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table of contents April 2018 In Every Issue Twins in the News ________4 Mom2Mom ____________ 7 Confessions of a twin mom: the quick and dirty by Marcia Siekowski Double Takes __________36 Your adorable photos of twins Ages & Stages Pregnancy Pain management: ______ 10 Should you worry about epidurals? by Karen Jobalia, M.D. Infants Living green one _______ 12 cloth diaper at a time by Catherine Leah Condon Guillemette Toddler Twins How to get them ________ 16 to eat well by Aria Gunman Preschool Twins Are you teaching _______ 18 your twins to be sick? by Patricia Edminster, Ph.D. School Age Twins Five tips for a winning ____ 20 parent-teacher relationship by Amy Hurling Feature Articles Adjusting to life ________22 with twins plus one Keeping everyone happy by Luci L. Creery Communicating _______ 24 with your twins Are they really listening? by Joshua Coleman Five tips to have _______ 26 fun and enhance learning Lessons don’t need to be boring! by Family Features How to avoid stay ______ 28 at home burnout Staying sane while staying home by Amy Hurling Exclusive interview ____ 30 with Melinda L. Wentzel Aka Planet Mom Listening to ___________ 32 twinspeak Appreciating your twins’ unique language by Nancy J. Sipes and Janna S. Sipes Discipline 101 _________ 34 Hard but essential lessons by Vera Caccioppoli 16 Getting your toddler twins to eat well Avoiding stay at 28 home burnout 32 Listening to twinspeak Cover Photography by Beeboys
Volume 35 Number 2 April 2018 Founded in 1984 OWNED AND Published by Panoptic Media Marketing Inc. dba: TWINS Magazine publisher@twinsmagazine.com Editor-in-chief Laura Cunningham twinseditor@twinsmagazine.com PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Katie Slocombe katie.slocombe@panoptic-media.com Art Director artdirector@twinsmagazine.com Customer Service customerservice@twinsmagazine.com SENIOr MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE Karen Johnson karen.johnson@americas-media.com Editorial ContributOrS Vera Caccioppoli; Joshua Coleman; Luci L. Creery; Laura Cunningham; Patricia Edminster, Ph.D.; Family Features; Catherine Leah Condon Guillemette; Aria Gunman; Amy Hurling; Karen Jobalia, M.D.; Nancy J. Sipes; Janna S. Sipes; Melinda L. Wentzel Main Contact Phone Number Tel: 1-833-766-3342 www.twinsmagazine.com ANOTEFROMTHEEDITOR Spring is here, and I’m feeling... content. Hello and welcome to another issue of TWINS Magazine. The weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer, meaning that most of us can breathe a sigh of relief that we’ve finally reached the end of this year’s snowy season. This issue takes a look at contentment. I think contentment is a much overlooked feeling, as we’re all constantly striving for joy, but that kind of happiness is fleeting. Contentment, however, lasts longer and is infinitely more valuable. We have tips on cloth diapers from Catherine Leah Condon Guillemette (page 12), which can add to that feeling of zen you get by living green. Amy Hurling provides tips on parent-teacher relationships (20) and avoiding stay-at-home burnout (28), which should help parents keep a feeling of satisfaction that everything is on track both at home and at school. It’s not just parents that should aim for that feeling of contentment: we’ve also included handy hints so that you can help your little ones to be happy when there’s a new baby (22) and have fun while they’re learning (26). We’ve also got everyone’s favorite feature: Double Takes! Did you enter a photograph of your twins? Pop over to page 36 to see if they made it in! If not, don’t be too disheartened − keep sending us your pictures and hopefully they’ll make it in next time! Sincerely, Laura Cunningham Laura Cunningham, Editor-in-Chief Follow TWINS Magazine on social media... April 2018 3
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