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Library of Books, Publications and DVDs

The books and publications below are part of the LMBA library and are available to members by contacting the .

Breastfeeding

 

Title

Author

So That's What They're For!
Breastfeeding Basics
Janet Tamaro, 1998
   Mothering Multiples - Breastfeeding and Caring For Twins And More.  Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, 2007

 

Books About Multiples For Children

 

Title

Author

   You're All My Favourites  Sam McBratney
   Riplets In Spunkyville.  Joanna Tompkins, 1989.
Triplet Tales  Hazel Cushion
Little Miss Twins  Roger Hargreaves
Twice As Nice  Nicole Rubel
Twins Go To Bed  Ellen Weiss, Sam Williams
2004
  Secret of the Silver Horse –
Explores which secrets are not good to keep, ie. Sexual Abuse
 

 

Education

 

Title

Author

  Entertaining & Educating Babies & Toddlers Robyn Gee and Susan Meredith, Great Britain
     

 

Potty Training

 

Title

Author

  The No-Cry Potty Training Solution
Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-bye to Diapers
Elizabeth Pantley, 2007

 

Fun

 

Title

Author

  The Big Book of Family Fun!  
Year-round creative activities
Claudia Arp, Linda Dillow, 1994
  Free Stuff For Baby! The New Parents Guide To Hundreds Of Dollars Of Baby Freebies And Parent Resources Susan M. Hannah, 2003
  The Parent's Guide To Play Dr. Wendy S. Masi & Dr. Roni Cohen Leiderman, 2005

 

Humour and Advice

 

Title

Author

   We Are Twins, But Who Am I? Betty Jean Case, 1991
  No Parent is an Island Paula Johanson, 1995
  Chicken Soup For The Soul - Twins And More Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Susan M. Heim, 2009
  Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer
How to Calm, Connect and Communicate With Your Baby.
Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, 2001

 

Parenting

 

Title

Author

The Mother of All Baby Books
An all-Canadian guide to your baby's first year
Ann Douglas, 2001
The Mother of All Parenting Books
An all-Canadian guide to raising a happy, healthy child from preschool through the preteens
Ann Douglas, 2003
  How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too!  
The essential guide for parents of children between the ages of 3 and 6

Sal Severe, Ph.D., 2002

Secrets of Discipline for Parents and Teachers
12 keys for raising responsible children
Ronald G. Morrish, 1998
The Mother of All Toddler Books
An all-Canadian guide to your child's second and third years
Ann Douglas, 2002
  Loving Each One Best
A caring and practical approach to raising siblings
Nancy Samalin, 1996
 

Party Shoes to School and Baseball Caps to Bed
The parents' guide to kids, clothes, and independence

Marilise Flusser, 1992
  The Everything Fathers First Year Book V. Iannelli, M.D.

 

Parenting Multiples

 

Title

Author

Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D.
  The Psychology of Twins H. Collier Ph. D.
  Parenting School-Age Twins and Multiples C. Baglivi Tinglof
  Mothering Twins.  Advice And Support From Five Mom's Whove Been There And Lived To Tell The Tale.

 Linda Albi, Deborah Johnson, Debra Catlin, Donna Florien Duerloo, Sheryll Greatwood, 1993.

  Double Trouble.  Twins And How To Survive Them.  Emma Mahoney, 2003.
  Keys to Parenting Twins  Karen Kerkhoff Gromada & Mary C. Hurlburt, 1992
 

Having Twins And More. A Parent's Guide To Multiple Pregnancy, Birth, And Early Childhood.

Elizabeth Noble, Leo Sorger, M.D., 2003
  Raising Twins  - from birth through adolescence  Eileen M. Pearlman, Ph.D &Jill Alison Ganon, 2000
 

Twins & Multiple Births
The essential parenting guide from pregnancy to adulthood

 1997
Ready or Not… Here We Come
The Real Experts Guide to the First Year with Twins
 Elizabeth Lyons
Two at a Time - Having Twins  - the journey through pregnancy and birth  Jane Seymour, 2001
   When Your're Expecting Twins, Triplets Or Quads.  Proven Guidelines for A Healthy Multiple Pregnancy.  Barbara Luke, Tamara Eberlein, 2004
 Mealtime Solutions for your baby, toddler and Preschooler.  Ann Douglas

 

Pregnancy, Delivery and Infant Care

 

Title

Author

Everything You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Twin Pregnancy
From pregnancy through labor and delivery...a doctor's step-by-step guide for parents of twins, triplets, quads, and more! 
Gila Leiter, M.D., 2000
The Mother of All Pregnancy Books
An all-Canadian guide to conception, birth & everything in between
Ann Douglas, 2000
  Twins!  Pregnancy, Birth and the First Year of Life

Connie L. Agnew MD, Alan H. Klein MD, Jill Alison Ganon, 2005

  What to Expect When You Are Expecting Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway B.S.N., 1991
  What to Expect the First Year Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway B.S.N., 1996
  Multiple Blessings  - from hearing the news to beyond the terrible twos Betty Rothbart, M.S
  The Multiples Manual
Preparing and Caring for Twins and Triplets

Lynn Lorez, 2nd Edition, 2007

  The Multiple Pregnancy Sourcebook.
Pregnancy and the first days with twins, triplets and more.

 Nacy Bowers, R.N.

20,001 Names For Baby! From A - Z The Best, Most Complete Baby Name Book. Carol McD. Wallace, 1992
The Complete And Authorative Guide To Caring For Your Baby And Young Child.  Birth To Age 5. Steven P Shelov, M.D.,Robert E  Hannemann, M.D., 2005
Mayo Clinic Complete Guide Of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. 1994.
  What to Eat When You Are Expecting

Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway B.S.N.,

 

Premature Infants

 

Title

Author

  Your Premature Baby
Everything you need to know about the childbirth, treatment, and parenting
 1991
 

 What To Do When Your Baby Is Premature
A Parent's Handbook for Coping with High-Risk Pregnancy and Caring for the Pretwerm Infant

 Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. & Sharon Simmons Hornfischer, R.N., B.S.N, 2000

 

Sleep Solutions

 

Title

Author

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
  Nighttime Parenting :  How to get your Baby and Child to Sleep W. Sears, M.D.
  Sleep Solutions for your baby, toddler and preschooler Ann Douglas
  On Becoming Baby Wise

G. Ezzo M.A. &  R. Bucknam, M.D

  Solve your Child's Sleep Problems R. Ferber, M.D.
  The No-Cry Sleep Solution For Toddlers And Preschoolers
Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep
Elizabeth Pantley, 2005

 

Triplets, Quads & More

 

Title

Author

  Finding Our Way 
Life with triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets
Edited by Suzanne Lyons, foreword by Cecile Dionne, 2001
 

Special Delivery 
How we are raising America's only sextuplets and loving it

Becki & Keith Dilley, 1995
  Three, Four and More 
A study of triplet and higher order births

1990

  Multiple Bles8ings 
Thriving To Surviving With Twins and Sextuplets

Jon & Kate Gosselin,  Beth Carson, 2008

 

Special Concerns

 

Title

Author

  Single Parents of Multiples
Booklet: Parents of Multiple Births Association of Canada
 
   We Will Not Quit And We Will Succeed!
True Accounts and Experiences of a Family Blessed with Twin Sons Born With Developmental Disabilities
Janette Smith-Williams

 

Grief And Bereavement

 

Title

Author

  A Different Kind Of Mother
Surviving the Loss of My Twins
Christine Howser, 2001
     

 

DVDs

 

Title

Author

  In The Womb
National Geographic DVD
2006
  The Purple Period Of Crying, A New Way To Understand Your Babies Crying National Centre For Shaken Baby Syndrome
  What Do You See When You See Me? Autism Ontario (suitable for grades 6 and up)