[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 10/6/2011

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 10/5/2011
9:17 am - 10/6/2011

1. Donation of maternity clothes (lmarcottejervoe969)
2. Volunteer at the Consignment Sale!! (deborahgranelli)
3. vacation pay for nanny (anonymous)
4. Comment: vacation pay for nanny (HollyBuchanan)
5. Comment: vacation pay for nanny (erin_loback)
6. Re: [sfpom_general] Maclaren Triumph v. Maclaren Techno (emurray)
7. Re: [sfpom_general] Maclaren Triumph v. Maclaren Techno
(petermolly)
8. Re: [sfpom_general] Cry It Out (twiggins40)

1. Donation of maternity clothes
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lmarcottejervoe969 - 10/5/2011 9:45 pm

 I am looking for a place where I can donate my
 maternity clothes to women in need. I am new in San
 Francisco and not familiar with the different charities
 or groups. Would welcome suggestions. Thanks

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2. Volunteer at the Consignment Sale!!
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deborahgranelli - 10/5/2011 1:43 pm

 Come and Volunteer at our sale! Have a great time and
 meet your volunteer committment! Volunteer options for
 Friday 10/14 and Saturday 10/15 still open! Follow
 this
 link:http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/11023456345379940109

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3. vacation pay for nanny
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anonymous - 10/5/2011 10:26 am

 When we hired our nanny, we agreed to paid holidays and
 2 weeks of paid vacation (we normally take a trip in
 the summer and she gets full pay for that time, and
 takes a trip with her own family). This year, we would
 like to take a trip in December to see family for 4
 days (not holiday days), but we're not sure what's fair
 in regard to our nanny. She will be missing essentially
 3 half days and one full day of work. Are we expected
 to pay her for these days anyway? Full or partial pay?
 Or is it reasonable for us to just go and give her the
 days off without pay, since she gets 2 weeks in the
 summer already? What have other people done? Thanks for
 any thoughts or experience.

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 4. HollyBuchanan says...
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 10/5/2011 3:06 pm
 
 We had an agreement with our nanny that if we went on a
 trip outside of her vacation time that if I could find
 her work within the twin community during my absence I
 didn't have to pay her because the other family would,
 but if I couldn't find her work then I did have to pay
 her myself. It was taxing on her to jump in with
 another family on short notice and not knowing much
 about their routine (and she got a parking ticket once,
 I felt horrible) so in the end I stopped "loaning" her
 out and just paid her when we were gone. It happened
 far more often than I thought it would, but it really
 seemed the only fair way to do it. She was depending
 on us for income and we couldn't just not pay her from
 time to time. She was such a great nanny that I just
 chalked it up to being part of what it takes to keep
 great help.
 Email author: h.buch at hotmail.com
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 5. erin_loback says...
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 10/5/2011 9:04 pm
 
 We set up our contract at the beginning of the year so
 our nanny gets off all the holidays I have off (I'm a
 government employee and have a lot), and then she gets
 7 vacation days of her choice and 4 of our choice. She
 has used up her days, and we will use up our days this
 month. But then we are traveling at Thanksgiving and
 she'll have 3 extra days off. Our nanny suggested that
 we trade it for babysitting on weekend nights, a
 proposition I gladly accepted. She's also watching our
 dog for free when we go away this month. So we will
 continue to pay her regular salary, and she's going to
 make up the days she should have been working with
 extra babysitting/dogsitting.
 Email author: erin_loback at yahoo.com
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Topic: Maclaren Triumph v. Maclaren Techno

 Hi, Does anyone have an opinion on this? The techno is more
 expensive. The Triumph...

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 6. emurray says...
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 10/5/2011 11:24 am
 
 Hi Lisa!I think the City Select is heavier when
 configured with two seats. We have the City Mini double
 which is a side by side.What we have done for travel is
 use two single Maclaren Triumphs. They are very light
 (12 lbs) but still have good storage underneath. I've
 actually got three preschoolers, so we do the two
 umbrella strollers and and two Ergos when we travel. I
 bought a set of those connectors, but was really
 disappointed. They make the strollers too wide to fit
 through a standard doorway and it's not that easy to
 keep them even with each other while pushing so they
 sometimes lock up.Maclaren has an outlet on eBay
 http://stores.ebay.com/babyproductsstore
 Email author: e_murray at yahoo.com
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 7. petermolly says...
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 10/5/2011 11:29 am
 
 For travel, we've used two $20 umbrella strollers.My
 husband rigged each one with a luggage strap so when
 the kids wanted to walk, we just put them over our
 shoulders like a golf bag. Great for large amusement
 park-type places. And you check them at the gate on an
 airplane.It was SO convenient!! Just an idea.--- On
 Wed, 10/5/11, Elizabeth Murray wrote: From: Elizabeth
 Murray Subject: Re: [sfpom_general] Maclaren Triumph
 v. Maclaren Techno - Ref#62004790 To: "'San Francisco
 Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion'" Date:
 Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 11:26 AM Elizabeth Murray
 commented: Hi Lisa! I think the City Select is heavier
 when configured with two seats. We have the City Mini
 double which is a side by side. What we have done for
 travel is use two single Maclaren Triumphs. They are
 very light (12 lbs) but still have good storage
 underneath. I've actually got three preschoolers, so we
 do the two umbrella strollers and and two Ergos when we
 travel. I bought a set of those connectors, but was
 really disappointed. They make the strollers too wide
 to fit through a standard doorway and it's not that
 easy to keep them even with each other while pushing so
 they sometimes lock up. Maclaren has an outlet on eBay
 http://stores.ebay.com/babyproductsstore Add your
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 although she drank less) of formula after BFing right
 before bed.4. My husband managed CIO. I couldn't
 listen to their cries and they smelled milk when I came
 into room. He would let my son cry 10 min and then go
 in and sooth him and replace binkie. This went of for
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 Plaskett posted:We are starting to get to the point
 where we are "sleep training" our 4.5 month old twin
 boys.How is this "CIO" thing suppose to work with TWO
 babies???? One down, two down. One screams, two
 screams?! This is all a little bit frightening.I have
 been pretty successful putting them to bed and letting
 them self sooth with limited crying. I am just
 anticipating the middle of the night wakings and how it
 is going to work out logistically. There are times when
 they can ignore each other, but they can also wake each
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