San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 10/25/2012 9:15 am - 10/26/2012
1. baby jogger - city select - drink holder? (bhavna12)
2. Comment: baby jogger - city select - drink holder? (lborkow)
3. part-time day nanny help in SF - Financial district (bhavna12)
4. Hourly nanny rate for twins? (lborkow)
5. Comment: Hourly nanny rate for twins? (amywink)
6. Comment: Hourly nanny rate for twins? (bhavna12)
7. Comment: Hourly nanny rate for twins? (nataliasha2004)
8. Comment: Twin feeding/sleeping help advice Please (eeewww)
9. Comment: Twin feeding/sleeping help advice Please (karu_garg)
10. Comment: Twin feeding/sleeping help advice Please (kaluzoo)
11. Comment: Facebook group? (nataliasha2004)
12. Re:Hyland's teething tablets (dm_sonora)
13. Comment: Hyland's teething tablets (nataliasha2004)
14. Comment: Anyone have twins and wanna meet up! (bhavna12)
15. Comment: Anyone have twins and wanna meet up! (cathytanimura)
16. Comment: Anyone have twins and wanna meet up! (CEmama)
17. Comment: Reminder: FaBOOlous Halloween Costume Party (nataliasha2004)
18. Comment: anybody use desitin? (nodelmonkey)
19. Comment: Twin type testing (cathytanimura)
20. Comment: Triplet Mommy? (nataliasha2004)
1. baby jogger - city select - drink holder?
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bhavna12 - 10/25/2012 12:26 pm
Hi all: I have a baby jogger - city select - twin
stroller and I can't seem to find a drink holder. The
one on the baby jogger site says it's not compatible
with city select models. Anyone have any insight?Thank
you
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2. lborkow says...
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10/25/2012 12:51 pm
I don't have insight on that - but have a question for
you: how are you liking the city select twin? Would
you recommend it?
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3. part-time day nanny help in SF - Financial district
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bhavna12 - 10/25/2012 12:23 pm
We are looking for part-time nanny help in SF for our 7
week old twins. We are looking at 20-30/hours a week
starting mid November going through end of year and
possibly into next year as well. We are also open to
making the role full-time if it's the right fit
starting next year as I go back to the work on Jan 1.
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4. Hourly nanny rate for twins?
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lborkow - 10/25/2012 7:46 am
What is the going hourly rate for a nanny taking care
of infant twins (approximately 5-6 months old)?
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5. amywink says...
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10/25/2012 11:21 am
Ive been quoted $22/hr pretty consistently, range was
20-24. We have just been through this for our 6 month
olds, so its current.
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6. bhavna12 says...
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10/25/2012 12:20 pm
we've seen day nanny rates as high as $30 but amywink
is right on for the average. $20-$24 is about
right.What would a fixed fair monthly rate be for a
nanny working full-time? We are in the process of
finding full-time help starting 1/1/13 and wanted to
just do a monthly salary, any ideas? Just doing the
math, it would be roughly $3520/month for someone at
$22/hr.
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7. nataliasha2004 says...
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10/25/2012 4:05 pm
When we started looking for nannies, the low end of the
range was $15-18/hr, connecting direclty with people
thru Craig's List. Also, depending on what other
benefits you offer, that might adjust the amount up or
down (i.e., paid sick days, you provide lunch, you
purchase them a FastPass, etc.)Care.com or maybe
sittercity.com I think have calculators that can give
you a range for your area, that factor in age of kids
and years of nanny experience.
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Topic: Twin feeding/sleeping help advice Please
Hi All,
Just curious...we have 9 week old fraternal twin girls
(3.5 weeks adjusted...
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8. eeewww says...
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10/25/2012 7:20 am
One of my 3.5 month old twins is a super slow eater. I
have to hold her and walk around with her to get her to
eat. She won't let you sit. The other one is easy and
sits in a seat with her bottle propped up and just
eats. We use the dr. Browns bottles and my doc
suggested we try the next nipple with the slow one. I
worry it will just overwhelm her ad she will spit up
(she has reflux). But she just isn't interested in
eating after about an ounce and the initial hunger is
gone. She basically has to be force fed in order to eat
enough. They are on a 3 hour schedule (although I think
my easy one would easily move to a 4 hour schedule of
the little one would let her). They still nap between
each day bottle. I try not to let them fall asleep on
the bottle because I'd their nap falls right after the
feeding they wake up too early to make it to the next
bottle. They eat at 6:30,9:30, 12:30, 3:30, and 6:30
give or take 15 minutes. Their first nap is about 8 am
since they wake up around 6:15. They tend to try to
wake up after 30 minutes or so but we tey to get tem
back to sleep for longer. They also get a dream feed at
11 pm and wake to eat around 3 am. We do not do a daily
bath. We do it twice a week. With my older daughter we
decided not to do a daily bath for bedtime because it
was just too hectic. And with three kids now it is
really just too much.Why does everyone mention
switching to the think baby bottles? What's the
benefit?
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9. karu_garg says...
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10/25/2012 3:46 pm
It gets much much better. I remember our days being
pretty much one feeding to the next, our kids were not
good eaters, just like the post above I had to walk
with my daughter to get her to eat. Our kids are still
not great eaters, but they will eat whatever they want
to very quickly and then will not take any more no
matter what........So the feeding time decreases from
an hour to 10 minutes. Our nurse had taught us to rub
their feet or wiggle their fingers to keep them awake
during feedings and it helped as did stroking their
cheeks and tapping on the bottle. Good luck, it will
get progressively easier.
Email author: karu_garg@hotmail.com
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10. kaluzoo says...
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10/26/2012 1:02 am
re: Think Baby bottles, I switched because I had had
enough of all the dang parts! Think Baby is just a
nipple, collar, and bottle. There has been much
controversy over their nipples, so they released a new
design not long ago. I find it works great - kids
dribble from it a bit, but that beats the heck out of
the spraying that happens with the Born Free and Dr.
Brown's once they learn to really throw them around :).
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Topic: Facebook group?
Does anyone know how to join the SFPOM Facebook group? I
clicked to join but haven't...
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11. nataliasha2004 says...
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10/25/2012 4:57 pm
To all: Our apologies for the delays with accepting
new FB members. We're trying to work out how best to
utilize that (for those who are interested.) We hope
to have it running smoothly soon, so please don't give
up! Check back again in a few days or so, and watch
this board for updates in the meantime.Thanks for your
patience!!
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Topic: Hyland's teething tablets
Hi, Anyone used these recently? Our 9 month twins are
sprouting a bunch of teeth...
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12. dm_sonora says...
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10/25/2012 9:25 am
Hyland's teething tablets was the only thing that
relieved symptoms for us. We used them between when
recall ended (2010-ish) through last year.-Darca
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13. nataliasha2004 says...
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10/25/2012 4:54 pm
We never had any problems with them (used before/after
recall, tho, I guess.) And our girls really liked
taking those, too.We also got some relief from
homeopathic chamomile drops.Have to called Scarlet
Sage, on Valencia? They probably carry whatever
organic options are out there, I imagine... Also, the
frozen washcloth was great, or wrapping up an ice cube
in a terry washcloth and securing it w/ a clean,
chewable ribbon or strip of cloth. Then, maybe when
they were a little older - frozen piece of bagel worked
GREAT. Messy, but soothing! Someone recommended
frozen, cooked carrot pieces, but those never quite did
it for our girls. Good luck!
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Topic: Anyone have twins and wanna meet up!
Hi my boy girl twins are 3 month old and would love to meet
other parents with twinsies!...
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14. bhavna12 says...
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10/25/2012 12:24 pm
Hi gang: Let me know if we have any other interested
parents that want to meet up on 11/10 or 11/11? It will
be great to start building a network of POM and have
regular parents/kids meet up :)
Email author: bhavna@gmail.com
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15. cathytanimura says...
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10/25/2012 8:08 pm
I'm in for Nov. 10th or 11th too. I work during the
week so excited about meeting up with others on the
weekend. If it's the 11th I'd have my toddler along too
(plus 7 month old girl twins).
Email author: cathy.tanimura@yahoo.com
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16. CEmama says...
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10/25/2012 10:15 pm
I'd be interested in joining the meet ups! 11/10 in the
morning and 11/11 work for me.
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Topic: Reminder: FaBOOlous Halloween Costume Party
Remember, Bring a costume to donate to the Halloween Costume
Closet.
Double, Double...
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17. nataliasha2004 says...
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10/25/2012 5:12 pm
James -- Am SUPER delayed in posting this, for which I
apologize -- but just wanted to thank you for a
WONDERFUL party!! I could see all the kids were
having a fantastic time!! I know ours did. The
balloon-folding was the best I've seen anywhere, and
all the other treats, refreshments and activities were
really thoughtful, fun and MUCH appreciated. Happy
kids made for happy parents!Thanks again for putting
that together! Happy Halloween!
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Topic: anybody use desitin?
Hi all:
Has anybody used Desitin for their babies? Our nanny
suggested when giving...
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18. nodelmonkey says...
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10/25/2012 8:45 am
We love Desitin and have used it since they were tiny.
We use Aquaphor more regularly but one of our girls get
rashes pretty badly and we have found Desitin to be the
one thing that helps them disappear.
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Topic: Twin type testing
Has anyone had their twins genetically tested to determine
twin type (identical/fraternal)?...
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19. cathytanimura says...
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10/25/2012 8:14 pm
We got the results back and, sure enough, the girls are
identical! When we had the early ultrasounds they told
us there were 2 "hot spots" where eggs were released,
so now our speculation has turned to whether we almost
had triplets. :)
Email author: cathy.tanimura@yahoo.com
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Topic: Triplet Mommy?
Are you the new member expecting TRIPLETS? I'd love to meet
and get to know you -...
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20. nataliasha2004 says...
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10/25/2012 5:15 pm
Triplet families -- please feel free to utilize the
"Triplets" subgroup on here, if you wish you have some
privacy, as it were. Visit the "Subgroups" tab above
to get that going. We set that aside as a place just
for you, but are having some trouble getting people on
board. It should be a timesaver, tho, for the
triplet-specific posts.Good luck to you, jonesba28,
with everything. This group is a WONDERFUL resource,
and I hope will be as helpful to you as it's been for
our family.Take care! : )
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