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How To Raise 'Twins'

Raising Twins
The joy of having a baby is the most precious feeling a mother and father go through. But, when you are blessed with twins, your joy and happiness doubles as well as your responsibilities.

Every child needs good amount of love, care and affection to help them grow and nurture into beautiful human beings.
When you are a parent of twins, there is even more responsibility. In order to make both your babies feel special, 'time management' is very essential.

Stress and strain is one important thing that every parent should avoid as it will reflect your children's growth.

To manage twins, it is indeed difficult. Here are a few parental tips to help you manage and raise your twins so that each of them get equal amount of your love and tender care.

1.The father and mother should take responsibility to raise the children together. Make a time table for the two of you to follow so that the twins get to spend time with both the parents either individually or together.

2.New born twins need to be feed together, need to be given baths together and need to nap at the same time. This will help you to eventually have some time for yourself at the end of the day which you will definitely need.

3.Always try to put the twins together. When it is time for play, make sure that you put them together in the play pen keeping an eye on them once in a while. They enjoy the company of each other.

4.If your twins are identical, find a way so that they find their individuality. It is the duty of the parents to treat each of their twins differently so that they learn to specialize their own talents.

5.Never separate twins. They have been together for nine warm months in the womb, so never make a mistake to separate them.

Make sure that both your kids get the same amount of love from both the parents. Mothers of twins can join a twin club where they help you deal with twins. It will be helpful in the long run.

Never think that raising of twins is a burden. It brings double amount of responsibilities and work along with bountiful happiness and smiles in a home.

Story first published: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 12:22 [IST]