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A Good Start to Parenting Multiples – online course for parents expecting twins or triplets

Published 28.04.2020 - Produced by Suomen Monikkoperheet ry
Are you expecting twins or triplets? Congratulations! We wish you a warm welcome on your journey towards parenting multiples by taking this online course! Each year, twins are born into about 850 Finnish families and triplets in 10–15 families. You can consider yourself exceptionally lucky!

On the Good Start to Parenting Multiples online course, you will learn about expecting, giving birth to and parenting multiples. You can study with your partner or by yourself. You will follow Emmi and Jarmo’s journey towards parenting twins, and Maiju and Thomas will give you a glimpse of daily life with one-year-old twins.

The course consists of the following sections:

  • Pregnancy
  • Delivery
  • Breastfeeding
  • Parenting multiples with ample resources
  • Daily life in a family with multiples
  • Support for parenting multiples

The online course consists of text, videos, online lectures and assignments. You can study according to your own schedule, whenever is convenient for you.

Note that local training courses for families with multiples are arranged in many places. These courses are provided in Finnish. Check the location nearest to you and the timetable at www.suomenmonikkoperheet.fi. If it is not possible for you to participate in a local training course, this online course is perfect for you! You can also participate in a local training course and take the online course.

The Good Start in Parenting Multiples online course for parents expecting twins or triplets is provided by the Finnish Multiple Births Association and the Family Federation of Finland. The course is based on the Good Start in Parenting Multiples video and the guides that can be found on the Finnish Multiple Births Association’s website at www.suomenmonikkoperheet.fi.

We wish you a warm welcome at the start of your wonderful and exciting journey towards parenting multiples!

More information about the Finnish Multiple Births Association is available at www.suomenmonikkoperheet.fi. The website also contains a lot of material related to the coaching of families with multiples. Through the website, you can order a free-of-charge info package for families expecting multiple children.

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