San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 12/9/2014 10:14 am - 12/10/2014
1. Comment: When do identical twins sit unassisted... (nmolayem)
2. Comment: When do identical twins sit unassisted... (Raneem)
3. Comment: When do identical twins sit unassisted... (cld2011)
4. Comment: Crib Mattress (cld2011)
5. Comment: Balancing newborn twins toddler (cld2011)
Topic: When do identical twins sit unassisted, start
crawling and walk?
Hi,
From your experience, could you kindly share:
When do identical twins sit unassisted?
Whe...
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1. nmolayem says...
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12/9/2014 10:54 am
Mine are also not identical, but they were born at 33
weeks. They started sitting up just shy of seven months
and started crawling around ten months. They started
standing without any props at 13 months. They have
reached all milestones within a day of each other. They
are 14 months now and still not walking by themselves.
Our philosophy has been that they will reach these
gross motor milestones whenever they are ready. It just
depends so much on muscle development. We don't push
it. We try to stimulate them, but the truth is that
they are going to learn when they are ready to learn
and as long as our pediatrician isn't concerned,
neither are we. Enjoy your time with immobile babies!
Although, it does get a little easier when they can
crawl because they can follow you instead of just
getting annoyed when you leave a room.
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2. Raneem says...
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12/9/2014 11:49 am
Thank you so much for sharing this. Your babies are on
track although they were born 5 weeks early. I think
there is slight difference between the development of
identical versus fraternal twins.My babies are now 9
months and 1 week old, but they do not like to sit.
They started standing at 7 months and 2 weeks. I show
them how to crawl and try to make it fun, but they do
not want to. So, as a last resort I am trying to make
them stand as much as possible and I am tempting them
to walk. They like those two things...
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3. cld2011 says...
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12/9/2014 12:27 pm
My twins are not here yet (though they will be
identical), but I do have a singleton (3 YO) and, for
whatever it is worth, I will just note that a lot of
this developmental stuff just sort of depends on the
kid too. My singleton was born at 39 weeks 1 day, and
he didn't sit up till 9 months, and always preferred to
stand too. Never really officially crawled -- started
a belly/army crawl around 10 months. Took his first
steps at 12 months, then decided he didn't want to walk
again really till 14 months. All totally normal, never
worried our pediatrician.
Email author: claudia.durbin@gmail.com
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Topic: Crib Mattress
Anybody have any recommendations on a good brand of crib
mattress to purchase?
Thanks...
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4. cld2011 says...
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12/9/2014 11:38 am
We got a Naturepedic organic mattress (on
recommendation of a class on baby gear we took at Day
One). My now 3 YO is still using it (toddler side now)
in his toddler bed. When we put our crib back together
for his sisters to use when they arrive in Feb, we will
flip it back to the firmer infant side. As PP noted,
seems good, but hard to tell if it is any better or
worse than any other mattress out there. We wanted an
organic mattress, so to that end it fit the bill, seems
comfortable, and has certainly held up to 3 years of
wear and tear, so to speak. (The mattress our crib
came with which we kept to use for sitting on the
floor, playing, and other random things definitely has
seen better days).
http://www.naturepedic.com/products/baby/classic_organic_crib_mattress.php
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Topic: Balancing newborn twins toddler
We are expecting identical twin girls in Feb. Our older son
will be 3 years 4 months...
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5. cld2011 says...
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12/9/2014 11:58 am
Thanks everyone for your responses. Sorry for my delay
in replying. Sheepishly, I must admit we already have
full time care sorted out for my son. He will continue
to go to school 3 mornings a week, and will be at his
nanny share (conveniently located in the apartment
above ours!) for the remainder of the time. My concern
was making sure to be able to carve time out for him on
evening and weekends. Currently, he is pretty much
stuck to both his dad and I from the minute we get home
in the evenings on weekdays, and all day on weekends.
Sounds like, once I can manage it with the feeding
schedule, I should hand the babies off to someone (DH
or my mom or MIL) in the evening and go do something
with my son. Probably easier said than done, but maybe
we could manage a bite to eat somewhere down the block.
And, I hadn't even thought about folks bringing us
dinner -- maybe will suggest that for anyone who wants
to know what we will be needing. We had talked to the
sleep consultants/child psychologists at Symbio re a
sleep issue my son is having, and they also suggested
being up front with him about the fact that things are
hard right now/that we miss the way things were too.
They also said that making sure to do things with him
with just mom AND dad (no babies) was also important,
if we could swing it. @Taryn, thanks for your generous
offer of seeing a "day in the life" -- I don't want to
trouble you, but maybe after the New Year, if it isn't
too much, we can connect and try to make it happen?
Email author: claudia.durbin@gmail.com
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