[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 1/11/2013

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 1/10/2013
10:15 am - 1/11/2013

1. Comment: Powder vs. ready made formula (gatomal)
2. Comment: Powder vs. ready made formula (noursej)
3. Comment: Powder vs. ready made formula (sftwins)
4. Comment: Sleep training question (noursej)
5. Comment: Sleep training question (twin_boys_on_twinpeaks)
6. Comment: Recommendations for Video Baby Monitor? (eeewww)
7. Comment: Convertible carseats for twins...in a... (noursej)
8. Comment: Convertible carseats for twins...in a... (noursej)
9. Comment: Warming Twins Bottles ? (bhavna12)
Topic: Powder vs. ready made formula

 Hi moms,
 
 I'm having to supplement with a little formula as I'm not
 quite pumping...

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 1. gatomal says...
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 1/10/2013 8:05 am
 
 My kids only spit out formula if it's not warm enough
 for their liking. They tend to like it pretty warm
 (hot). We used the Enfamil Gentlease since birth (4.5
 wks early) as a supplement until five months, now they
 are exclusively having that with solids. This is not a
 dairy free product, though. If you find one they like,
 like the more expensive, pre-made kind, mix this in to
 what you are trying to give them. First try a 50/50
 mix, then a 25/75 mix, etc. they should get used to the
 new one over a few days. I've found with mine, if they
 are hungry enough, they don't care what (or what
 temperature) the food is...they just suck it down! Good
 luck.
 Email author: may.jacqueline at yahoo.com
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 2. noursej says...
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 1/10/2013 10:01 am
 
 reflux resolves itself between 4-9 months, depending on
 if/how preemie your kids were, so take heart, it won't
 last forever! :) a bunch of us twin moms with
 toddlers have been there, and are thinking of you! 
 here's what we did, that might help: - used anti-colic
 bottles from the start as a preventive measure; i swear
 they helped a lot -
 
 http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12383777
 - used
 http://www.earthsbest.com/products/product/2392310040
 formula (and the liquid version of this when we
 traveled, but i didn't like using it much because of
 the added preservative/stabilizer); there's also a new
 sensitive version of the earth's best formula
 
 (http://www.earthsbest.com/products/product/2392310060),
 but i never used it, so can't vouch for it.- we made
 batches of formula twice a day (morning and night) in
 bottles which we kept refrigerated. we used warmers to
 reheat the bottles, this way they didn't have air
 bubbles from having been recently shaken/mixed -
 
 http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3918126
 - i think this method helped a lot too. mixing breast
 milk with formula sounds promising too!hope something
 here helps! best, jen
 Email author: noursejlm at gmail.com
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 3. sftwins says...
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 1/10/2013 2:55 pm
 
 i know there are some differences in ingredients
 between ready to feed and powder. not sure how this
 affects the taste (i couldn't bring myself to taste
 either), but they definitely smelled different. the
 powdered version was awful. our son supplemented with
 alimentum starting around 7 wks after he was diagnosed
 with failure to thrive. we were never 100% sure of the
 cause, though the gastroenterologist suspected a dairy
 sensitivity. he definitely preferred the RTF over the
 powdered. he wasn't sensitive to powder, he just
 didn't seem to like the taste. at 6 mos, we started
 weaning off alimentum. we slowly mixed it with regular
 similac (prepared powder) in smaller and
 were already night weaned by then too. i referred to
 this book quite a bit, in case you haven't heard of it
 -
 
 http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Twins/dp/0345497791hope
 this helps. best, jen
 Email author: noursejlm at gmail.com
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 5. twin_boys_on_twinpeaks says...
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 1/10/2013 11:06 am
 
 for us, our twins were "sleep trained" at 5 months...
 but we still did a "dream feed" at 10 or 11pm until
 they were 7 months. Then they were able to sleep 6pm -
 6am with no feeding in between. And they were able to
 self soothe and fall back asleep with minimal CIO.(This
 all went out the door during some teething periods
 which required some soothing on our part as well as
 Advil "AKA: baby smack". But once they got a short
 snuggle and advil, they were able to go straight to
 sleep again.)
 Email author: regina_eberhart at yahoo.com
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Topic: Recommendations for Video Baby Monitor?

 We're gearing up for sleep training, and I want to be sure
 the little ones are safe...

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 6. eeewww says...
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 1/10/2013 4:47 pm
 
 we have this
 
 one:http://www.diapers.com/p/summer-infant-sleek-secure-handheld-color-video-monitor-145878i
 like it. We had a different summer infant one before
 that only allowed for one camera when we just had one
 kid. But with a toddler and twins this one has been
 good. There is a camera on each kid (so two in the
 twins room). You can set it to show each image for like
 8 seconds and automatically go to the next, or you can
 make it stay on one camera, or you can put them all on
 a split screen (up to 4 cameras). You can only hear one
 camera at once though. We tried a different one (Lorex
 I think?) before that was highly recommended and I
 hated it. I like the light indicator on the summer
 infant ones. The top of the monitor goes from green to
 red when it is loud in the baby room, so even if you
 have the sound turned way down you can see if somebody
 is crying and then go look at the monitor.
 Email author: bugjarbabe at yahoo.com
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Topic: Convertible carseats for twins...in a station wagon

 The last post I could find on this on this was 8 months ago
 with no responses, so...

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 7. noursej says...
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 1/10/2013 8:58 am
 
 i plan to get the diono radian rxts any day now -
 http://us.diono.com/en/car-seats/radian-rxt they're
 narrow, designed for triplet families to get three
 across. or for twins, plus full use of the third seat,
 which i like. hope this helps.best, jen
 Email author: noursejlm at gmail.com
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 8. noursej says...
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 1/10/2013 9:06 am
 
 also, traveling tikes has a good sale price. 
 
 http://travelingtikes.com/car-seats-1/convertible-car-seats-2/sunshine-kids-1.htmland
 in general, this company offers twin discounts on
 buying items in twos. 
 http://travelingtikes.com/multiples-plus-program best,
 jen
 Email author: noursejlm at gmail.com
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Topic: Warming Twins Bottles ?

 Hello, 
 
 First day home with my twin girls and we are having a tough
 time with the...

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 9. bhavna12 says...
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 1/10/2013 10:22 pm
 
 We tried a bottle warmer, heating up a pot of water and
 submerging it but those took too long. Finally found a
 way that works - use 2 glasses, fill a quarter of each
 with water, microwave for 75 seconds (temps may vary)
 and submerge each bottle. This way the full amount gets
 the same amount of heat. It's done in about 2 minutes
 after dropping the bottle in the glass. I like the
 mixing idea but this way we have bottles ready and just
 heat, no need to think about how much for each, etc.
 Email author: bhavna at gmail.com
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