Tamba

One of the advantages of being a father expecting twins is that I am entitled to join all sorts of clubs like TAMBA. Maybe other people are allowed to join too; after all the organisation is a charity. Nevertheless I feel as if I have a right to belong there.

So I joined a couple of weeks ago and have been really impressed with what I’ve found so far.

This includes all kinds of fact sheets on various aspects of bringing up twins. I just read one called “Dealing with Differences in Multiples”. What is useful for me is that in my state of total ignorance I can learn some rudimentary facts about twins very easily. I was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, so finding useful information in short documents like fact sheets is perfect for me. Also I don’t have time to study anything in more depth at the moment.
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Other benefits of the Charity include the forum. I can see this will become a major source of help for me in the months and years to come. No doubt there will be many times when I will be pulling my hair out trying to find out how to deal with some aspect of family life and can go to the forum to get answers from fellow parents.

One of the things which is already causing me some concern, for example, is not knowing what car I need to get in order to transport the new “team” in when they arrive. I’ve already had several responses to a post I put up, with some really useful comments and things I need to consider.

Another great service the charity offers is a helpline called Twinline where you can get help and advice over the phone from other parents of multiples. I expect there will be times when I’ll need to call them too…

So if, like me, you’re new to this twins thing, have a look at Tamba and see if it might be helpful for you.

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