[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 9/16/2012

BigTent no_reply at lists.bigtent.com
Sun Sep 16 02:16:06 PDT 2012


San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 9/15/2012
9:16 am - 9/16/2012

1. Child Photographer (yueh)
2. 2 mo d twins getting too big for double nursing... (jeccat)
3. Comment: 2 mo d twins getting too big for double... (erin_loback)
4. Comment: 2 mo d twins getting too big for double... (cathytanimura)
5. Comment: 2 mo d twins getting too big for double...
(carolinetwinmama)
6. Comment: Multiples-Specific Park Survey needs your inpu...
(linoleum)
7. Comment: Night nanny questions (carolinetwinmama)

1. Child Photographer
--------------------------------------------------------
yueh - 9/15/2012 9:36 pm

 I am looking for a photographer to take pictures of our
 twins and then aid the process in creating a unique
 holiday card with those photos. We would like an
 outdoor shoot of very natural activities, no posed
 pictures and no inside/studio like setting. We have
 done ones in the past at China Beach, Rodeo Beach, etc.
 All recommendations would be appreciated!

Send comment to: 
With subject line: "Ref#72387335 - Child Photographer"

Email author: yueh at pacbell.net
--------------------------------------------------------

2. 2 mo d twins getting too big for double nursing pillow--
what am I doing wrong?
--------------------------------------------------------
jeccat - 9/15/2012 7:22 am

 Hi twin moms-- I have been tandem nursing my 9 week old
 twins since they were born. They're both pretty slow
 eaters (20-25 min) so I'd like to continue to feed them
 simultaneously. The problem is they seem to be getting
 too long for the double My Brest Friend! I use the
 double football hold, with throw pillows under each arm
 to bring the pillow up to the level of my breasts. I
 then wedge a receiving blanket under each head to brng
 them to the perfect height. Now, instead of fitting
 neatly on the pillow, their feet dangle off the sides
 and sometimes provide enough counter-balance that they
 get pulled off the nipple (especially if they kick). I
 have been trying to hold them in place with my elbows
 but this is less than ideal because it makes it harder
 to post to SFPOM on my iPad while nursing :-). Did
 anyone make this work? Here are a few thoughts I've
 had:1) Is my couch too shallow? If I put a pillow
 behind my back, then their feet could go into the
 pillow instead of off to the side, but my couch isn't
 deep enough for that...2) At some point, it won't
 matter if they dangle a bit, but now they can't control
 their bodies enough to make it work...3) Some other
 position? If I put one in cradle it seems he'll just
 kick the other guy in the head...4) Try to change
 position of my breasts somehow so they're more in the
 front? Im pretty busty (38F since my milk came in, oy)
 so my nipples end up closer to my armpits when I'm
 nursing... Something I can do to bring them forward
 using blankets or props?Did anyone make this work?
 Thanks in advance!

Send comment to: 
With subject line: "Ref#72372129 - 2 mo d twins getting too big for
double nursing pillow--
what am I doing wrong?"

--------------------------------------------------------

 3. erin_loback says...
 --------------------------------------------------------
 9/15/2012 8:42 am
 
 I used the double pillow until 15+ months with two kids
 -- it's definitely possible! When we were still on the
 couch (moved to floor around 5 months), I had an
 ottoman in front of me, and I had a pillow behind my
 back. My couch is probably average deep, not super
 deep. But the ottoman gives you some extra room in
 front so if you scooch forward a bit you won't fall off
 the couch. As my kids got bigger, I remember their legs
 kind of wrapped behind me. I had a small back pillow,
 and that left a gap between the pillow and the back of
 the couch, and they learned to get their feet in that
 space and and curl around me.There are some crazy
 photos I remember seeing online of different positions
 to tandem nurse twins. I was fine with football/double
 pillow so I never had to try them. Maybe you should
 look into another position that might work better for
 your body? Although I can't imagine how you could have
 hands free with a double cradle hold, and that's
 essential -- I felt like nursing (and pumping) was my
 only free time to read, do computers or watch tv! Good
 luck!
 Email author: erin_loback at yahoo.com
 --------------------------------------------------------

 4. cathytanimura says...
 --------------------------------------------------------
 9/15/2012 1:06 pm
 
 I sit on our bed, with a pillow wedged behind me to
 hold up the back part of the pillow and support my
 back. I guess that gives some extra space for feet to
 dangle. Also, if you can use the throw pillows on the
 sides to get the sides slighhtly higher than the middle
 where you are it might keep them from rolling off.
 Email author: cathy.tanimura at yahoo.com
 --------------------------------------------------------

 5. carolinetwinmama says...
 --------------------------------------------------------
 9/15/2012 4:58 pm
 
 i used 2 cushions behind my back until about 3 months -
 that gave extra room for them - using average depth
 couch. then, my lactation consultant had me try a
 position where the baby is sort of sitting upright on a
 pillow next to me - but i struggle to do that tandem,
 but they started to take only 5-10 mins to feed around
 3 months so i quit feeding them tandem and feed one at
 a time now (nearly 5 months) in cradle hold
 Email author: carolinemgreenway at hotmail.com
 --------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------
Topic: Multiples-Specific Park Survey needs your input!

 We need an updated, comprehensive, and multiples-specific
 playground/park listing!...

Send comment to: 
With subject line: "Ref#72105209 - Multiples-Specific Park Survey
needs your input!"

 6. linoleum says...
 --------------------------------------------------------
 9/15/2012 6:25 am
 
 This might help a little
 
 :http://www.sfparksalliance.org/the-alliance/policy-planning/playground-report-card
 Email author: sfnyclin at yahoo.com
 --------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------
Topic: Night nanny questions

 We didn't use a night nanny with our first but are
 considering it with our twins due in February...

Send comment to: 
With subject line: "Ref#72023235 - Night nanny questions"

 7. carolinetwinmama says...
 --------------------------------------------------------
 9/15/2012 5:09 pm
 
 hi - congrats!i agree with the earlier posts, but
 wanted to add on your last question. we had our night
 nanny for 3 months, and for the first 7 or 8 weeks had
 2 nannies to cover 7 nights a week, and then tapered
 off by week 13. Our babies unfortunately were sleeping
 horribly though until last week when we did sleep
 training at 4.5 months, so in hindsight i wish we had
 'saved' a bit of money earlier on by having only 5
 nights cover, to use a night nanny for 1 or 2 nights a
 week until they were sleep trained as i had a really
 hard time from when the night nanny finished at 13
 weeks until sleep training (about 6 or 7 weeks)
 Email author: carolinemgreenway at hotmail.com
 --------------------------------------------------------
View forum online at: http://www.bigtent.com/group/forum/12135519?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=

---------- Advertisement ----------

________________________________________
You received this email because you (house at digitalkingdom.org) are a
member of the BigTent group San Francisco Parents of Multiples.

Visit this group on the Web: http://www.bigtent.com/group/sfpom?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=
Unsubscribe or leave this group:
https://www.bigtent.com/unsubscribe/60778422?key=uSlme2I%2F0xkSpm8Rz0m8CVLWX6TI38t3zvWZSvlN5%2F0%3D&md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=

Terms of Use: https://www.bigtent.com/terms?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=
Privacy Policy: https://www.bigtent.com/privacy?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI= 
Need help? https://www.bigtent.com/help?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.digitalkingdom.org/pipermail/house/attachments/20120916/fb621efa/attachment.html>


More information about the House mailing list