I am part of a group on Baby Center called Babywise Babies. One of the moms on there had a question about her newborn and how to get her to sleep better. Made me go through a couple of posts that I have written and revisit the newborn stage so I thought I would share [...]
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How Can I Get My Newborn to Sleep?
Posted in Babywise (-wise parenting series), eat wake sleep, Juggling Multiple Children, naps, newborn, Pacifiers & Thumbs, sleep, Swaddle & Sleep Sac, trouble sleeping, twins, tagged 45 minute intruder, bouncer, infant sleep cycles, nap routine, newborn sleep, room darking for naps, room dimming, sleep cycles, sleep window, swaddle, swing, wake time length, white noise on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Schedules with Twins
Posted in schedules, twins, Uncategorized on December 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF SCHEDULES KEPT EVERY MONTH WITH MY TWINS: http://blogginaboutbabies.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/infant-schedules-by-month-updated/ My twin are a few days shy of 8 months old. I have been doing a lot of reflecting back on their schedules that I have maintained and kept with them since they were born. I know for many twin moms [...]
Nursing Twins
Posted in breastfeeding, twins, tagged fenugreek, growth spurts, milk supply, more milk plus special blend, mother love, my best friend twin plus nursing pillow, nursing, Oh Yes You Can Breastfeed Twins, twins on July 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My twin girls are now 3 months old and I have been pretty successful at exclusively breastfeeding them and not having to supplement with formula yet. I recently have had some issues trying to keep up my milk supply while feeding them both. I have not been getting enough sleep and eating well and thus [...]
How to Juggle a Newborn (0-5 weeks old) With a Toddler
Posted in Juggling Multiple Children, schedules, twins, tagged multiple children, naps, nursing, schedules, tandem nursing, toddler on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is what I did to give myself some sanity: As far as nursing goes- I tired to makes sure that Cooper was occupied while I was nursing, especially because I am tandem nursing and it is really hard to watch him and nurse at the same time. The hardest time for me to nurse [...]
My Best Friend Twins Plus Nursing Pillow
Posted in breastfeeding, twins, tagged breastfeeding pillow, ez-2-nurse twin pillow, my best friend twin plus nursing pillow, nursing, tandem nursing, twins on June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
UPDATE: I am still using this pillow and my twin girls are 12 months old. We are still going strong on nursing and I am still tandem nursing them. Without this pillow I would have given up nursing a long time ago. I LOVE THIS PILLOW. I can nurse both girls in under 15 minutes [...]