Thursday, April 2, 2009

Parenting Multiples (FM)

On my radio show I have addressed challenges and solutions for recovering from a c-section, dealing with sleep deprivation, teaching your child to sleep through the night and reconnecting with your spouse after baby. Now multiply those difficulties by 2 or 3 and that is what parents of multiples are coping with.

Maureen Boyle, Executive Director of MOST (mothers of supertwins) knows that better than anyone. As a mother of triplets and two other single children, she founded the organization 20 years ago to provide information and resources to parents of multiples. Over that period of time the organization has grown to 250 volunteers working in nearly every state and 50 countries worldwide. She has a website with a wealth of information (mostonline.org) and has created a magazine called Supertwins. She has also developed another website www.premiecare.org to address the needs of multiples that are delivered premature.

Then later on the show I am joined by Trista DeFilipis who shares her parenting experiences after delivering twin girls almost 9 months ago, while juggling her son who was 18 months at the time. She opens up about what she learned, good and bad, with raising three children under 2 years of age.

If you are having multiples or are trying to juggle the responsibility of twins, triplets or more tap into this show and learn from others who have been there.

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