A newsletter for mothers and expectant mothers of multiples in the CNY area { 80+ members & GROWING } January/February 2008

Events Calendar

JANUARY 2008

1st: Happy New Year!

9th : 6 :30p m , M M M D inn e r M ee ting & 1s t S l im Dow n We ig h-I n S pag h ett i W a reh o u se

12th : 6 -10 p m , M M M Ad u lt H o lid ay P a rt y G il lf i lian ’s W es t h i l l C ou nt ry C lu b , C am il lu s

17th : 7p m , Ma rv e lo us Mu lt ip le s S em in a r B ab ie s ‘R U s

21st: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

23 rd : 2nd S lim Do w n We ig h-In ( O pt io na l) K e l ly ’s H o u se

28th : 4 :30p m , P la y dat e M y G ym , D ew it t $8 f o r 2 k id s , $ 10 f o r 3 o r mo re k id s

FEBRUARY

2nd : G ro un dh o g D a y

6th : 6 :30p m , M M M D inn e r M ee ting & 3rd S l im Dow n We igh -In ( O pt ion a l) Sp ag h ett i W a reh ou se

9th : 10a m , P la yd at e a t K idz C lu b , Ph o en ix $6 p e r ch i ld ( in clud e s T od d le r T ang o )

14th: Valentine’s Day

18th: President’s Day

20th : 4 th S l im Dow n We igh -In ( O pt ion a l) K e l ly ’s H o u se

Stats f rom paid members only ,

as of January 2008.

“Your age when having multiples?”

17% in their 20’s

75% in their 30’s

7% in their 40’s

TWIN BOYS: Torrance William, 5lbs 10oz and Tiernan Nathaniel, 5lbs 10oz born on November 29, 2007 to

Vickie McCullough and big sister Maya.

TWIN GIRLS: Maggie Elizabeth, 4lbs 7oz and Claire Mary, 4lbs 10oz born on December 4, 2007 to Jaclyn

and Jeff Christenson.

TWIN GIRLS: Natalie Marie, 5lbs 3oz and Silene Marie, 4lbs 15oz born on December 11, 2007 to Monica and

Joseph Visconte.

TWIN GIRLS: Amie, 5lbs and Meghan, 5lbs 6oz born on December 29, 2007 to Laura and Scott Snyder and big

sister Mary.

TWINS: Tyler, 8lbs and Sydney, 5lbs 5oz born on

December 11, 2007 to Elizabeth and Shaun Davis.

As Multiple Moms, we have a voice and we get heard!

Many simple tasks and errands for those with multiples are harder, and any aid in those tasks can be a lifesaver. Many area Wegman’s had offered carts in which you could fit two infants. Then, as suddenly as the carts appeared, they were removed.

A call to other moms in our group was made, and several of us contacted Wegman’s through e-mail, their 800 number, and in person. They responded very positively to us, and they were brought back out of the warehouse and put in stores. Even better, some stores which never had them in the trial period were provided with them.

It is great to know that, if we speak up, we are heard! Thanks to all of the moms who helped to bring them back, and to Wegman’s for listening! M —Lindsey S., Mom to twin

girls; Emma & Gretchen

MMM

Speaks!

Executive Board

PRESIDENT Kelly Carter jcarte9@twcny.rr.com (315) 492-8453

VICE PRESIDENT Christine Coomes

RECORDING SECRETARY Leslie Petty

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Dawn Dowd

TREASURER Tracy Blumer

Committees

LIBRARIAN Sharon Bush

MEMBERSHIP Mary Wood

NEWSLETTER Donna Refici Mary Wood

PLAYGROUPS Leslie Petty

PUBLICITY Cyndi Rizzo

Support Systems

BEDREST SUPPORT Kathleen Abbott Leslie Petty Lindsey Stoppacher

BIG SISTERS SUPPORT Kathleen Abbott Tracy Blumer Suzanne Calkins Dawn Dowd Tracie Griffin Cathy Keating Mary Martin Gail Quaco Kristen Pearce Cyndi Rizzo Margaret Sheen Lindsey Stoppacher Lisa Vona

LACTATION SUPOPRT

Lindsey Stoppacher Mary Wood

NICU SUPOPRT

Liz Formoza Leslie Petty

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Famous Multiples

From the earliest times, multiples have made a name for themselves. Take a look at some of the famous people who are or have twins, triplets or more.

Famous Multiples:

• Nikolas, Lorenzo, Zachary and Myrinda Brino, 9/03/1998, Quads

who play twins on the show, '7th Heaven'.

• Leanna, Monica, and Joy Creel, 8/27/1970, starred in The Parent

Trap III and The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon, two Disney made-for-TV movies.

• Jill and Jacqueline Hennessy, 11/25/1969, Jill is best known for

her roles in 'Law and Order' and ‘Crossing Jordan’.

• Scarlett and Hunter Johansson, 11/22/1984, Scarlett Johansson

is an actress who first appeared in the movie, 'The Horse Whisperer'. She is three minutes older than her brother.

• Ashton and Michael Kutcher, 2/7/1978, Ashton is best known for

his role in the movie 'Dude, Where's My Car' and TV show 'That 70's Show'.

• Jason and Jeremy London, 11/7/1972, Actors most well-known

for TV shows 'I'll Fly Away ' (Jason) and 'Party of Five' (Jeremy).

• Tia and Tamera Mowry, 7/6/1978, most known for TV show,

'Sister, Sister'.

• Daniel, Joseph & Michael Todd, 8/5/1967, Real-li fe triplets who

played the triplets on the TV show, 'My Three Sons'.

Famous Parents of Multiples:

• Patrick Dempsey, known as McDreamy on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is

dad to twin boys, Darby and Sullivan, born on 2/1/2007.

• Robert DeNiro, actor and producer, is dad to twin boys, Julian

and Aaron, born in 1995.

• Michael J Fox and Tracy Pollan are parents to identical twin girls,

Aquinnah and Schuyler, born on 2/15/1995.

• Dennis Quaid is dad to boy-girl twins, Thomas and Zoe, born on

11/8/2007.

• Julia Roberts is mom to boy-girl twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel,

born on 11/28/2004.

• Jane Seymour, known best for her role as Dr Quinn, Medicine

Woman, is mom to twin boys, Johnny and Kris, born in 1995.

• Cynthia Watros, actress from “Drew Carey Show’ and ‘Lost’ is

mom to twin daughters, Emma and Sadie, born on 7/14/2001.

For more lists of famous multiples check out the following sitesL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_births

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ADULT HOLIDAY PARTY

Contact: Cyndi Rizzo, Liz Formoza, Gina McMahon & Margaret Sheen This w ill be our 2nd Annual Holiday Party! It ’s a fun f illed festive night for the moms, dads/partners of Multiple Moms Mingle. This year's celebration is scheduled for Saturday, January 12th from 6-10pm at Gillf ilian's Westhill Country Club in Camillus. The cost is $26 per person.

BIG SISTER

Contact: Lindsey Stoppacher We offer a "Big Sister" to paid MMM members that are pregnant and/or are new moms of multiples during the f irst 3 months after giving birth. We pair you up with a member that has multiples like you have (or will have). The idea is for the big sister to check in with her little sister often— to offer support, advice, help, etc. as needed. Then she reports to the group at each meeting on how her "little sister" is doing. The little sister can also contact her big sister as needed. Please contact Lindsey to get you hooked up with a "big sister" today! If your multiples are over a year old and are interested in becoming a “big sister” contact Lindsey today!

CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY PARTY

Contact: Heather Hayes, Krista Selig & Kristen Stoffregen Despite being rescheduled due to some bad weather the children’s holiday party was a success complete w ith a visit from Santa and a MMM group photo.

COOKBOOK FUNDRAISER

Contact: Mary Wood, Heather Hayes, Leslie Petty, Christine Coomes, Lori McIntyre & Donna Refici We are doing a club fundraiser by putting a cookbook together with our own recipes. We met our goal and have 150 yummy recipes, have sold many pages of ads and are now in the process of putting the f inishing touches on everything. Details on when you can purchase this delectable book will be available soon.

HISTORIAN

Contact: Leslie Petty Leslie is gathering photos for the clubs scrapbook. If you have a photo to share, please give it to Leslie. Any "old" club photos or group photos would be great. Please bring your family photos to the February meeting to create your family’s page in the MMM scrapbook. Let’s get scrapping!

LIBRARIAN

Contact: Sharon Bush Please contact Sharon if you are interested in donating or checking out any books, videos or magazines from our library. We have many things to choose from that may be helpful to you. Also, if you have any children's books, we are trying to build a children's library as well.

MEETING PROGRAMS

Contact: Lisa Vona & Maureen Bennett

January’s guest speaker w ill be Dr Gardener, Chiropractor on the necessary principles for leading a healthy lifestyle. In February, we will be scrapbooking and learning techniques from our own Crea-tive memories consultant.

MEMBERSHIP/DIRECTORY

Contact: Mary Wood If you are a new member, please download and complete a regis-tration form under the f iles section of the member’s only site or under membership on our off icial website multiplemomsmin-gle.com. You can send Mary a photo of your kids or family if you'd like one included in the MMM directory that gets updated every other month.

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Committee Information

Gina McMahon, expecting a singleton Feb ‘08!

Elva Greene, expecting a singleton Feb ‘08!

Liz Formoza, expecting a singleton March ‘08!

Jacqueline Davison, expecting a singleton March ‘08!

Margaret Sheen, expecting a singleton March ‘08!

Meghan Leonardis, expecting a singleton March ‘08!

Lynne DiGennaro, expecting a singleton June ‘08!

Multiple Mommies Expecting One More!

Sheila Brown O'Neil expecting triplets Feb '08!

Caitlin Graff expecting twins Feb ‘08!

Tricia Jones expecting twins Apr '08!

Susan Hayes expecting twins May ‘08!

….with more Multiple Moms To Be coming soon!!!!

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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Contact: Your Name Here Help w anted! If you are interested in being the MMM National Representative please contact Kelly Carter. Our membership pa-pers have been submitted and we are now awaiting our off icial not-for-profit status.

PLAYGROUPS Contact: Leslie Petty Playgroups are being formed throughout the year. Please contact Leslie if you'd like to schedule a play date at your home or even a park. You may choose the day and time. It can be either a week-day or weekend. This is a great chance for moms to mingle and for the kids to play. Schedule a play date today!

PUBLICITY

Contact: Cyndi Rizzo We need to get the MMM name out there! Cyndi sends copies of our newsletter and brochure to various pediatricians and OB/GYN off ices. We have ads for our meetings in the Pennysaver and in the Family Times. She w ill also be arranging for other special events to be advertised. The Fall Sale was advertised in several papers, websites and television stations. Any suggestions on publicity for the group or if you'd like to join this committee, please contact Cyndi Rizzo.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Contact: Kelly Carter Mark your calendars for the New York State Mothers of Tw ins Club convention, April 10-13, 2008 at the Holiday Inn, Saratoga Springs. The theme is "Out of the States in 2008".

Volunteers Needed: ● Preemie Closet ● Spring '08 Clothing & Equipment Sale ● National Representative ● Big Sisters ● Summer '08 Family Picnic ● Mommy’s Vendor Night

Please email Kelly Carter to volunteer. Consider your own talents and interests, as well as how much time you w ill be able to invest.

Committee Information

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Welcome NEW moms

to Multiple Moms Mingle!

• Caitlin Graff

• Susan Hayes

• Elizabeth Davis

• Your Name Here!

81 paid

members & GROWING!

MEMBERSHIP REMINDER:

Annual membership dues ($20) are due at

the Wednesday, March 5, 2008 meeting.

$ $

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MMM Mom Recommendation!

Now that winter has arrived in CNY here is a MMM recommended book for great ideas on how to keep your little ones occupied inside.

Unplugged Play By Bobbi Conner www.unpluggedplay.com

MMM Children’s Holiday Party KidzClub | December 2007

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Multitudes, Multiple Moms Mingle newsletter, is actively seeking suggest ions, t ips, a rticles and information for publication

from YOU, the members of MMM (...a lthough we do hold editorial rights ;). We do ou r best to get a ll of the information correct and up-to-date. If you notice something that is incorrect or was left out, please let us know.

A spec ial thank you to Dr. Robert Kiltz, CNYFC, for his kindness and generosity with the printing of the Mult itudes

newsletter and much more.

Please submit information and materia ls to Donna Refici or Mary Wood by the 10th of the month prior to publication.

Kids — JANUARY 4th Nicole, Joanna, & Michael Meskos' Birthday (2005)

6th Alexi, Blake & Colden Sheen's Birthday (2007)

12th Connor & Kaylee Pearce's Birthday (2006)

14th Madison, Connor & Mckenzie Romocki's Birthday(2007)

15th Alexis & Jessica Price's Birthday (2004)

21st Brenna Stoffregen's Birthday (2004)

28th Tighe John & Jake Marshall McMahon 's Birthday (2007)

Ashley & Emily Bennett's Birthday (2006)

Moms — JANUARY 2nd Liz Formoza's Birthday

Kristen Duggleby's Birthday

14th Maureen Bennett's Birthday

25th Deidre Prince's Birthday

26th Jennifer Harte's Birthday

31st Cassandra Sheets' Birthday

Happy Birthday To You ... FEBRUARY

5th Kate Francis & Clair Lynn Hayes's Birthday (2006)

7th Sawyer McAloon's Birthday (2005)

9th Joshua Robert & Heather Ashlee Sorts' Birthday (2006)

11th Genevieve & Isabella Formoza's Birthday (2006)

12th Richard, Kevin & Leah Dowd's Birthday (2006)

18th Dathan Bennett's Birthday (2002)

21st Claire Elizabeth & Lauren Grace Petty's Birthday (2006)

22nd Jai Walton-Benson's Birthday (1999)

Ryan Chiaramonte's Birthday (2000)

23rd Ricky Buza's Birthday (2004)

FEBRUARY

1st Cathy Keating's Birthday

10th Gail Quaco's Birthday

19th Karen LaVancha's Birthday

25th Patti Trabucco's Birthday

Did You Know?

Some medical research indicates

that post partum depression (PPD) can be even more severe

following the births of multiples.

"Joining a multiples support

group was helpful to 70% of the mothers. Networking with other

mothers in a similar situation helps women of newborn multiples realize they are not

alone and the feelings they experience are not unique to

them."

-Excerpt taken from “Post-

partum depression: A very real syndrome—especially among

women who’ve delivered twinfants!” by Lisa Stukel; Twins Magazine Sept/Oct 2007