The following pieces have appeared in our club magazine and have been included here in hope that they may be of some use to others who may be experiencing the same sort of things.

Discipling toddlers - the naughty step! - A member contacted me and said she would be interested in other members' experiences of disciplining toddlers..."

Terrible twos x 2 - "Has anyone got any hints for how to deal with: two year old twins being massively clingy - screaming whenever someone else is around, fighting to sit on my knee or be carried......"

Terrible twos - "My boys are about to be 2 and Zack has become very ‘attached’ to routine....?"

Time out..? - "My girls are now nearly two and when we decided to give one girl "time-out" for biting, her twin sister nearly had a fit.."

Separation and competing for attention - "I’d like to know what people do about separating their twins...?"

Moving from cots to beds- " I have just moved my two year old twins into beds as they had started to escape from their cots.  Would anyone be able to offer advice on how to get them to stay in bed....?"

Cot Jumpers...? - "My twins are 2 years and 8 months old...A couple of months ago they both started getting up and climbing out of their cot beds...."

Unwanted cotbed sharing and delayed speech - "my twin boys ...are 2yrs and 3mths old they are still in their cots but have just mastered the art of climbing in and out of their cots .... My other question is has anyone experienced the problem of delayed speech...?"

Wandering twins - "My 21 month old twins have taken to climbing out of thier cots..?"

Cots/beds - "i'm now hoping someone can give me some tips on how to get them to enjoy being in the cots without the sides...?"

Afternoon naps - "My boy/ girl twins are 26 months old and until a couple of weeks ago took a daytime nap of about 2 hours immediately after lunch...."

Twins waking during the night  - "My 14-month old boys used to sleep well from about 7.30pm through to approx 7am, but in the last 6-8 weeks, they've reverted to waking up quite a bit..?"

Sharing a room - "does anyone have any advice on how to discipline/bribe them at bedtime so they actually get into bed and stay there...?"

Sleeping - "..for the last month or so I don't think we have had an uninterrupted night..."

Potty training - SWLTC mum Shelley shares some tips from TAMBA and gives some advice of her own!

Speech Disparity - "I have 22 month old twin girls, non identical. One is  gregarious, chatting away, saying lots of words, ....  The other is generally more reserved, gets on with things on her own, and struggles to say 'mamma'...?"

Buggy advice - "I need a new  2nd double buggy for my 18mth twin girls...?"

Twins and new baby - buggy advice! - "I have twins of 10 months and I am also expecting a new baby in beginning of May next year..?"

Reading to twins - "I wonder whether anyone has any ideas on how to read books to my boys..?"

Toy Survey - 12months - 3years - Results of our 2006 survey