[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 6/5/2013

Wed Jun 5 02:15:07 PDT 2013

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 6/4/2013
9:14 am - 6/5/2013

1. High Chair Dilemma (reggiesf)
2. Comment: High Chair Dilemma (jessicafsf)
3. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (lizjohannesen)
4. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (lizjohannesen)
5. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (jessicafsf)
6. Comment: We have arrived!!! (hss212)

1. High Chair Dilemma
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reggiesf - 6/4/2013 10:55 am

 I am looking for some ideas for high chairs for my twin
 boys who are 10 months old. We have a breakfast nook in
 our kitchen which has these bulit-in benches. Right
 now, I have the boys in the Chicco hook-on chairs. I
 love this set-up so much. The table is made out of
 butcherblock, so it is easy to clean. They are
 protected by being in this nook and not in the way of
 danger or underfoot. And, it is such a space saver for
 our tiny house. The problem is as they get older/bigger
 they are starting to stand-up in them since the bench
 is right below. They are starting to test the limits of
 these hook-ons by rocking back and forth, jumping up
 and down, leaning back, etc. My dilemma is to find a
 more suitable high chair for them and still be able to
 keep them in the breakfast nook. The Fisher Price Space
 Savers aren't great because they have to strap onto the
 back and the seat of a chair; it won't work with the
 bulit-in bench. I would love any ideas from my wise
 twin mommies. Of course, I am starting to realize that
 I might have to give up hope and move them to the
 dinning room.

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Email author: rmgrowney at gmail.com
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 2. jessicafsf says...
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 6/4/2013 2:24 pm

 Hmm - that is a dilemma. My only thought is to pull the
 table away from the bench just a little bit - just
 enough so that their feet can't touch the bench?
 Otherwise you might be able to find a way to attach a
 high chair (the kind that sit on a chair, like the FP
 space savers) to the bench with some screws/nails...
 but that would involve drilling holes in your bench,
 which might not be an option... or at least might be
 less appealing than moving them out to the dining room.
 Email author: jessica at burrows.net
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Topic: Bringing home our preemies...advice for the first few
days?

 Our babies were born 2 weeks ago, at 34 weeks gestation.
 They've been in the NICU...

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 3. lizjohannesen says...
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 6/4/2013 9:58 am

 Congratations!The BabyJogger City Select also has
 bassinet kits you can get quickly on Amazon, or there
 may be another twin family around here who is ready to
 get rid of theirs. The City Select is also about 1/2
 the price of the Donkey. I bought mine from another
 family on here a couple months ago for less than half
 of retail price. If our 2-month-olds weren't using them
 practically every day, I'd pass them along to you
 myself. I highly recommend them not only for long
 walks, but for visiting other peoples' houses once they
 are big enough to go out. We could just pop the travel
 bassinets into a spare room, and we had an immediate
 home base that was cozy and familiar.Speaking of
 passing along, I think you inherted our night doula
 Vikki? She is AMAZING, and you and the twins are very
 lucky to have her!
 Email author: ljohannesen at gmail.com
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 4. lizjohannesen says...
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 6/4/2013 2:42 pm

 Yikes. That should be "Congratulations!" Fat fingers,
 small iPhone. :)Also wanted to clarify that I got the
 bassinets here on SFPOM, not the stroller itself. It's
 a pretty hot commodity around here, so I registered and
 got our base stroller on Amazon:

 http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Jogger-Select-Single-Stroller/dp/B004A910UGThe
 good news is when you're ready to sell it, it should go
 quickly on SFPOM or CL.
 Email author: ljohannesen at gmail.com
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 5. jessicafsf says...
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 6/4/2013 2:48 pm

 I've heard the recommendation to not have them sleep
 together, but I think that is a super safe, AAP
 approved stance, sort of like not cosleeping and not
 using bumpers in the crib, that a lot of people choose
 to ignore. I think it's fine - ours shared a crib for
 the first few months, as did most other twins I know.
 Especially if they're swaddled they really don't get
 all that near each other. Once we took them out of the
 swaddles, and they started moving around a little, we
 put them in separate cribs. I've also heard the
 recommendation for them to lie flat, but again, I think
 you have to take all the advice with a grain of salt.
 If the baby has reflux then they won't be comfortable
 lying flat. If you have to drive somewhere and the kids
 fall asleep in the car seat, you probably don't want to
 move them into a bassinet in the stroller, and risk
 waking them. I think the car seats + snap & go are
 fine, but you probably don't want to leave them in the
 car seats for hours on end. I think the bassinets are
 great if you just want to go for a walk, and don't need
 the car - or car seats - at all. Our preemies were in
 the NICU for about 3 weeks. The first night the first
 baby was home (second baby still in the NICU) we put
 her in a pack & play with a bassinet in our bedroom.
 Night #2 we moved her into the nursery, and when her
 brother came home, he went directly into (the same crib
 in) the nursery. (Which, similar to a PP, was about 2
 feet from our bedroom.) So it's really whatever you
 feel most comfortable with - in your bed, in a
 co-sleeper, in a bassinet/crib/pack
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