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Made ‘ya look now didn’t I??? No, I’m not pregnant again … and no, my sister isn’t having twins. Now that I’ve alleviated those notions, I want to introduce you to Susan Heim, author of It’s Twins! When Susan contacted me about her book I threw aside my hesitations and said yes.
My only hesitations stemmed from the fact that when I was pregnant with the twins I purchased a lot of books on the subject, but honestly I was sorely disappointed with almost all of them.
Imagine what a pleasant surprise I found when I opened that book to the section on two year old twins and simply COULD NOT put it down!!! It spoke to me as the parent of twins that are rampaging my house and in some ways my life – often in good ways, but sometimes they are just soooooo naughty. This book – the moms behind it anyway – understand me and what I’m going through.
No, I didn’t relate to every single part of that section, but the point is that it was ultra thorough, but simple to read – an oxymoron, I know! Susan talks about her experiences and recommendations from both the perspective of a mom and from an almost technically practical angle … something I love! Mixed in with each topic in each section are many stories, thoughts and experiences from other moms of twins!
Susan was so fun to talk to and I had the opportunity to ask her some questions that I’m going to share with you!
Hi Susan, thank you so much for talking with me today and sharing with my readers about your great book! Could you tell me what inspired you to write this book?
I started thinking about why support groups for parents of multiples are so popular, and I realized that it’s because people want to get advice from the “real experts”—other people who are raising twins and multiples. After all, parents of singletons just don’t know what it’s like to get two babies to sleep at the same time, how to breastfeed two infants simultaneously, how to potty-train twins, how to encourage individuality with their children, what to do when twins desire more separation, and how to handle all the other issues that are unique to raising twins. But not all of us have time to attend support groups. It’s Twins! solves that problem by offering parent-to-parent advice from the comfort of your home!
I definitely got that out of the book. I am one of those parents that doesn’t have time to attend a support group and I was thrilled with the information in the book. I love how the book is setup in sections of age groups and then into topics within those sections, what made you decide to lay it out that way?
I wanted to write a book that would carry parents throughout their kids’ childhoods. There are plenty of books about parenting twins on the market, but most of them stop at the end of the first year or after toddlerhood. There isn’t a lot of information available for families with twins in school, especially high school. So, I wrote a comprehensive book that could be helpful to all parents of twins, regardless of their children’s ages.
I love that the book carries on and definitely look forward to reading this book as my twins grow into each stage! Can you tell me what other publications you’ve written for and if you have any websites my readers can visit?
I’ve also written a book called Twice the Love: Stories of Inspiration for Families with Twins, Multiples and Singletons that was published by Twins Magazine. It’s a compilation of humorous and inspirational stories written by family members of twins.
My next book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More, will be published in March 2009!
I also have a website called TwinsTalk, where parents can read and share tips, stories and advice about raising multiples. It’s updated frequently, and parent participation is encouraged.
Susan also has a general parenting blog where she offers parenting advice, product reviews and giveaways. Be sure to stop in and visit Susan Heim on Parenting and let her know I sent you!!
Susan has generously offered a copy of her book It’s Twins! for one lucky commenter. If you are interested in entering to win, feel free to let me know who you’d like to win it for and why! Be sure to enter by October 27th. Contest is open to US shipping addresses only.
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October 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm 1
please email me . . . I have changed the setting on my blog and need to list you so you can access it.
I’ll explain on my blog.
Julie
October 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pm 2
October 20th, 2008 at 12:55 pm 3
Sounds like an interesting book
October 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm 4
my neighbor just ahd twins
October 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm 5
I’d love to win this for my sister. She’s pregnant with her first baby… well, babies! She’s pregnant with twins. The weirdest thing is that she’s a twin herself. They say it usually skips a generation. She just got lucky!
October 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm 6
love to read
October 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pm 7
looks like an interesting read
October 20th, 2008 at 6:22 pm 8
I would like to win it for my son. He\’s a single father of 5 year old twins. They just started elementary school and they are maturing at differnt rates. It\’s hectic for them.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:18 pm 9
I would like to win because my sister is pregnant with twins. In fact she is due any day. BTW, it’s 2 girls
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October 21st, 2008 at 5:33 am 10
I would like to win this for a friend of mine who has adorable three year old twin girls!
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October 21st, 2008 at 6:32 am 11
i would love to win this for my daughtr, she just had twin boys, they are still in the hospital and should be home on friday. they are both premies.and she would love this book, as she loves to read too!!
October 21st, 2008 at 7:33 am 12
My brother and his wife are having twins.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am 13
I would love to pass this along to a friend
October 21st, 2008 at 11:02 am 14
A friend of mine is pregnant…VERY pregnant with quads, and I think this would be an awesome shower gift!
October 21st, 2008 at 11:29 am 15
My friend Beth has one-year-old twin boys; I\’d love to send this to her.
October 21st, 2008 at 1:29 pm 16
My boss is pregnant with twin boys and she already has a three year-old boy.
I think she needs all the help she can get! 
October 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm 17
I would love to win It’s Twins! for my son and his wife.
They are the parents of twin baby girls and this would be a good book for them to read.
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
October 21st, 2008 at 8:06 pm 18
Iwould like to win this for friends of mine that 1 year old twin girls……so cute
October 21st, 2008 at 8:07 pm 19
I would like to win this for friends of mine that 1 year old twin girls……so cute
October 21st, 2008 at 8:31 pm 20
This would be a great book for my wife and I. We have twin three year olds and it would be great to get a bit of a “users manual” as we go through each stage of life!
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 am 21
I’d love to win this for myself!
I am 27 weeks pregnant with twin boys–our first and second children!–and have had a hard time getting recommendations for good “twin parenting” books. This one looks great!
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm 22
Please enter me.
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 am 23
I would love to win for my best friend who is in her second trimester with twins!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am 24
My cousin has twins, this would be grea tfor her!!
October 24th, 2008 at 10:06 am 25
Enter me
October 25th, 2008 at 5:32 pm 26
please enter me thanks for the chance
October 26th, 2008 at 6:26 am 27
I would like to win this for myself.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm 28
I would love to win this for my sister-in-law. She just found out she was pregnant a few months ago and has just learned that it will be twins!! It\’s exciting for me since it\’s not my body or nerves… But she is nervous and I think this book will help her alot…
October 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pm 29
I think the information in this book would be educational for me and help me in my parenting skills!
October 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pm 30
I’d like to win this for myself. I have 5-year-old twins.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:04 pm 31
I’d love to win this for myself – I have 16 month old twins and can use all the advice I can get!
October 27th, 2008 at 5:56 am 32
I would love to win it for myself! I have boy/girl twins and could use all the help I can get.
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October 27th, 2008 at 7:15 am 33
Another lovely prize. Thank you for your efforts.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:36 am 34
this is a wonderful prize, i would love to win!
thanks!
October 27th, 2008 at 9:26 am 35
I have twins and my nephew has twins so would both be able to read this and enjoy it!
October 27th, 2008 at 9:27 am 36
Please enter me, I would love it for my husband and I. We just had twins almost 2 months ago
October 27th, 2008 at 11:44 am 37
I would like to win it for my co-kid who has 1 year old twin (wild) boys
cherylfrancisco@hotmail.com
October 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pm 38
Looks interesting.
October 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pm 39
I would love to win this! I am (finally) expecting and it is twins! This would really help.
Thanks to you and Susan!
October 27th, 2008 at 4:31 pm 40
Sounds like something my daughter could use as she is raising a set of twins with little help from anyone.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm 41
I would like to win this great prize for my friend because she enjoys reading parenting books.