[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 12/29/2013

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 12/28/2013
10:14 am - 12/29/2013

1. Comment: Advice for traveling with 1 yr old b/g twins (lmcdowell)
2. Comment: Napping schedule and going out with babies (lmcdowell)
Topic: Advice for traveling with 1 yr old b/g twins

 We're taking a much needed vacation to Hawaii next month and
 we're trying our best...

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 1. lmcdowell says...
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 12/28/2013 2:53 pm
 
 I don't know if yours are walking yet, I'm sure that's
 its own set of challenges, but we just took a flight
 with our 8 month old twins who have been crawling for a
 while and we survived. I got a lot of tips from other
 moms, but what worked for us:-bring a new food
 (novelty)-bring several favorite (or new) toys-use what
 you can find on an airplane: in flight magazine to
 rip/chew on, plastic drink cups that you get with the
 beverage service, empty water bottles were a big hit
 (you can put a penny in it too), various trash (yours
 :) wrappers and similar-bring sleep sack, lovey, other
 bedtime rituals if you want to try to get them to take
 their nap on the plane-use overnight diapers (we love
 huggies overnites) so that you only need to change on
 the plane if it's a bmWe're taking a 6-hour flight on
 monday and my husband just downloaded some baby
 einsteins - ours haven't watched TV yet so not sure how
 they'll like it, but again, hoping the novelty will
 help. Good luck!
 Email author: lauren.mcdowell at ymail.com
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Topic: Napping schedule and going out with babies

 I started this topic on Mom's outing last Thursday and I
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 2. lmcdowell says...
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 12/28/2013 2:46 pm
 
 I definitely don't have all the answers, but my twins
 are 8 months and around 3 months, we put them on a
 fairly strict schedule and that really helped get them
 both on track. They're always put down for naps and bed
 at the same time. One goes straight to sleep and the
 other usually rolls around a bit before falling asleep.
 There were definitely times early on where one needed
 more sleep, or where one would wake up early -- most of
 the time, I leave the one who wakes up early in the
 room. It doesn't do me much good if one gets a great
 nap but the other didn't, as then they're off schedule
 the rest of the day. That said, if it's the big last
 nap of the day and one wakes up unusually early,
 sometimes I'll go in and take that one out, if they're
 really awake and not just moving around a bit. If
 necessary, I'll sneak in another nap for that baby
 later on, but again, then you're dealing with one baby
 up and one baby sleeping. I always catered more to the
 baby that needed more sleep/slept longer and actually
 fairly quickly, the other baby fell in line with that
 schedule. I think I'd suggest that over trying to
 always wake up the baby that sleeps longer (of course
 within reason). I would look up some different
 schedules for 7month babies online and get some ideas.
 I always followed Eat Activity Sleep and since they ate
 every 3 hours, about 1 hour of each 3-hour block is a
 nap, except for the afternoon nap, which was 2 hours.
 Play around with it for a week and see if keeping them
 up a little longer will help the one that doesn't sleep
 as long, sleep longer, or try the reverse, putting them
 down a little before they're tired, etc. Hopefully
 others comment here (you could also post on the fb page
 and you may get more responses).As for what to do about
 going out, as much as I wanted to be flexible and have
 the kids fit into our lives, I've found that sticking
 to the schedule works better for everyone. Usually
 after the 10am feeding, we get out for a few hours,
 with them taking a short nap in the stroller between 12
 and 1pm. Then we eat again at 1pm, play and take a long
 nap in the crib 2-4. Eat at 4, then we can go out
 again. I try to plan activities, meeting with friends
 during these chunks of time. I can deviate a little
 bit, but too much and it's a disaster for them and not
 worth it to be out.Not sure if that helps, but
 hopefully people who struggled getting their babies on
 the same schedule can comment
 Email author: lauren.mcdowell at ymail.com
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