A Contented House with Twins

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Random House, Sep 30, 2013 - Family & Relationships - 240 pages

A Contented House with Twins unites the UK's leading baby expert, Gina Ford, and the highly regarded television presenter Alice Beer, a mother of twin girls.

Discovering you are pregnant with twins is both an exciting and a thoroughly terrifying prospect. Within weeks of the arrival of her beautiful daughters, Alice found that she was 'screaming out for a routine' and craving the knowledge of mothers who had been through it with two. This book is the result of those cries. Alice's front-line experience of coping with twins is combined with Gina's highly successful parenting advice and, for the first time, her groundbreaking routines, specially adapted for twins. Together, they tackle the practical and emotional aspects of parenting two babies, including:

- what you can expect in a multiple pregnancy
- how to feed two at once
- what to do when they each want a different story or both want a hug
- how to cope with everyday practicalities: shopping, bathtime, and much more.

Alice's humorous insights and Gina's essential advice, tips, support and successful routines will guarantee that parents enjoy their twins and get their lives back.

 

Contents

Baby equipment
12
After the birth
28
Feeding twins in the first year
43
Delicate balance
56
Understanding your babies sleep
73
Common problems in
89
Establishing a routine
104
Structuring daytime sleep during the first year
118
Routines for twins during the first year
124
Weaning your babies
178
Useful addresses
210
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About the author (2013)

Gina Ford is Britain's bestselling childcare author whose first publication The Contented Little Baby has sold over a million copies and keeps going! With over thirty years hands-on experience as a maternity nurse, her advice and methods have been a godsend to tired, stressed parents throughout the world and have helped a generation of children go to bed on time and sleep calmly through the night. She runs a hugely popular website: www.contentedbaby.com and has published over twenty parenting books.

Alice Beer is one of the country's most recognisable names and faces in television. She has presented, produced and directed for the BBC since joining in 1987, working on series such as Watchdog, Healthcheck and Holiday.

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