San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 6/2/2013 9:13 am - 6/3/2013
1. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (clau277)
2. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (lisavgalli)
3. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (noursej)
4. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (noursej)
5. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (noursej)
6. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (noursej)
7. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (sept18_sf)
8. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (sept18_sf)
9. Comment: Bringing home our preemies...advice for... (kaluzoo)
10. Comment: wanting information about Preeclampsia (noursej)
11. Comment: Eating (not eating) solids at 11 months (noursej)
12. Comment: Re: language programs for toddlers (noursej)
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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1. clau277 says...
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6/2/2013 2:37 am
These posts are great. Thank you all for the info. My
babies were born at 34 weeks, one week ago. They're
doing well in the NICU, and are in the growing and
feeding stage. Sarah, I would love to have your lists
as I'm still scrambling a bit to get ready for their
homecoming.
Email author: clau@alumni.haas.org
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2. lisavgalli says...
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6/2/2013 7:18 am
hello...Thank you for all the good advice. Sarah, I
will take those tips on products you used during those
first few months. We were advised not to have the twins
sleep together. Their room is so small that we only put
up one crib, given that is what we read about most
people doing for the first couple of months. Did anyone
else hear this advice?Our pediatrician recommended that
we take them out for a walk everyday. However, she
wanted us to have a stroller that is completely flat.
This is contrary to everything else I've read and
prepared for. We only bought a snap and go. What other
advice did everyone else receive when leaving with
their preemies from the hospital?thank you!Lisa
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3. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 1:55 pm
congratulations! has anyone mentioned anti-colic
bottles to you? we used the tommee tippee ones and i'd
swear they were critical in reducing
reflux/colic/spitting up/etc.
http://www.tommeetippee.us/product/sensitive-tummy-newborn-starter-kit/best,
jen
Email author: noursejlm@gmail.com
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4. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 1:56 pm
also, these bibs were great for keeping their necks
from getting rashy:
http://www.tommeetippee.us/product/milk-feeding-bib/
Email author: noursejlm@gmail.com
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5. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 2:05 pm
also, we had one crib set up in our room that they
shared for the first few months. nice to have that
crib right beside your bed so you can roll over and
check on them without getting up and walking into their
room. easier to get back to sleep...we also had a
lalapanzi, which i adored. often, if one woke up, we'd
put her in it and bring her downstairs with one of us
for the rest of the night. we didn't have a night
doula. so, for the first few months we ended up mostly
switching babies every night. one upstairs in the
crib. the other downstairs in the lalapanzi. next
night, swap babies. that way my husband and i each got
some sleep. with the babies together in the same
location the wakings seemed endless. can't recommend
the lalapanzi enough.
http://www.shop.lalapanzibeds.com/ we bought the pink
cotton one for our girls.during the day they napped in
it together while i was downstairs. or, one in the
swing and one in the lalapanzi, then swap, etc. if you
have any questions, just let me know.best, jen
Email author: noursejlm@gmail.com
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6. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 4:34 pm
curious what reasoning your pedi gave for the flat
stroller? either way, you may want to buy these baby
blankets. they're big! so, they cover the full
carseat/stroller/etc. so helpful to keep people from
sticking their faces into the stroller. you're not
going to believe how often that happens! but having a
light muslin blanket draped over them so people can't
see them usually helped to keep folks at bay! :)these
are 44"x44" square. much bigger than most
blankets!http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4001836&cp=2255957.2273443.2255986.2256249.2256259&green
Email author: noursejlm@gmail.com
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7. sept18_sf says...
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6/2/2013 7:34 pm
Lisa - I have never heard either of those things from a
pediatrician or parent of twins. Our babies slept
together for the first couple of months in the same
crib and pack-n-play. Once they started moving around
a little/getting too long to sleep sideways in the crib
together we moved them. I have also never heard of
them needing to be lying flat when out for a walk- that
actually will be uncomfortable for them if they have
some reflux. And it will be pricey as I think the only
stroller that does that with two bassinets is the
Donkey which is like $1800 or something like that. We
took ours out in a double snap-n-go and the Baby Jogger
stroller with infant adapters for their car seats until
they were almost 8 months old. ps. don't feel bad if
you don't get out everyday, it may be hard to do this
every single day and you're ped may have said this
more for your sanity than anything. Luckily yours are
born when the weather is nice out, but sometimes you
just may not be able to make it outside between all of
the feedings, changings and lack of sleep and that is
OK :)
Email author: leslieellen@gmail.com
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8. sept18_sf says...
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6/2/2013 7:37 pm
The other advice I got - bc it was cold & flu season -
was to not take them to malls with tons of people until
they were 6 months old (that's when babies make their
own antibodies). You're so lucky yours are born in the
summer! Preemies don't get the benefit of being in the
womb for the entire 3rd trimester, which is where they
get your antibodies to help with infections. I was
also told to wash our hands after coming in from the
outside. That probably is just good practice no matter
how full-term/preemie anyones babies are.
Email author: leslieellen@gmail.com
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9. kaluzoo says...
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6/2/2013 8:12 pm
I will email you the PDF of my baby recs - I made it
for a friend so excuse the extreme detail! I'm
wondering if the "totally flat" advice for the stroller
is just meaning that if you use a regular (non carseat
adapter) stroller, use one with full recline? I'd
imagine a carseat stroller like the snap-n-go is still
just fine. In any case, we did use the Bumbleride
Indie Twin with the bassinet attachments which I
*loved.* My kids did not like their carseats (neither
did I...buckling them in was a real pain) but I found
the bassinets amazing and I used them all over the
house (not just in the stroller). They are pricey for
the 3-4 months of use you'll get from them but I found
them worth every penny (and then I resold them on
Craigslist for 50% of the price). The hospital did
mention not having the babies co-sleep for safety but
we did it anyway. Our nursery could only hold one crib
when we had a chair in there for us to sit on, so we
did that for as long as we could before taking out the
chair (and now there is just barely room for us to walk
between the two cribs).
Email author: sarahchandler@gmail.com
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Topic: wanting information about Preeclampsia
I'm 45 and 26.5 weeks pregnant with twin boys--my last blood
pressure was 139/79--getting...
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10. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 4:40 pm
hi shannon, another thought, you may want to inquire
about a getting a temp handicap parking placard from
your ob/hospital. you're not going to believe how much
it will help. i swam laps late into my pregnancy
(after i couldn't walk far any longer without getting
serious braxton hicks). i was only able to swim
because i could park right by the front door. if i'd
had to park in the lot, i wouldn't have been able to
make the walk from the lot to the pool without having
contractions. swimming was my salvation. only time i
felt human at the end! ;)thinking of you! keep us
posted!best, jen
Email author: noursejlm@gmail.com
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Topic: Eating (not eating) solids at 11 months
My twins have noticeably reduced their solids intake in the
past week. They might...
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11. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 4:56 pm
hi! at 22 months our kids still supplement with
bottles, though i do think we could soon migrate to all
solids and be fine. as long as they're drinking bm or
formula (for nutrition), i wouldn't worry at 11 months.
migrating from bm/formula only > bm/formula plus
solids > solids plus milk/formula/bm > solids
only is, in my opinion, a two year effort. just takes
time. there will be better days than others. at 11
months i was still offering four full bottles of
formula a day - 9oz each at roughly 8am, noon, 4pm and
8pm. i offered bottles first to make sure the girls
got their nutrition, followed by solids after each
bottle to introduce them to different flavors and
textures. sometime after our girls turned a year, they
started rejecting the noon bottle, so we cut that one
out and went to solids only at lunch. then after we
went to one nap, dinner/bedtime got moved up to
5pm/7pm, so we cut out the 4pm bottle. now at 22
months, i still offer a bottle in the morning and a
bottle at dinner. i still always do it before solids.
i'm sure we could cut out the morning bottle tomorrow,
without problems; it's coming any day now. the
nighttime bottle...not sure when that will
end...probably soon too...kind of sadly. the girls are
growing up. :)hope this is helpful! best, jen
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Topic: Re: language programs for toddlers
If you are looking for language learning DVDs for you kids
this company, little pim...
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12. noursej says...
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6/2/2013 5:48 pm
thanks for the tip!
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