[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 11/11/2012

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 11/10/2012
10:14 am - 11/11/2012

1. Comment: pumping and bottle feeding (samantharmeredith)
2. Comment: Have you used the Sleep Easy Solution... (kaluzoo)
3. Comment: Have you used the Sleep Easy Solution... (RachelHK)
Topic: pumping and bottle feeding

 just curious - does anyone pump and bottle feed? I have
 been doing that and supplementing...

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 1. samantharmeredith says...
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 11/10/2012 9:08 am
 
 I went through the same struggle and can really
 empathize - both with feeling guilty about not
 breastfeeding and with feeling frustrated with the
 extra work of pumping. (My boys were 27 weekers and by
 the time they could breastfeed, my milk supply was too
 much for them and they couldn't handle the flow.) I
 think you have to do whatever is the most doable in an
 already challenging situation, and for my family it was
 letting go of breastfeeding. That's what I keep telling
 myself anyway! Best wishes!
 Email author: samantha.r.meredith at gmail.com
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Topic: Have you used the Sleep Easy Solution on twins?

 We are going to sleep train our 4 month old twins next week.
 We used the Sleep Easy...

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 2. kaluzoo says...
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 11/10/2012 12:25 pm
 
 My seven month old twins were sleep trained in the same
 room starting at 12 weeks. They now sleep soundly
 through whatever shrieking the other does (if only I
 could say the same for the dog!). We also moved from
 swaddles to sleep sacks when we sleep trained, and also
 had them in two cribs for the first time the first
 night of training (kept pacis though). All went
 reasonably well - we only sleep trained that early
 because they were clearly ready to be sleeping longer
 and were not at all hungry at night - just pissed to be
 awake :).
 Email author: sarahchandler at gmail.com
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 3. RachelHK says...
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 11/10/2012 11:50 pm
 
 AM I the only one who separated my twins for sleep
 training? :-) I just wanted to chime in to say that I
 think you should go with your gut and do what seems
 right at the time. Our sleep training journey was a
 long one, as our b/g twins were very different in
 temperament and personality, and generally were
 terrible sleepers. OUr son was the WORST SLEEPER EVER
 and would wake up 7-8 times a night, even at age 9
 months. OUr daughter was better but still not great
 (3-4 times a night). What kept us alive for a while
 was to separate them (from approx. age 6 months to 12
 months), because my daughter slept MUCH better on her
 own. we resisted it for a long time, but as we slowly
 started to lose our minds from sleep deprivation, we
 finally caved and separated them. It worked like a
 charm. My daughter would sleep much longer stretches
 if not constantly woken up by her brother. So her
 sleeping steadily improved during this time, which
 meant that only one of us had to wake up to deal with
 our son. By age 12-13 months, both were sleeping VERY
 well, with only 1 wakeup per night, sometimes none at
 all. At 13 months we reunited them in the same room,
 and everything was peachy - they continued to sleep
 very well, and when one did occasionally wake up, it
 didn't bother the other. They are now 27 months old
 and for the past 14 months they have slept like CHAMPS
 - no wakeups AT ALL, unless someone is sick. It is
 absolute bliss.So, long story short, do what seems
 right to you, and DONT WORRY because you can always
 change things in a few days or weeks or months if
 whatever you tried no longer seems necessary or
 helpful. babies adapt. you wont ruin them forever if
 you separate them (nor will you ruin them forever if
 you keep them together). Its trial and error, and you
 never know what ultimately do the trick for your
 babies. Keep experimenting until something works.Good
 luck!
 Email author: rmherrick at yahoo.com
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