The Dulwich and District Twins Club newsletter, published three times per year, provides an invaluable resource, with articles written by members on a very wide range of matters based on their own experiences.
If you would like to contribute an idea for an article please contact our editor Susannah Newell at ddtcnews@hotmail.com
Sample newsletter: October 2008
October 2011
Includes articles on: schools application process, zygosity, postnatal depression, survival tips for parents of multiples, top tips to get your babies talking, a grandfather’s perspective, summer picnic, messy play, nearly new sale.
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March 2011
Includes articles on: Our Expectant Parents booklet, new website, a granny at the toddler group, a day in the life of a twin Mum, holiday reviews, schools admission process, organisating a birthday party for multiples, gardening for children, recipes and single parents with multiples.
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November 2010
Includes articles on: a grandmother sharing her joy of being Gran to twins; a day in the life of a twin mum; finding out that your twins are identical; feeding twins; shopping for shoes for twins; British holiday destinations; reviews on Summer theatre outing, parenting classes and Peckham Rye park meets; recipes and coughs and colds.
July 2010
Includes articles on: twins through the eyes of a grandmother and a cousin; separating twins at school; a day in the life of twin parents both working full-time; an account of premature twins who had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; members’ perspectives on bath time; a twins Mum blog; members’ favourite dishes for dinner time.
March 2010
Includes articles on: twins through the eyes of an auntie and a grandmother; parenting courses; great holidaying in Great Britain; a day in the life of a Mum with triplets; expectant parents evening; potty training; discussion evening about sharing and members’ perspectives; review of a children’s theatre production outing organised by the Club.
October 2009
Includes articles on: a Dad’s perspective on twins; a personal account of speech therapy; a breastfeeding bag; Home-Start and practical and emotional support provided by the organisation.
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April 2009
Includes articles on: Dad’s perspectives on twins; twins and research; speech development; post natal depression; weaning; non-directive play; a review of Jackie Clune’s ‘Extreme Motherhood: the Triplet Diaries’.
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October 2008
Includes articles on: twins through the eyes of two aunties; avoiding back problems; members’ favourite food; returning to work after having twins or waiting till beginning school; help during the early days.
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April 2008
Includes articles on: Blue Elephant Theatre; microscooters; back at work rights; members’ perspectives on routine.
June 2007
Includes articles on: controlled crying; fertility treatment; a proposed change in IVF policy; family days out; starting school; relationship ideas for exhausted multiple birth parents; eco-friendliness.
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February 2007
Includes articles on: putting on a children’s party; starting school; a review of Gina Ford’s and Alice Beer’s book ‘A Contented House with Twins’; what should I give kids for dinner; dealing with whingeing.
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October 2006
Includes articles on: parenting with multiples in mind; practical advice for new twin parents; baking with twins; money matters; practical advice with coughs and colds.
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June 2006
Includes articles on: postnatal depression; a fire station visit; how to survive journeys with twins and triplets; double the trouble, double the fun; things to do when moving with twins.
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February 2006
Includes articles on: a recipe for playdough; things to do on a rainy day; buying car seats; a grandparent’s perspective on twins; early arrivals; diarrhoea and vomiting.
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November 2005
Includes articles on: preparing first children for the arrival of twins; coughs and colds; what children want for Christmas; returning to work; holidays; what’s in your bag?
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August 2005
Includes articles on: spending time with each twin separately; tips for twins at war; taxis for twins; breast feeding and bottle feeding; good local cafes; potty training; One o’clock clubs; I used to be a …
