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Winter/Spring issue
of 2006
Volume 16, Number 2
SUPERTWINS magazine
This issue is bursting at the seams with 80(!) pages of great articles, tips and tricks from families, the latest research, absolutely great pictures and so much more- all relating to families of higher order multiples.
It is our honor to introduce to you
two new wonderful members of our Medical Advisory Board Lisa Nalven, MD who is the Medical Director of the Developmental
Pediatrics department of
In this issue our
other new member of the Medical Advisory board, Elizabeth A. Pector, MD Family Physician and Practice President of
Spectrum Family Medicine in
As a mom of teenage triplets I personally found this article to be exceptionally insightful.
In our Grandparent Pearls column, Shelley Miller tells us about Knowing Where to Turn: My Parents and Carlene Bonar shares with us her Road to Joy: A Grandma’s Perspective.
Find out how our
Holiday Adopt a Family program did this year in bringing the holidays to close
to 200 children and what these families have to say. Hear also how other programs
benefiting families touched by last year’s hurricanes are supported by Friends of MOST.
Come along as Suzanne
Spradley and Rob & Sharon Hickson share with us their family’s That
was then- This is now reflections on parenting after the 
NICU.
Two exceptional big
sisters from TX are in this quarter’s Sibling
Spotlight:
Mel Shokler a US Middle School Chess Champion: a very special big sister.
Kelcie Yannessa writes how her life and her relationship with her Mom changed forever once she found out what the big secret in her house was.
Do you have a busy
month ahead? Find out how one mom manages 6 birthdays in the same month: not
all that unusual when you family may be a bit Larger Than MOST.
In our Special Family Column
this Quarter: Peggy Fitzgerald shares with our readers the story of her
identical triplet daughters and their journey as they travel into and put down
roots in the deaf community when learning that
one of their little girls is profoundly hearing impaired. Debbie Hopson helps
us understand Parenting
Quadruplets, Autism and
In the beginning- there was Hyperemesis! Natalie Kleiber, RN and mom of triplets helps expectant parents understand Hyperemesis by sharing her experience, knowledge and pointing us in the right direction for additional support and resources.
It is still RSV Season and Christina LaQuay writes us about her family’s RSV experiences: it is not the norm but it is normal to them. We hope that you will consider sharing your family’s experiences with RSV and suggestions for other in how to ideally decrease exposure and manage a houseful of pretty sick babies if your babies do develop complications from RSV.
Respiratory Syncytial
Virus (RSV) Awareness and Prevention Mothers of Supertwins
(MOST) has been a strong advocate of RSV awareness and prevention
since the 1980's. By the time they are two years old, all babies will have
had RSV, and - for most - it will appear as if they just have a cold. Babies
who are born premature or have ongoing respiratory issues are at risk for
complications associated with RSV such as pneumonia or bronchiolitis. Learn more about
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Are
you traveling this spring? In
our Toddler Times column this quarter is a MUST read for any family of toddlers
thinking about air travel: Tips for Flying with
Multiple Toddlers by Lora Sattler. You may also
want to check out our booklet for Parents of Multiples: Traveling With Multiples-Trains, Planes, Boats, and Automobiles
with Special Disney Section
Hhttp://www.mostonline.org/cgi-bin/TLSstore.cgiH
We are pleased to
again in this issue have school psychologist Jennifer Jo Brout, PsyD answer our
readers’ questions. In this issue she discusses Preemies
entering school and What to do when competition becomes unhealthy in a sibling
relationship. If you have a question you would like Dr. Brout to
address in an upcoming issue of
SUPERTWINS magazine please feel free to email me at Maureen@MOSTonline.org.
Our Woman to Woman column this quarter is
exceptionally relevant
as we each deal with our own versions of
Cabin Fever this winter.
Mikell
Webb writes as a therapist and mother of triplets plus on When
Mom Needs a Time-Out: SHE SHOULD TAKE IT! All of us have been
to the end of our rope and just knowing what to do in order to hold on through
that moment will make all of the difference.
Dorothy Dennelly shares with our readers her MOST Incredible Year: Finding Friendship through networking with other MOST members
Debbie Sweeney gives us tips on how moms Sleep in the Shower and our wonderful members share with us their imaginative and quite unique vanity license plates: IMTHEMOST:1N3N1 (and many more- email us what you have on your vanity license plate- we will not print your state). One of my favorite topics in this issue is You Know you are a Mom of Triplets, Quads, Quints or MORE When.... We received some really insightful and quite funny entries this issues and I look forward to hearing from many more of our readers on this topic!
Robin Snyder shares
her family’s very poignant story of Love, Fear, Loss,
Survive- Thrive, Learning to Live: Defying the Odds- Life Looking Something
like
In our Crafts Corner Janalee Orfanides points us in the right direction in starting art early with our multiples and some fun and easy crafts for the preschool crowd.
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children doing the craft and their finished products to go along with the
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enjoyed it, if you used any substitutions, or if you would recommend any other
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