Ready or Not… Great Giveaway from Author Elizabeth Lyons! (CLOSED)
Here at TwinsTalk, we're going to start off the month of October with a fantastic giveaway! Author Elizabeth Lyons is offering one lucky winner a set of both books in her Ready or Not... series. Here's a description of each:
Ready or Not ... Here We Come! The REAL Experts' Guide to the First Year with Twins (second edition)
You've expanded (to the point where you've traded high-fashion maternity wear for your husband's XXL T-shirts), answered way too many questions about your babies' conception, and felt your belly bounce like jelly as your dynamic duo engaged in a boxing match. And the adventure has only begun! In her first humor-packed guide to raising twins, Elizabeth Lyons and her "multiples" sorority offer the wisdom of their combined experience in the form of practical shortcuts, real-world strategies, and sage advice. Lyons balances the day-to-day challenges of raising twins from double feedings to sleep deprivation to getting out while pretending everything's under control with a sanity-saving dose of camaraderie. By the end, you'll be smiling and shouting, "Thank heaven, I'm not alone!"
Ready or Not ... There We Go! The REAL Experts' Guide to the Toddler Years with Twins
You've survived the sleepless nights, the inconsolable crying (yours and the
babies'), the erratic schedules, the ever-growing mountain of laundry, and the
cereal dinners night after night. You've washed more bottles and changed more
diapers than you ever imagined you would. You've proven yourself. You're
perfectly primed to enter Phase Two: The Toddler Years. Ready or Not ...There
We Go! keeps parents two steps ahead of their newly mobile charges, arming them
with the confidence to dive into the toddler tunnel knowing they'll exit with
their sanity (and everything else) intact.
GIVEAWAY!
To enter to win both of these terrific books, leave a comment on this page describing one of your most difficult challenges in raising twins. You must do this to enter the giveaway.
You can earn optional, additional entries when you:
- Become a friend of Elizabeth Lyons and me on Twitter (@elizabethlyons and @ParentingAuthor) and tweet this giveaway. Leave a comment here with the URL of your tweet. You can do this once a day! Leave a separate comment for each daily tweet.
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One lucky winner will be randomly selected from the qualified comments received by Saturday, October 10, 2009, at midnight ET. Please leave an email address on at least one of your comments so I can reach you. Winners must respond within 72 hours or another winner will be drawn.
CONTEST CLOSED. Congratulations to the winner, Laura Beynon!
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My biggest challenge was
My biggest challenge was keeping them together instead of one going one way and the other going the opposite way. Also they don't use the same formula.
I would have to say holding
I would have to say holding them both at once.. They're over 20lbs now. If you pick up one the other screams and runs on over LOL. We have a saying in this house.. "You can't pick up one without picking up the other."
I've not had twins, but in
I've not had twins, but in high school that I attended there were 8 sets of twins and a set of triplets. This was a very small rural high school (the senior class only had 110 graduates,) so obviously there had to have been something crazy going on! The most difficult part in my dealings with twins was when I had a crush on a boy who had a twin brother...and even though I really liked him, I couldn't distinguish him from his brother except for a mole on the back of his neck!
Great fun experiences though seeing all the twins with their different personalities. The firstborn always had the more outgoing, stronger personality, and between a pair, one of them usually was a bit more intelligent.
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I'm pregnant with twins and I used to nanny for twins!
I used to nanny for twin from the time they were 1 1/2 years old...I didn't experience the baby issues. I think the most difficult moment was giving them a bath at the same time. They would team up on me and I usually ended up very wet!
As for being pregnant with twin...the most difficult moment has been the fact that they are sucking the life out of me! I have had low iron for months and that has made everyday functioning miserable. Now that I found out my hemoglobin was low and I am taking supplements I feel so much better! Not really looking forward to the up and coming difficult moments!
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Challenges
I think the biggest challenge has been been toddler trouble x2-the hitting, the whining, the stealing of toys, the throwing of food, etc.
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No self control
I have 18 month old fraternal boys and at this age they don't really have self conrol, but the curiosity is very high. Our house is a very kid-friendly place but there are 2-3 things that they are not allowed to play with. When the 1st twin is told not to play or pull on the curtains he will walk away only to have the 2nd one come up to the curtains and do the exact same thing... so I tell the 2nd twin not to play with the curtain, and he obliges... and then comes the 1st twin... you know where this is going.
I have to take deep breaths because it's not dangerous for them, just annoying to me, so have to put it into perspective and pick my fights. But sounding like a broken record can try the patience of a saint. I know I will find this hilarious in about 17 years when they are really getting into teenage trouble! And then there's climbing..... the fun never ends!
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One of my most challenging
One of my most challenging things with raising twins was trying to get enough sleep when they were itty bitty, because they were on different feeding schedules. One would eat and then go to sleep, then an hour and a half later the other would wake up and want fed. It is so much easier when they are on the same schedule, which they eventually did do.
Walking in Two Different Directions!
My biggest challenge right now is training them to "Stop" or "Come to Mama" when we are out in a public place, such as a park.
My identical twin girls are
My identical twin girls are now almost 30. There is still so much rivalry between them! The slightest thing will set one twin off, she thinks I always favor the other, and I have to strive to be perfectly equal in all things to avoid her anger and moodiness. But I loved having twins, and when they were little, they were the joy of my life. Great contest!
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Well I have not had this
Well I have not had this happen yet... DOn't have twins!! I am wanting to enter for my sister in law that is pregnant with twins now and is scheduled to have them on October 14, if they don't decide to come earlier. My best friend also has twins! I think her most difficult thing was finding time to spend with both of them and her boy while working full time. That is why she quite her job to be a stay at home mom.
Trying to make things fair......
One of my most difficult challenges thus far in raising twins has been trying to make things fair....I've tried to volunteer equal time in their classrooms and help with after school activities, alternate going on their field trips etc.
And when they were younger I tried to make sure there were two of each toy to play with etc. And it seemed like the harder I tried to justify things to the boys and make things fair -----the more they would pick up on things that were not fair and complain about it. So I finally waved the white flag and said ----"you know what? Sometimes things are not fair. And that's the way life is. There is only one of me, and there are two of you. I do the best I can." And we've all been a lot happier for it.
Now when they get to high school----that will be really interesting!
Difficult moments
I think one of the most difficult moments we had with the twins was the potty training. They were both ready, then they weren't. Then one of them FINALLY did it and it was weeks later before the other was ready. So, I had one on the potty and another still in diapers. Now, they are both trained and so proud of themselves. On to the next challenge......so many temper tantrums!!!
What a great giveaway! Would
What a great giveaway! Would be great to win!!
Thanks!
difficult moments
I think right now my most difficult moment is separting the boys. I have Identical Boys and I truely believe there is a greater connection with identical twins that with fraternal. We (my husband and I) try to take turns taking the boys places and it usually end in one of us having to come home early because one of the boys is loosing it. OR Mommy ends up with them both because they don't even make it into Daddy's car. I don't mind having them both, I do it all day long, but I wish it was easier for them to be apart.
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difficult moments
my biggest challenge right now is carrying both of my babies at the same time. They are not quite walking yet so I have to pick them up and they are not so light anymore! I know it seems trivial and I'm in for more challenges, but TODAY that has been my challenge!
difficult moment
The hardest thing for me right now seems so simple... but it is not. I have to take my toddler twins to daycare. Yesterday, it was pouring rain. I also have an infant. How the heck do i get everyone inside the school without getting everyone drenched or leaving kids behind?
I opted to unbuckle one toddler, run to the door with him and make him stand under the shelter where i could still see him. Run back to the car, get the second twin, run to the door with him and make him stand there too. Run back to the car, get infant, and run to the door. It was definitely a workout. I got drenched but i think the kids stayed relatively dry. They also thought it was hilarious... but they were at least good enough to not run out from where i told them to stay. (They must have seen the panic in my eyes because that is RARE!) That was my worry because it is a busy parking lot... but i think i've put the fear of moving cars into them so they didn't try to make a run for it!
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