Taking your twins along for a holiday shopping excursion? "God help you!" says Karen Hill, laughing, a 30-year-old mom to 3 1/2-year-old fraternal twin girls. She qualifies that statement, however, by offering, "It can be fun and joyful if done in small bursts."

The holidays, filled with family traditions, are upon us again. But with multiples in tow, the holidays can be traditionally tough. Shopping with and for and traveling with more than one child the same age has its unique challenges. Below, experts and parents of twins and triplets discuss some of the problems and offer tips on how best to sail through this difficult season.

"Going from one place to another is at times like a military operation," says Julie Sullivan, a Topsfield, Mass., stay-at-home mom to a 3 1/2-year-old and 18-month-old fraternal twin girls. "I make lists of everything I need to bring from booster seats to port-a-cribs. And this isn't for traveling great distances, either..."

Hill says shopping with her twin girls can not only be embarrassing, but dangerous, too, if, for example, one child melts down in a store or parking lot and tries to run away. "With one child who loses it, you can pick [her] up and walk out," she says. But with two children the same age, it's not quite that easy.

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