant and haven't had an ultrasound, you're probably wondering, "When will mine be?" If you've already had one, you probably can't wait for the next. Why are ultrasounds so exciting? After all, most people will tell you that your unborn child is pretty much unrecognizable... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/2122.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/28oQLzyicFI/1894.php When Jamie Mushlin discovered she was pregnant, she sought to do what many mothers-to-be do: become as informed as possible so she would have a healthy, happy pregnancy leading to a similarly happy, healthy baby. Along that path of preparation, she opted to do something slightly different: She underwent a series of first trimester tests despite the fact that at her young age, she was not in a higher-risk age bracket... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/1894.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/vecSv0H0jNg/282.php Leaving a child with an incompetent caregiver is every parent's nightmare, but families can find loving, knowledgeable nannies. Annie, mom to Cecilia, 4, and Beau, 2, never worries about leaving her kids with 19-year-old Esther. "Esther's great... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/282.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/IQFb3ySPIUw/2872.php Tony Villanova starts his day when he feels a tug on his blanket and hears the voice of his almost-2-year-old daughter exclaim, "Daddy, Daddy, wake up!" Tony sits up in bed and his daughter hops up next to him to give him the first of the day's many hugs and kisses... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/2872.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/7SMluNv38YY/108.php Once the initial shock of finding out you are carrying twins begins to wear off, it's time to do some serious planning. If you weren't organized before, now is a great time to develop new habits! Once those babies arrive, most of your time will revolve around seeing to their needs... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/108.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/Iyk5G4Yz-R0/234.php After nine months of reading baby books, first-time mom Kelli Cedars of Kokomo, Ind., knew at what stage her baby should be able to roll over, push up and crawl. But when it came to her son's emotional development, "I was pretty clueless," she says. "Other than the social smile, I didn't know what to expect or if there were things I should be doing to help him along... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/234.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/k-Pg6fglxl4/4144.php Is it a rule that all little boys must make a mess? But this time, the mess was because of Dad. Yes, the truth is now out: Dads make messes, too. Sliding... "Throw me, Dad," said my youngest of 3 years. And what else could I do? So, with my son cradled in my loving arms, I rocked back and then forward, releasing him at a high rate of speed onto the Slip-and-Slide... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/4144.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/s6g6pQjczq4/3945.php It can happen while at playgroup, the park or even during a friendly neighborhood gathering. The conversation starts innocently enough but soon heads quickly south: "Cassie is totally potty trained. What about you guys?" "Aaron can already write his name... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/3945.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/Rl6oStOz3go/186.php I'll never forget the day my husband was holding one of our 4-month-old twins and said, "His head is crooked!" I frantically ran over, looked down at the top of my beautiful baby's head and noticed that his ears were displaced and the right side of his head was flat! I immediately ran over to his twin brother for comparison and realized that his head seemed crooked, too! We immediately took our twins to their pediatrician, who said that they both had positional molding... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/186.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/9f2Ukxd6cKs/279.php When Leslie Reynolds of Magnolia, Miss., took her 4-day-old son to the doctor for his first checkup, the pediatrician mentioned that the baby had a heart murmur. Overwhelmed with being a new mother on her first outing, Reynolds didn't think to ask any follow-up questions, but when she got home she began to worry... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/279.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/qMJ2aw8KY0M/4469.php After Brenda Sullivan's twin sons were born prematurely, it took three weeks of careful care in the NICU before they were ready to go home for the first time. And like most new parents of preemies, it was a day of excitement and apprehension for Sullivan... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/4469.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/cIefSkCPVsQ/1213.php One night, Ivana Childs* decided to talk to her husband about something that was on her mind. Originally, he only wanted one child, and she wasn't sure if she wanted one or two. But after having her son, Childs became convinced she wanted two. Because she knew her husband said only one, she was hoping that fatherhood had convinced him otherwise – like motherhood did for her... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/1213.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/Rp-_qyw5vbM/3888.php What's the difference between writers and everyone else? Perhaps the biggest difference is also the simplest one – writers actually put their thoughts into words and then put those words onto paper. So if you want to be a writer, what's stopping you? If you are a new or expectant mom, then there might be a million things getting in the way, starting with sheer exhaustion and ending with, well, sheer exhaustion... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/3888.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iparenting_twins/~3/gC4e3hLyrPY/221.php When a baby kangaroo (a joey) is born, it is barely the size of a bean. It crawls unaided from the mother's birth canal up the abdomen into the pouch. Once the joey is inside, it attaches its mouth to one of the four nipples. There, in the safety and warmth of its mother's pouch, the joey matures... http://www.twinstoday.com/articles/221.php