FEATURES
How
Our Lives Have Changed For the Better
A mother’s life changing experience after she and two
of her triplets were diagnosed with Celiac disease. She describes
the symptoms of the disease, the need to abstain from products
which contain gluten and the importance of an early diagnosis.
A
Debate Over Destinies
A family needs to make an important decision about what to do
with left over embryos.
Handling
The Emergency: Helpful hints For Families
An article with suggestions for handling emergencies by planning
ahead, getting educated, training the family, and having first
aid supplies and phone and medical care information readily
available.
KIDS
IN THE KITCHEN
Corn Pancakes
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Green Chile Quesadillas
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Tuna
Casserole
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Hamburger Hotdish
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Orange Sorbet
MISS
SUE’S CRAFT CORNER
A
creative craft using those useless CDs that come in the mail
to make “Floating Flying Fish”
SIBLING
SPOTLIGHT
A
sibling answers questions about her feelings and her relationship
with her twin sister, a younger brother and her triplet brother
and sisters.
GRANDPARENTS
PEARLS
A
story of triplet grandmothers born in 1920 who worked at the
1939 Worlds Fair along with 9 sets of twins and then taught
school for several years.
FATHER’S
FORUM
The Measure of a Father
A
father questions his ability as a father when his first child
was born and then again when his quads arrived. After meeting
a group of fathers online who were experiencing similar difficulties,
they launched Father2Father, an organization to help support
and encourage a growing group of fathers.
Father2Father
An organization aimed at empowering fathers to cope with their
everyday lives and accept the challenges of fatherhood with
a new strength and a support network.
SPECIAL
IN MANY WAYS
Children that Learn Together, Learn to live Together
A
mother offers some information and her personal experience on
the benefits of inclusive education on the basis that, “Children
that learn together, learn to live together.” Before making
that decision she suggests parents consider if the goals and
objectives of IEP can be achieved in a general education setting.
Learning
About Early Intervention
Lenore K. Stamm, Executive Director of the LI Infant Development
Program, explains Early Intervention and Developmental Delay,
the areas involved, the services available, and the developmental
skills that typically occur in the age ranges specified.
LARGER
THAN
Team Approach: Raising a Large Family
Learn
how a “Team Approach in Raising a Large Family”
will teach children at an early age the important skills in
negotiating and compromising that they will need later in life.
See how the dynamics of large families succeed when the parents
work at it by teaching their children to work together.
PREGNANCY
AND INFANCY
Breastfeeding
Multiples and Returning to Work
Article available in MOST's Breastfeeding Multiples booklet
A mother shares her experience of breastfeeding her triplets
while returning to work. Her helpful suggestions were to first
gain the support of family, boss, and co-workers, to be focused
on what is most important, to be organized, and to ask for help
for encouragement and support.
Our
Precious Four
A family’s faith filled experience with having quadruplets
despite their doubts, fears and the complications of a difficult
pregnancy, and the support they received from an unexpected
source which helped them make the right decision. They want
to let all expectant mothers know that “it can be done.”
Handling
Unwanted Advice
An article by author Elizabeth Pantley with suggestions on how
to respond to unwanted advice from family and friends.
TODDLER
TIMES
Working
Parents of HOM: How to Choose a Daycare Program
This article addresses the issue of deciding on a daycare facility
for children that offers them a safe, clean, fun filled environment
that will help them learn to interact with other children their
age, and encourages them to do some things on their own.
Eating
Out With Toddlers
Chain restaurants usually cater to families with young children
and provide an activity or play area for them. There are suggestions
on where to go and what to bring with you.
SCHOOL
AGE QUANDARIES
It
All Started With a Stick of Deodorant
A mother becomes aware that her four ten year olds are growing
up, of their need for deodorant and to be informed individually
about their bodies and the world around them. She decides they
are now ready for “The Talk.”
Is
This Empty Nest?…I’m Not Sure
A mother reflects on the earlier comings and goings of her college
age triplets and their friends as she sits alone remembering
and realizing how things have now changed and how fast time
has flown by.
WOMAN
TO WOMAN
What’s
Wrong With Us?
An article by Dr. Mitch Schuster, a gynecologist, points out
the daily stresses in life parents encounter as they raise their
children, work outside the home, and try to maintain a healthy
balance in their lives by seeking medical advice and making
lifestyle changes.
When
Mom Returns to Work
A mother and nurse of 4 ½ year old multiples makes the
transition from becoming a stay-at-home mom to working full
time outside the home by utilizing the services of a daycare
center and a night time nanny.
LOST
ANGELS
Just a Little More Time
A
mother’s experience in giving birth to quintuplets only
to lose one at 6 months of age, and the difficulty she’s
encountering in coping with her grief, while she is learning
to live with it.
Updated 05/2/08
