San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 5/8/2012 9:16 am - 5/9/2012
1. Comment: What type of nanny worked for you (day/night/b... (erin_loback)
2. Comment: 16 month messy feeding - its gotten crazy! (nataliasha2004)
Topic: What type of nanny worked for you (day/night/both)?
We are trying to plan what kind of help we will need for our
twins when they arrive...
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1. erin_loback says...
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5/8/2012 8:54 pm
We had a night nanny 3-4 nights a week. I honestly
think we couldn't have survived without the help. If
you're only going to have one kind of help, I'd suggest
having it at night. However, I know a lot of people on
this board have used mother's helpers during the day.
Cheaper than paying a nanny or doula, but still someone
to help out. My husband got laid off with a severance
package right after my babies were born while I was on
maternity leave (so we both got paid to stay home with
our babies!), so we had each other. But if I had been
home alone with them, that's what I would have done for
a few hours a few days a week. Just someone to be
around to help with laundry, washing bottles/pump
parts, burp babies, watch them so you can take a shower
or a nap... It's really hard to be alone all day with
baby twins, so if you can afford the help, get whatever
you can. Even if you do things with the babies on your
own, it's nice to have help with all the other stuff!
Email author: erin_loback@yahoo.com
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Topic: 16 month messy feeding - its gotten crazy!
Hi All,
My 16 mo girls have gotten to be so crazy messy and
demanding when eating
in...
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2. nataliasha2004 says...
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5/8/2012 9:24 pm
I agree with all of the above -- it seems harsh, but if
you keep repeating something along the lines of "you
throwing your food on the floor tells me you don't want
it" and take it away (& stick to it! That's the really
hard part!) Continually retrieving stuff for them
turns into a game (that's only fun for them) so you
have to cut that off, even if that seems kind of mean.
You can give a warning, and then follow up after that,
perhaps if that's more comfortable - but you do have to
nip that in the bud as much as possible. It's tough,
but it eventually works when there's no payoff for
them.One other suggestion that was SUPER helpful for
us, was the introduction of sign language. Meals are a
really good context for teaching/learning various signs
(more, eat, drink, water, milk, cereal, full, etc.)
that it may help if there's any underlying frustration
on their part. We started with "more" offering one
more cheerio-type thing at a time, and they caught on
to that pretty quickly, so they felt rewarded, I think,
both with communication received and with the edible
treat they wanted. If nothing else, sometimes it was a
helpful distraction when they might've been tempted to
otherwise act up? Good luck to you!
Email author: nataliasha2004@yahoo.com
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