[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 2/17/2012

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 2/16/2012
10:16 am - 2/17/2012

1. Just found out sex of babies and feeling disappointed (anonymous)
2. Invitation & RSVP: Late Winter Family Outing (jennifergranick)
3. Re: [sfpom_general] What's your favorite book on twin t...
(elizabethmurray)

1. Just found out sex of babies and feeling disappointed
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anonymous - 2/16/2012 9:41 pm

 Hi all. I am 16W pregnant with my twins and both my
 husband and I had been not-so-secretly hoping for at
 least one girl-- and of course we are having two boys. 
 Although I am thrilled about my little boys to be, I am
 still feeling a little sad about the daughter I will
 never have. Moms of same-sex twins (who are not
 planning for more babies), did you feel any
 disappointment? And do you have any stories about how
 amazing it turned out to be to have two little ones of
 the same age and sex?

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2. Invitation & RSVP: Late Winter Family Outing
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jennifergranick - 2/16/2012 10:00 am

 Come celebrate the changing seasons at the SFPOM Family
 Outing. Dress in red for Valentine's Day and enjoy
 crafts, snacks and hopefully sun to frolic in. It will
 be great to see everyone.Event Details &
 RSVP---------------------- What: Late Winter Family
 Outing Who: San Francisco Parents of Multiples 
 When: Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10 am - 12:30 pm PST Where:
 Julius Kahn Playground West Pacific Avenue &
 Maple San Francisco, CA 94118 RSVP:
 http://www.bigtent.com/home/calendar/event/65974029?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=

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Email author: jennifer at granick.com
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Topic: What's your favorite book on twin toddlers?

 Now that my boys are full-fledged toddlers, I definitely see
 unique challenges compared...

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 3. elizabethmurray says...
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 2/16/2012 3:55 am
 
 I haven't found any good toddler or preschool books
 that are twin specific. So far my faves for this age
 are Positive Discipline, 1-2-3 Magic and How to Talk So
 Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. Here's a
 great summary of 1-2-3 Magic from a blog I follow. They
 have triplets-I lean towards Positive Discipline and
 Attachment theory as my framework for how I want to
 discipline and develop our kids, I found I often
 struggled when all three kids would melt down at once
 (that point where they are feeding off each other). I
 was spending way too much time explaining everything or
 I would totally lose my patience and fall into my
 automatic parenting (which is yelling for me and being
 super frustrated because there are THREE of them who
 need attention at the same time and it's hard to get
 all three to stop and listen). But being able to just
 say "That's one" and not get pulled into the
 preschooler debate of who did what & why was such a
 relief for me. And honestly, I dont think 3 year olds
 need so many 'discussions' about their behaviors --
 let's just redirect (which is what the brief time out
 does) and move onThey have responded well to it
 -- I think we're going to continue using it for
 stopping behaviors (that's all it works for, stopping
 behaviors -- not getting them to start doing
 something). It allows me to then use all the Positive
 Discipline techniques for all the things I want to
 instill in our kids. Just a lot less talking about what
 "not" to do. The hard part, as with everything, is
 being consistent.
 Email author: e_murray at yahoo.com
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