[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 2/7/2013

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 2/6/2013
10:15 am - 2/7/2013

1. How long to breastfeed? (bhavna12)
2. Comment: How long to breastfeed? (leslieb_sf)
3. Sleep training for one of my babies (bhavna12)
4. Comment: Sleep training for one of my babies (bhavna12)
5. Comment: Nanny late due to public transport - what's th... (hpearl)
6. Comment: Nanny late due to public transport - what's th...
(bhavna12)
7. Comment: Nanny late due to public transport - what's th...
(MamaWobin)
8. Comment: The Doctors" TV Show: Episode on Multiples (bhavna12)
9. Comment: back to work having HARD time focus... (MamaWobin)
10. Comment: SAHM w/infant twins (almann)
11. Comment: SAHM w/infant twins (iloveSFandNY)
12. Comment: SAHM w/infant twins (leslieb_sf)
13. Comment: SAHM w/infant twins (gabriellesparkly)
14. Comment: SAHM w/infant twins (rebeccaadaly)

1. How long to breastfeed?
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bhavna12 - 2/6/2013 1:28 pm

 Hi all:I'm curious how long most twin moms breastfeed.
 I understand there are various reasons and perspectives
 on this topic so open to hearing all ideas. My twins
 are going to turn 6 months in 2 weeks and I'm not sure
 how long I want to continue for. Do they benefit from
 breast milk as they get older the same way they do when
 they are younger? My production has definitely
 increased over the last 1-2 months and I'm in a groove
 but it does take quite a bit of energy sometimes to
 pump at work.

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Email author: bhavna at gmail.com
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 2. leslieb_sf says...
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 2/6/2013 1:55 pm
 
 For what it's worth I'm stopping at six months.
 Email author: leslieellen at gmail.com
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3. Sleep training for one of my babies
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bhavna12 - 2/6/2013 12:20 pm

 Hi all:Hope the week is going well. Just wanted to ask
 the twin parents their opinion on some sleeping issues
 we are having with our 5.5 month old boy. Our girl is
 sleeping just fine, just took out her swaddle on Monday
 for the first time and sleeps through the night. We put
 them down around 8 and she sleeps until 630-7. As for
 our son, he's a fighter when it comes to sleep. He
 usually, sleeps at 830ish after his last feed (which is
 around 730-8pm) and starts whining (not full on crying)
 at 2am, we go to his crib and just comfort but if he
 starts to full on cry we will take him out and rock him
 to sleep and put it him back in the crib. We do that so
 we don't wake up his sister. After 2am, he wakes again
 at 4am and at that time, his eyes are usually wide open
 so we bring him to our bed and he eventually falls
 asleep after some comforting (pacifier and putting our
 hand on his chest). He then wakes at 630-7 so we are
 pretty much in/out of sleep through the night. What do
 you all suggest? I'm out of ideas. Our night nanny has
 suggested we try the Ferber method of Sleep training
 and she would be willing to help with it. We never
 introduced dream feeds and our drs and nanny has said
 to not introduce that since we will be taking a step
 back. He's not a big sleeper throughout the day, total
 naps 3, sometimes 4 which total to less than 2 hours
 total for the whole day.

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Email author: bhavna at gmail.com
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 4. bhavna12 says...
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 2/6/2013 12:22 pm
 
 Just to be clear, we don't have a night nanny but still
 very close to her so we call her for advice every now
 and then. We have a day nanny and her recommendation
 has been to let him cry it out. She noticed he does
 like to sleep on his stomach throughout the day. We
 still swaddle him at night (unlike his sister) because
 he moves around so much and his movement might affect
 him during the night. Anyway, open to suggestions.
 Thank you!
 Email author: bhavna at gmail.com
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Topic: Nanny late due to public transport - what's the
protocol?

 Public transportation was delayed this morning and our nanny
 was 30 min late. What's...

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- what's the protocol?"

 5. hpearl says...
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 2/6/2013 10:01 am
 
 If it happens on occasion, then I feel like there's
 really nothing that can be done on either her part or
 yours. It's almost like an "act of god." Unless it
 happens every week and becomes an excuse. But MUNI
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