[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 6/11/2013

Tue Jun 11 02:16:08 PDT 2013

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 6/10/2013
9:14 am - 6/11/2013

1. Comment: 3 Year-old Identical Twins--one eats,... (kaluzoo)
2. Comment: getting 6 week babies on a schedule (kaluzoo)
3. Comment: High Chair Dilemma (reggiesf)
Topic: 3 Year-old Identical Twins--one eats, the other
doesn't

 One of my boys (mono/di) always was a bit smaller, but used
 to go through phases where he seemed...

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 1. kaluzoo says...
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 6/10/2013 10:44 pm

 My boys (also mono/di) are younger, so not sure I have
 much advice, except to say that we have a similar issue
 though neither boy had surgery. They were nearly
 identical weights at birth (2 oz delta) but that
 quickly grew to 1lb+ by 6 months. Seems they are
 evening out again (14 months) but one is generally
 skinnier than the other. I (and their pediatrician)
 attribute it to the skinnier one's absolutely crazy
 energy - he is *always* on the move and, I reason, is
 therefore burning more calories. I thought he was
 eating less but an audit by the nanny confirms that
 this is not the case - though his food consumption is
 more variable day-to-day than his brother. I'm a big
 fan of "trust your instinct" so it seems worth looking
 into in your case, but I wonder if some of it could
 just be different personalities/play patterns?
 Email author: sarahchandler at gmail.com
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Topic: getting 6 week babies on a schedule

 I have 6 week old b/g twins and I would appreciate any
 advice on how people got the...

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 2. kaluzoo says...
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 6/10/2013 10:58 pm

 Sounds like you are doing great!!I just looked up our
 7-week schedule, and my big "goal" was joint nap times,
 so apparently I felt your pain. I started putting one
 in the Moby wrap or Beco carrier as soon as the other
 went to sleep - that did the trick for us as neither
 one could stay awake for long in the Moby or front
 carrier.For what it's worth, schedule looked like this
 (all times earliest start / latest end - I think that's
 all you can hope for at that age ;) ):7-8am: 90-150ml
 formula (I could not breast feed for medical
 reasons)8-10am: play one hour, nap one hour (which hour
 moved a bit)10-11am: 90-150ml formula11am-1pm: walk
 outside and one hour nap1-2pm: 90-150ml formula3-4pm:
 1-2 hour nap, could be in stroller again if I was stir
 crazy4-5pm: 90-150ml formulaplay, play, play (trying to
 keep awake)7-8pm: 80-150ml formula, then to bed11pm:
 small feed3am: small feed (pray for sleep until
 7am)Note that by 3 months we moved to feeding start
 times to every FOUR hours (yes, controversial) with the
 advice of many on this forum. I used the Baby Sleep
 Solution book, modified to make me feel good, and it
 was amazing. We have the same feeding schedule at 14
 months, minus the formula and plus a lot of food!Sarah
 Email author: sarahchandler at gmail.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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 3. reggiesf says...
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 6/10/2013 8:49 am

 Thank you ladies for the advice. I am giving up on the
 hook-on chairs and selecting regular high chairs. Our
 solution is to either push the table forward against
 the wall and put them side by side or maybe remove the
 table completely until we can use boosters. Either way,
 it will be better then using my great-grandmother's
 dinning room table. The boys will destroy that! :)
 Email author: rmgrowney at gmail.com
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