If the feeding and changing demands and erratic sleep schedules weren't enough for new parents to juggle, try multiplying that arrangement by two. Most parents spend the first six months of their new baby's life trying to establish good eating and sleeping habits while trying to catch up on sleep in between. But for parents of twins, establishing those types of routines requires even more work, particularly when the babies develop completely opposite schedules.

So what's the best way for new parents of twins to reclaim their sanity?

Pam Freiberg remembers the difficulty of her twins' first months at home as vividly as if it were yesterday. "I actually became physically ill trying to nurse them both on demand," the Chesterfield, Mo., resident says. "My doctor said that wasn't going to work; I needed to figure something out."

Freiberg's girls each weighed over 7 pounds when they were born so she had to make an executive decision on their feeding schedules. She nursed them both at the same time and began waking whichever one was asleep so the twins could do everything, even diaper changing, at the same time.

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