[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 1/27/2013

Sun Jan 27 02:15:04 PST 2013

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 1/26/2013
10:16 am - 1/27/2013

1. Comment: Car seat position question (julesr1515)
2. Comment: switching from formula to cow's milk (MamaWobin)
3. Comment: exclusively pumping, anyone else? (rosisu)
4. Comment: The early weeks of breast feeding (R3ALMhouse)
5. Comment: The early weeks of breast feeding (rebeccaadaly)
Topic: Car seat position question

 I have 2 year old twins who are in forward facing car seats
 and am due with another...

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 1. julesr1515 says...
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 1/26/2013 11:01 pm

 I would put the convertables together with the infant
 carrier on the curb side/window. That way you can snap
 in the infant seat easily. Your toddler can climb in on
 the curbside too so he/she can get into the middle
 seat.
 Email author: julietvenzon at gmail.com
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Topic: switching from formula to cow's milk

 The twins are almost a year old and I think it's time to
 think about making that switch to cow's...

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 2. MamaWobin says...
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 1/26/2013 9:16 am

 We switched at 12.5 mos after our 1yr appt. even our
 daughter who had an infant dairy allergy adjusted
 easily to the switch. But be warned about constipation!
 Our son is still having major constipation issues after
 about 3 weeks. So we've had to start reducing the
 number if oz he drinks per day. I think he was drinking
 around 26 oz formula and the ped says we should get
 down to 16oz of milk. He is a picky eater and will only
 eat kiwi fruit right now as far as fruits and veggies
 go so he has also had to be on a mild laxative. The
 problem only lasted about a week with our daughter but
 she eats all sorts of fruits and vegies which helps.
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Topic: exclusively pumping, anyone else?

 Hello moms,
 kudos to these that have been able to breast-feed their
 twins successfully...

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 3. rosisu says...
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 1/26/2013 8:15 pm

 Thank you all mom for your love and support. It helps
 so much to hear from these that are and have been in
 the same situation.....I am writing while pumping ....
 Email author: rosis at ptrehab.ucsf.edu
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Topic: The early weeks of breast feeding

 I've been blessed with two healthy full term twins (nearly
 four weeks old today) and am giving a...

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 4. R3ALMhouse says...
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 1/26/2013 10:35 am

 I'm still nursing my 15 month olds. I do remember that
 the feeds from 4-8 weeks being especially hard. I think
 I documented one evening where they fed from me for 4
 of 6 hours!I tandem-fed pretty much right from the
 beginning. It did make things easier, or at least, it
 gave me a little bit of a break. (I fed on demand,
 which was about every 2 hours for the first 4 months).
 They took 45 minutes a feed until they were established
 on solids, which was about 8 months. I guess they just
 liked hanging out with mom! :)Now, I often get the
 drive-by, pop on, pop off toddler feeds, and I'm not
 sure it's better than nursing for 45 minutes! Everyone
 else has given you good advice, so I won't repeat it.I
 saw an LC at 6 weeks because my babies were slow
 gainers and my ped wanted me to supplement with formula
 again. To me, they looked fine (tone, diaper ouput were
 all good) but I wanted the assurance that I was
 producing enough for my babies and I wasn't depriving
 them. After the LC observed them nursing and did a
 weighted feed, I was assured that they were eating
 adequately and that I didn't have a problem with
 supply. That gave me the encouragement to keep going
 with breastfeeding.Breastfeeding does get easier with
 time. Continued good luck!
 Email author: house at digitalkingdom.org
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 5. rebeccaadaly says...
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 1/26/2013 5:32 pm

 so glad things are looking up for you. the babies
 change so fast, it's amazing...i was really worried
 about one of my guys, who had a weak latch, and now he
 is totally fine. i also got kind of caught up in
 comparing their eating habits (sucking pattern, etc)
 while tandem feeding, but they turned out to be just
 individual differences, not problems. maybe i'm extra
 paranoid! :) best of luck going forward, glad we could
 offer support.
 Email author: rebeccaadaly at yahoo.com
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