Product Description

This is a source of comfort and a forum for parents facing the unique challenges of bringing up twins. Every parent of twins knows that raising them can be full of unique challenges. Getting through the first twelve months may be especially difficult, but it is only the first hurdle. In "Raising Twins After the First Year", author Karen Gottesman, a mother of boy/girl twins herself, guides parents through the many specific issues faced by parents of twins from the ages of one through ten. She covers ways to deal with "the terrible two's times two," potty training, the legitimacy of cryptophasia (twin language), dealing with sibling rivalry, managing double mood swings, how to start to give your twins independence, and much more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298270 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Karen Gottesman is the mother of eleven-year-old twins and the author of The First Year - Scleroderma. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

Customer Reviews

raising twins after the first year
book was disappointing with only small sections per age group - which was my fear. The book didn't tell me anything new that would assist in taming my 19 month old twins. Written by an american who felt necessary to explain 'gag' in brackets... very annoying. Would not recommend, but i also have toddler taming which is much better but thin on twins info.

It's "stating the obvious" most of the time
I was disappointed with this book, it doesn't really provide much useful advice on how to raise twins. I expected more advice on how to deal with difficult or unique-to-twins situations (sibling rivalry, competition, how to best divide parents' time and attention between the twins, discipline, etc). Instead the book is more about the author's own experience,which would be ok if it was actually useful, but she tries to stay neutral and too politically correct most of the time. I struggled to get any practical advice, and actually didn't even finish reading it because it was too boring and unfortunately mostly useless. It's not "Everything you should know.." but rather "Everything you already know"...