Both twins home now

Thanks ladies for the well wishes ! Lucas has been home for about two weeks and both boys are doing well... They are my little angels... It is defintely very hard to manage with two babies very demanding and I feel like time flies so fast between the next feedings.. They are pretty good on there schedule seems to be ok for now but when mom leaves I think I will be very nervous of how to handle both of them at the same time.. It kills me to hear one of them cry... How do I handle the feedings when Mom is gone...???? Do I continue to keep them on there schedule its pretty much synchronized at the moment give or take 15 minutes apart.. Any advice???

Re: Both twins home now

Congrats!!!

My #1 piece of advice is "don't mess with the schedule" and yes, feed them at the same time or they will get off schedule and it will be continuous feeding/changing... and you won't have time to eat.

I would sit on the couch with each one in a boppy on either side of me. One always drank a bit faster than the other so, you burp the faster one while you prop the bottle for the other... hoping that the burp comes fast in time to burp the second... then burp the second and prop for the first.

I think the hardest part is hearing both cry and not being abe to hold both at the same time. As twin mommies, we all work "triage"... you comfort the one who seems to have the "bigger problem" (Gas, etc) and unfortunately, the one who is just crying because they are fussy you will get to him when you can.

Yes, you will have moments where you think, "Ummm... ok, how do I hold both and do XYZ?" I fondly remember picking things up with my toes. Necessity is the mother of invention. I seems impossible now but you will be just fine

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Im so happy they are home now, like Theresa said, keep them on schedule. That is the key in the beginning, because at 21 months, they are STILL on schedule. Best of luck, you are doing GREAT

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im so happy your boys ar e home with you where they belong!! =)

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Congrats to you and welcome home to your little bundles. Keep on the schedule as best you can - it's worth it in the end!

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Welcome home! My DDs have been on the same schedule as soon as I stopped BFing. Once they were on bottles they were fed at the same time. I put them both in the Papasan and held the bottles there (while burping one, you can prop the bottle up with a pillow or burp cloth, then switch).

Estimate what time they will eat, and prepare the bottles 15 minutes before then - then you're not scrambling to get them ready, they're crying, etc. Good luck!

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I also did the 2 boppy thing and I also did it on the bed and layed on my side...then we theywere 4 months old I transitioned to the Podee Handsfree bottles.. they were my life saver .. i could feed them anywhere and not have lower back pain ..I know it did not give them the "alone" bonding time .. but it gave me time to give my Older DD some attention at bedtime

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I say keep them on a schedule and then if one starts to cry while feeding the other..you can prop one with a pillow so they can feed themself..i use to do that unitl i was finished feeding.

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Congrats. Do what works best for you! It is easier to get them on the same schedule, but stressful at the same time. KWIM. I always felt one was super tired and still
feel bad for always waking them up to feed.

Sometimes I wish I just let them sleep. But in the end it
worked and both girls adjusted to each other. I would say it
took 5 months for us.

I used bottle props. I have one still if you want me to
send it to you. It was a lifesaver.