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Twin Tips

Taking care of twins or multiples requires parents to utilize shortcuts and solutions that make parenting twins easier.

Keep Your Twins Engaged in Learning This Summer

Keeping kids engaged in learning over the summer is important, especially for families with twins.

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Answers to frequently asked questions about Vanishing Twin Syndrome.

Twin Telepathy

Twins share a special connection, and many report incidences of twin telepathy or extrasensory perception ESP phenomenon.

Childproofing for Twins and Multiples

Families with twins or multiples need to take extra precautions when childproofing their homes.

Preeclampsia and Multiple Birth

Researchers have discovered good news about preeclampsia, which effects 1 in 3 pregnant mothers of multiples.

What Are The Odds?

What are the odds of having twins, triplets, quadruplets or other multiples? Your guide to parenting multiples examines the statistics associated with multiple birth and the factors that influence twinning.

Sextuplets

General information about sextuplets, sets of six multiples, a type of extreme mutiple birth.

Quadruplets > Quads

General information about quadruplets, sets of four multiples, also called quads.

Quintuplets - Quints

General information about quintuplets, sets of five multiples, also called quints.

Octuplets

General information about octuplets, sets of eight multiples, a type of extreme mutiple birth.

College Scholarships for Twins & Multiples

Parents of twins and multiples can save money on college tuition by sending their twins, triplets or more to a college or university that offers scholarships and tuition discounts to twins, triplets and other multiples.

Right Handed or Left Handed -Twins and Hand Preference

Examine the connection between twins and hand preference and find out why so many twins are left handed.

Double Strollers for Twins

Parents of multiples need a good double stroller for their twin babies. Find out how to choose the best double strollers or twin stroller.

Can You Choose the Sex of Your Babies?

This article explains how parents of multiples may have some control over the sex of their babies, including ways that parents can select the gender of their twins or more.

Dealing with Dawdlers:

Help defeat dawdling multiples with these tips for parents of twins or more. Dawdling is a typpical preschool behavior, but parents can discourage their children from dawdling with these strategies.

Indoor Fun with Twins/Multiples

Treasure hunt provides hours of indoor fun for cooped up families with twins and multiples.

Fifteen Questions You Must Ask Your Doctor About TTTS

If you are pregnant with twins, it is important to ask your doctor these fifteen questions about TTTS, twin to twin transfusion syndrome.

Quick Compare - Double Jogger Strollers for Twins

This quick comparison chart compares features of double jogger strollers for twins.

Names for Twins/Multiples

Parents of twins, triplets and other multiples should consider these factors when choosing names for their children.

Strollers for Higher Order Multiples

Strollers for higher order multiples like quadruplets, quintuplets and other supertwins are available. Find out what the options are for strollers for multiples.

To Buy Two?

Do parents of twins really need to buy two of everything for their infant twins or multiples? Find out what you really need two of, and what baby products don't need to be doubled.

2008 Most Popular Names for Twins - Baby Names for Twins

The most recent list of most popular baby names for twins, as compiled by the Social Security Administration.

2007 Most Popular Names for Twins

The list of most popular names for twins in 2006, as compiled by the Social Security Administration.

Help for Newborn Twins

What kind of help will you need when your twins are born? Examine some of the options for finding help with your newborn twins.

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