Let’s talk about money! 
Financial Planner Dan Paikin joins us to talk about finances for the twin parent. 
He answers questions like:

• What's more important: saving or investing?
• What if I don’t make very much money?
• Who needs life insurance?
• Do I need a will?

Daniel Paikin has a team of financial planners at Tempus Financial Group who would love to help you with everything from Life Insurance to College Savings to Retirement Planning. Contact his team.

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Twin Mom Siekeia Collins is here to answer the BIG question: Is it possible to live a balanced life raising twins? Press play to hear Siekeia and Nat discuss:

• The myth of work-life balance
• What makes a peaceful life
• The importance of a support system
• How to keep from losing yourself in Motherhood
• The magic of getting outside
• Twins after a singleton
• Working from home with twin babies

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Twin mom Erin Martin talks about:

• Twins after a singleton
• The logistics of raising twin babies
• Mom guilt
• Her support network of twin moms

Stay tuned after the interview for Ask Nat! 

Today’s question: How can I get my well-meaning mother to back off from helping too much?

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Working Mom Paulina Gonzalez talks about:

• Maintaining her Human Resources career after having twins
• Finding her night nurse through Instagram
• Recruiting and training carers for her babies
• Creating a schedule and a manual for her babies’ care
• Her definition of “emotional income”

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Twin mom Taylor Goins took her young family from overwhelmed to organized! She joins us to talk about the power of schedules, organization and consistency for babies and toddlers. 
She shares her insight on:

• Easy meals for toddlers
• Raising twin babies + a toddler while working and going to school
• How to diffuse chaos before it gets out of hand
• What she loves about her Kia Carnival

Getting twins on a sleeping and feeding schedule

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Natalie Landis talks about her double whammy twins delivery: one vaginal and one C-section just minutes apart! 

She also delves into: 

• The wonder of ice packs 
• How to tell your identical newborns apart
• Having twins after a singleton 
• Saving money on baby gear
• Having an advocate in the delivery room. 
• How she wound up wearing Disney Princess nightgowns in the hospital

KEEP LISTENING after the interview for “Ask Nat”! Today’s question: “How do I get myself and my twins out the door faster?”

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Our guest Autumn is a twin mom twice over! This supermom gave birth to her second set of twins while her first set were still toddlers. Autumn gets REAL about potty training, breastfeeding, saving money, self-care, and keeping up with the laundry. 

Keep listening after the interview for “Ask Nat”! Today’s question: “One of my twins got invited to a party and the other didn’t. What do I do?”

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Natalie sits down with Dr. Joan Friedman, author of Emotionally Healthy Twins and The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love and Learn to be Individuals. She is a twin and a mom to fraternal twins. 

Today’s discussion is all about post-pandemic life with twins of ALL ages! Joan talks about behavior changes during lockdowns and navigating our newly-reopened world.

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a dollar-for-dollar matching gift campaign called the “Addy and Lily Fund for Transformational Surgical Care” through February 14, 2022. Donate here.

Maggie Altobelli and her husband Dom are raising twin girls (Addy and Lilly) who were born connected at the abdomen and chest, a condition known as thoraco-omphalopagus twins. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) took care of the girls from birth and eventually separated the twins with surgery. 

Maggie shares her incredible story, which includes:

• Pregnancy after miscarriage
• High-risk twin pregnancy
• The unique challenges conjoined twins face
• NICU and PICU care
• Family life after the separation surgery

Read more about Addy and Lily's story here.

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Our guest Tara Messerli is a Texas mom of twin girls.

In this episode, she shares her experience with:

• Plant-based diet
• Pregnancy at 35
• Positive birth experience at a birthing center
• Staying mentally strong during pregnancy

Follow Tara on Instagram @taramesserli for plant-based recipes for babies and adults!

Note: Tara gave birth at @gentlebeginningsbirthcenter

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