What Parents of Multiples and Singleton Parents Can Learn From Each Other with Natalie Diaz

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gentle Parenting Podcast</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim sits down with her long-time friend Natalie Diaz. Natalie is the founder of Twiniversity - the world’s leading resource and support network for multiple birth families. Natalie is also an author, Certified Lactation Consultant and a twin parent herself. She has helped hundreds of parents of multiples prepare for and handle life with multiples.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Kim and Natalie discuss what parents of multiples and singletons can learn from each other. They discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Preparing for birth and the newborn weeks</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sleep training multiples, singletons and siblings </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Advocating for yourself and your child(ren) at birth </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Working with your partner to make sure you both are feeling support</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Natalie gives amazing, specific, questions for you and your partner to discuss pre and post-birth and throughout your parenting journey. You won’t want to miss these discussion points! Two of our favorite quotes from this episode are:</span></p> <p><strong>“It’s important that parents of twins realize that just because they’re twins, doesn’t mean they’re two of the same person”</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span> <strong>“It’s better to overreact 100% of the time than to underreact once”.</strong></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">If you liked this discussion with Natalie Diaz and are prepping for multiples, connect with her on her</span> <a href="https://www.twiniversity.com/"><span style= "font