Praise for Ready or Not...Here We Come!
 �Elizabeth Lyons� humorous yet realistic perspective provides new parents of twins with a great starting point from which to embark on that all-important first year.�
- DR. BOB COVERT, LEADING CHICAGOLAND NEONATOLOGIST
�Ready or Not...Here We Come! is the advice you need in the short, funny format your sleep-deprived mind can absorb. As a mom of multiples who's been there, done that, and barely lived to tell about it, Elizabeth Lyons tells it like it is in a laugh-out-loud look at the uncertainty, craziness, and absolute joy of your first year with twins. An absolute must-have for every mother who ever wished there were two of her to keep up with the two of them.�
- LISA EARLE MCLEOD, COLUMNIST FOR LIFETIME MAGAZINE AND AUTHOR OF FORGET PERFECT
�Elizabeth Lyons tells it like it really is. From helping you survive back-to-back feedings, living with the stereophonic crying, and coping with a double round of diaper rash, she tells you what to do, what to buy, and what to ignore. My twins are now teenagers, and as a woman who felt like she was the only one coping with double mommying, I would have sold my soul for practical, supportive advice like this. There is a light at the end of the twins tunnel, and Ready or Not will help you find it. Where was Elizabeth Lyons when my twins were little?
- KRISTI LUCARIELLO, MOTHER OF TEENAGE TWINS AND PRESIDENT OF PERFORMANCE IN PRACTICE
�Elizabeth Lyons captures the universal discourse of sisterhood while guiding new mothers of twins through the first year.�
- KATHY VOIT, RNC, LABOR AND DELIVERY RN
�Finally�a humor-filled, solution-packed, tell-it-like-it-is guide to the first year with twins!�
- BETTY JEAN YOUNG, BSN
Excerpt from Ready or Not...Here We Come!
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THE BOTTOM LINE
At some point during a long night with our newborn twin boys, Jack and Henry, I sat on the floor�in the same pajamas I had been wearing for four days or more�and thought to myself, �It would be really nice if twins came with an operations manual!�
While I was pregnant with the boys, I read some books beautifully detailing the medical aspects of a twin pregnancy, and others laying out basic logistics for the all-important and hectic first year. Unfortunately, I could not find a book that addressed how to survive the firt year with multiples in a girlfriend-to-girlfriend manner.
I wasn't looking for someone to sugarcoat the experience. I was happy to read a book written by someone honest enough to proclaim, �Honey, raising twins is hard!� Most of the books on the market communicate that very well. What frustrated me�after being reminded (again) that the experience would be hard151;was waiting with baited breath for the author to say, "But here's how to make it easier (and laugh while you're doing it).� I waited, and waited, and waited.
I longed for a humorous book that told it like it is, and also gave strategies for getting through the �how it is.� I hungered for an author daring enough to write, �It's true that you'll hear over and over again not to microwave formula, but it's okay if you do, provided you follow some basic rules and do some safety checks.� However, after searching and searching, I realized that such a book did not exist. At that point I decided to write one.
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