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

Thu Jun 6 02:15:06 PDT 2013

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

1. 9 month dr appt ?s (bhavna12)
2. Housework (natashaonis)
3. RE: [sfpom_general] Housework (twinpeakstwins)
4. Comment: High Chair Dilemma (sfbamob)

1. 9 month dr appt ?s
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bhavna12 - 6/5/2013 2:14 pm

 Hi all:We have our 9 month appt tomorrow with the dr
 and I am preparing a list of questions. I have the
 basic food, weight/height, and any sleeping questions
 but just wanted to know if there was something that I
 was missing that would be helpful to ask. It's always
 pretty chaotic at these appts with vaccinations,
 keeping them in place, and asking questions at the same
 time :)Look forward to seeing everyone at the Family
 outing this Saturday.ThanksBhavna

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2. Housework
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natashaonis - 6/5/2013 6:33 am

 Is anyone having issues with their partner about
 division of houusehold labour?I'm staying home with my
 eight month old daughters. I currently have no help. My
 husband is away at work for ten hours a day.My husband
 often gets upset when things are not done around the
 house while he's gone. I try to gets as much done when
 I can, but the twins are very demanding. One twin in
 particular is going through a phase where she will nap
 for only 20-30 minutes at a time and will scream if I
 try to leave them playing in their play yard while I
 try to get to do housework. Many days I can't keep up
 with the dishes or other tasks around the house. It's
 the most I can do to feed and change them and eat
 enough to keep myself going. Forget about downtime or
 even enough time to myself to take a shower.He does
 help out a lot when he's home, but he seems to feel
 resentful about it and is very critical about what
 hasn't been done. I try to explain to him why things
 are the way they are, but I don't seem to be getting
 through to him. No matter what I say, no matter how
 crazy that he sees that it gets on weekends, he
 persists in this notion that I am watching movies and
 napping while I'm at home, and leaving the housework
 for him to do.Has anyone had this issue with their
 partner? If so, were you able to resolve it? I'd really
 like to get past it, because we have enough on our
 plate without having to argue about who has to wash it.

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 3. twinpeakstwins says...
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 6/5/2013 7:17 am

 Sorry but I have to lol. Yes we have that problem! We
 have not found a way to resolve it even after 5 years.
 I acknowledge your point 100%. Except in my case as the
 stay at home parent I am the one that gets upset. One
 of our guest lecturer speaking about relationships and
 raising twins said chores increase 7 fold with a
 singleton and 14 or more fold with twins. It does get
 better.The house does get cleaner when you start
 getting rid of toys but the garage gets messier when
 you start getting strollers, scooters, bikes, helmets,
 and other sports equipment. The dishes situation does
 get better when you finally get rid of the last bottles
 and the plastic kid plates etc. The kids room does get
 cleaner when you get rid of the changing table but the
 bathroom gets messier when you have 2 extra potties in
 there. A mess of hair ties, barrettes, head bands,
 brushes and detangler are all in your future but I
 don't see daily showers any time soon. The laundry gets
 better when there are less changes of clothes. At 5
 years old, it's one outfit a day! But the shoes get
 messier when you have 5-6 pairs for each kid plus rain
 boots and a few larger size ones on hand for when they
 grow. The food situation gets easier and better when
 everyone eats the same thing.It use to take about 20
 minutes to clean a room and now I can be just in the
 kitchen for 1-2 hours. Clean, prepping, preparing,
 cooking, baking, organizing, scrubbing, clearing,
 putting away groceries, etc. Thank goodness that is
 where the wine is. Forget our bedroom that's last on
 the list. Try to come to our Twins Mothers and Fathers
 Brunch from 10-1 this Saturday the 8th at JP Murphy's
 Playground. 20 families have RSVP'd and they are all
 great sources of information. Best of luck.
 :-)JamesSent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhoneSent from
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 Email author: twinpeakstwins at yahoo.com
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Topic: High Chair Dilemma

 I am looking for some ideas for high chairs for my twin boys
 who are 10 months old...

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 4. sfbamob says...
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 6/5/2013 7:08 am

 We have the same thing and use something like this -- a
 cushy booster

 seat:http://www.diapers.com/p/prince-lionheart-soft-booster-seat-mint-17989However,
 we used this when the twins were older and did not need
 to be strapped in. When they needed to be strapped in,
 we brought 2 regular folding high chairs and placed
 them at the head of the table in the nook. You can also
 bring 2 regular chairs to the nook and put strapped on
 boosters on them and just have them jammed together at
 the end of the table. That also worked and wasn't long
 before moving to teh cushy booster seatsHope this helps
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