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Caring for a newborn has its challenges, but imagine the challenges of caring for two or more newborns at once! More feedings, diapering, laundry and gear to schlep. We are hardwired to respond to our infants so how do you handle more than one infant crying at once? And when the heck do you sleep? It\u2019s no wonder that parents of multiples experience increased sleep deprivation and mental health issues even as they face greater logistical barriers to accessing mental health treatment and care. In this episode, Yael speaks with Dr. Susan Wenze, a mother of twins and clinical psychologist. Sue offers advice for parents of multiples and describes research on the perinatal mental health of parents with multiples.\n\n\nListen and Learn:\n\n \tSpecific mental health concerns for both mothers and fathers of multiples\n \tClever ways to practice self-care in the midst of parenting twins or more\n \tHow parenting multiples can bring partners closer together and other benefits of parenting twins and more\n \tHow to ask friends and family for the help that you need\n \tWays to help non-twin siblings also feel special\n \tHow to do self-care when you are a parent of multiples (terrific advice that can be used by all tired parents!).\n\nAbout Dr. Susan Wenze\nSusan Wenze, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at\xa0Lafayette College in Easton, PA. She conducts research on depression in the general population and\xa0perinatal mental health for parents of multiples. Dr. Wenze is also the parent of elementary school-aged identical twins. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from American University and completed her clinical residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University.\nResources:\xa0\n\n\n \tSue\u2019s Lafayette College research website\n \tSue\u2019s work, as featured on NPR\n \tNational Organization of Mothers of Twins Club, an online resource and community for parents of multiples\n \tTwiniversity, an online resource and community for parents of multiples\n \tTwins and Multiple Births Association (recently changed the name to Twin Trust), an online resource in the UK\n\n__________________________\nThank you for joining us on this episode of Psychologists Off The Clock. We appreciate your feedback. Please take a moment to leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts. It helps us spread the word to more folks like you!\nSubscribe for free where you listen to podcasts!\nApple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Deezer, iHeartRadio\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices