[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 7/19/2013

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 7/18/2013
9:14 am - 7/19/2013

1. Speech Therapy for 4 Year Old Annunciation Issues? (echung)
2. Comment: Good ole fashion sleep training question (juliel08)
3. Comment: Good ole fashion sleep training question (atolhurst68)
4. Comment: Good ole fashion sleep training question (echung)
5. Comment: Vaginal delivery anyone? (lilyb49)
6. Comment: Vaginal delivery anyone? (R3ALMhouse)
7. Comment: Vaginal delivery anyone? (kirkhayes)
8. Comment: Indoor toys for toddler twins (kaluzoo)
9. Comment: Nursing on the go without big pillow? (R3ALMhouse)

1. Speech Therapy for 4 Year Old Annunciation Issues?
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echung - 7/18/2013 1:58 pm

 Hello all,I just walked out of my twins' 4 year
 wellness check up with a Speech Therapy Center (San
 Francisco Hearing and Speech Center) number in hand.As
 both my husband and I work full time with no family
 support, the idea of carving out time to get this
 evaluation done seems daunting, not to mention the
 potential of having to take her to speech therapy twice
 a week. Any of you who had similar experiences or are
 going through it out there - would love your advice or
 sympathy. :) My specific questions:1. Is it really
 necessary? She turned 4 in May. I've seen kids who had
 trouble with pronunciations but eventually grew out of
 it.. how do you decide as a parent to intervene? 2. Is
 this Center a reputable one? Do you have any therapists
 or places you would recommend otherwise? The efficient
 operation of calling the parent in a few hours upon
 doctor's referral can be seen as great service but also
 seen as kind of overly business driven and trying to
 get patients.If you tell me "Just go and do it" I will
 and feel much at ease. Maybe that's all I need. But
 thought I'd ask as a confused parent with a bit of
 fear.

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Email author: eugine.chung at gmail.com
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Topic: Good ole fashion sleep training question

 Ok, looking for some wisdom from you experienced mamas out
 there. We're just about...

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 2. juliel08 says...
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 7/18/2013 3:27 am
 
 I highly recommend actually reading Dr Ferber's "solve
 your Child's Sleep Problems" as opposed to winging it
 using CIO blog artices, which are incomplete. basically
 at 4-6 mo, they shouldn't need to eat mid- night and
 feeding them kicks their digestive system in gear, when
 it should be resting. It becomes a vicious cycle and
 they start waking up more and more if you keep giving
 in. He walks you thru how to deal and it take 2-3
 sleepless nights to wean them off middle of the night
 feelings, but it's well worth it. If you can get
 grandparents or others to come over and take a shift,
 that would be huge. (Or a night Doula). I waited till
 about 7 mo and was killing myself once I realized I
 could have been sleeping hru the night 2-3 months
 earlier.Good luck.
 Email author: julielegrand08 at gmail.com
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 3. atolhurst68 says...
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 7/18/2013 9:10 am
 
 I really feel for you. It sounds like life feels a bit
 hellish for your right now.Marc Weissbluth - Healthy
 Sleep Habits, Healthy Child writes about the Extinction
 Method (which is basically letting them cry) but
 advocates variations for when you can't quite handle
 that (MOdified Extinction where you put a max time on
 the crying before you go in). He has a twin version of
 this book as well which advocates leaving them in the
 same room.I started this yesterday with my 7 mo b/g
 twins and am amazed about the difference it has made in
 one day for both day time sleeps and night time.
 However mine have not had a feed during the night for
 quite some time (since they were about 4.5 months).They
 did use pacifiers and one of the things that I did
 yesterday is went cold turkey on that and put them down
 without and let them cry it out. I was surprised that
 it worked OK. The other thing with mine is that they
 are also going through transition out of being swaddled
 at the same time.So not sure if yours are swaddled or
 use pacifiers but that could also be another element to
 consider with your sleep training.Good luck - I am sure
 that this phase will pass soon and you have done the
 right thing reaching out for support. I don't know if
 my strategy is going to ultimately work yet but I am
 sure there are others here who have been through it
 completely and will give you some great advice.
 Email author: atolhurst68 at gmail.com
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 4. echung says...
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 7/18/2013 2:08 pm
 
 All great advice. One thing to watch out for is that
 this is also the age teething begins. My son who is
 very sensitive to pain (unlike my daughter) would wake
 up and have a hard time falling asleep while sleep
 training. I feel for you! Infantn motrin helped a lot
 in my son's case and was so glad my pediatrician
 recommended. Lasts 6 hours!I also separated the kids
 and put my daughter in the den as she got the sleep
 training after 3 days of CIO and didn't wake up in the
 middle of the night. My son on the other hand took
 several weeks.. and reminders after each illness. It
 was so tough!
 Email author: eugine.chung at gmail.com
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Topic: Vaginal delivery anyone?

 I was lucky to deliver my twins vaginally. The labor and
 delivery was very quick,...

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 5. lilyb49 says...
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 7/18/2013 7:55 am
 
 I delivered vaginally at UCSF at 37.5 weeks after being
 induced. Both were head down. They kept telling me it
 could take up to 4 days for the induction to work but
 it took about 15 hours. Almost had to do a c-section
 for baby B because her heart rate dropped, but
 determination from mom plus foreceps got her out nine
 minutes after her sister. My doctor said about half of
 her patients with twins deliver vaginally.
 Email author: lilybecker49 at gmail.com
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 6. R3ALMhouse says...
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 7/18/2013 3:31 pm
 
 I delivered both my twins vaginally at 37+5. I went
 into labor naturally, and had a fairly short labor,
 about 12 hours before A was born. B had been somewhat
 transverse, but turned head down after A was born.
 Email author: house at digitalkingdom.org
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 7. kirkhayes says...
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 7/18/2013 9:55 pm
 
 Hi! I delivered a day after 39weeks vaginally at St
 Luke's. I was induced and labor was 15hrs. No pain
 meds. Both baby head down. - Judy
 Email author: kirk.hayes at gmail.com
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Topic: Indoor toys for toddler twins

 Hello SFPOM,
 
 We just returned from a week's vacation on the East Coast
 where our...

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 8. kaluzoo says...
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 7/18/2013 9:41 pm
 
 Thank you! Got a double-sided easel with crayons and
 chalk, some over-sized legos, and a pop-up "tunnel." 
 So far, so good. I'll work on some trains/cars next,
 and I now have a toy kitchen on my "wish list" for days
 with more space :). Will try cards and bags. Thanks
 again!
 Email author: sarahchandler at gmail.com
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Topic: Nursing on the go without big pillow?

 I would love to hear anyone's suggestions for how to
 successfully breastfeed two at the same tim...

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 9. R3ALMhouse says...
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 7/18/2013 10:13 pm
 
 Until my girls were about 10 months old, I carted
 around my EZ-2-Nurse pillow if i went out. They were
 small, and the pillow brought them to the right height
 for nursing, and allowed me to tandem nurse. It was
 far easier to bring the pillow with me when I went out
 than to try to nurse them separately when they were so
 used to nursing tandem. The EZ-2-Nurse has a modesty
 cover built in, but I seldom used it. My twins hated
 being covered up. I figured a flash of boob was
 preferable to two screaming, hungry babies. I did try
 a regular size Brest Friend once, which is about half
 the size of my pillow, and it just not work for me
 while nursing tandem; their heads kept falling off!
 Email author: house at digitalkingdom.org
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