The under/over/around 1 Twins thread for support, tips on how to survive and enjoy twin parenthood!

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BB3: dcda non id girls Sept 2011 (plus ds)
TwelveLeggedWalk: DCDA DD and DS 14.09.11 (PFBs)
Tiggersreturn twin boys (?!) (plus ds age 5)
Wherearemyearplugs twins (plus ds)
Ceeveebee b/g twins 21.11.11, PFBs
minesapintofwine: non-id boys 02/02/2012. dcs 1&2/pfb on good days.
ClaireMarathonFeeder: Boy/girl twins born 08/02/2012, no3&4, dd1 (2001) and dd2 (2004)
rednellie nonID boys 13.03.2012 + DD 03.02.10
Lemele: id boys (plus ds)
Skitoo : DCDA Non ID Boys, 01.04.12 DC 1&2
DreamingofPeace: dcda non id boys, 4.4.12 DC 2&3 (DD Sept 2010)
beyoglu: dcda non id girls 21.4.12
Bigboobsatlast ID twin boys 30.04.12 DC #2&3 (DD Feb 2010)
Scollister mcda girls 3.5.12 plus DD age 4
Twin2makes4 mcda girls plus 2 ds,age 8 & 4

Again, sorry for mistakes, doing this from my phone!

Settle in ladies :)

Oh, and red yes. Totally stumbling round in the dark wondering, trying not to jump to conclusions- I know I'd need professional opinion, preferably a paeds dietician, but my GP won't refer til I've done this 1-2 months dairy free... Another reason I rang hv- she's coming out on Tuesday to weigh. I think they're stacking it on though,both of them, so maybe its just reflux, as I've always thought, that he will grow out of by 8-9 months like twelves ds?

Sorry, I type very quickly

The hour screamathons weren't all reflux I think, but partly just wanting to be held, which I couldn't while feeding dd... Feckin hate those 'I've never let my baby cry for 10 seconds because it gives them massive attachment issues' threads. But they're both cheery chappies now

Hi dream glad you came back to post and dt2 is a little better :) no advice re supplements but just wanted to say that my ds2 had a cows milk allergy which wasnt diagnosed until he was nearly 3 basically because i managed his feeds so his weight gain was good, he had very colicky symptoms and was never interested in feeds struggled to get 4oz down him at a feed, was bottle feeding as he was very lazy and had not fed for over 48 hours when born ended up admitted to hospital and having a lumber puncture!! But that's another story lol, he also had frequent loose stools, we were under the hospital and advised that in most cases in children if you remove the food/milk for a year the child grows out of it :) i think the twins are showing some signs, and the colief appears to have taken effect already??? They have been quite settled today and both slept through last night but im not counting my chickens yet as it may just be a fluck?????!!!!! Fingers crossed :)

I took calcium supplements during pregnancy on docs advice, just bought some from my local pharmacy. A month seems a long time to be without.

I'm interested as various (unqualified) people have suggested I go dairy free cosof Dt2's exzema. What I worry about is its quite an extreme thing to do with no real proof it's the problem. I'm still convinced it's contact dermititis. Anyway, I wish you luck with it all. And with getting dt1 to sleep. Xx

We're finally ready ti move up to London this Saturday. Looking forward to it and dreading. ceevee if you're reading can I come play with ur twins gang?

In other news DD is totally spotty trained day and night and the boys are on 3 small meals a day. They're all growing so much. DD hiss grown 5cm since we measured and the boys don't fit anything.ggetting very expensive. I've started putting them in some of their sisters slightly more feminine hand me downs!

Hope you're all well.

red your dd is spotty trained?!? Sorry but that made me !

skit teething is not that bad more of a pain. DT1 was a whinger all flipping day with it but not to the point of yelling just grumpy but it went on for weeks on end. The last week they have been a little unsettled at night where have had to go to them 2 or 3 times a night bit of a pat/shush and one or 2 extra night feeds to help settle them. The worst night was 2 days ago when they were up from 2.30-4 but teething is more of a blip than a permanent screamathon! So far anyway. My friend told me teething is far less worse than colic and it really is so far. Colic is non-stop crying for hours on end right through the night after night after night until you really can't take one more second of it. Teething is intermittant crying that can be settled with sleeping in between .....

Hi guys, sorry not been posting but middle of the night lurking occurring! Dtrips are 6 weeks old, 2 days adjusted
Days are pretty groundhog but manageable so far due to mainly sleeping/eating. Nights however.....all are unsettled from 8ish, wanting to feed for ages then vomit up the milk, probably cause they have eaten so much. They won't sleep in their cot over night, despite being fine in there during the day, so we are getting minimal sleep. Am hoping now past due date they may start learning that night time is for sleeping .....
dream I feel for you, and I have only beenlike this for a few weeks. Hope you get to the bottom of the crying

Well done baileys, I'm in awe of you triplet mummies!

Just a quick post to say I had a multiple mummy meet up at my house today, 3 sets of twins and one set of triplets- it was lovely! One set of twins are 5 days older than mine, the triplets are exctly one month younger than mine (and sleeping through, sob- but hope for your baileeys!) and the other twins are 15 months, and DD loved playing with them. So feeling pretty chirpy, so thought I'd come on and say that instead of whinging for a change

Wow baileys well done you sounds like your coping fantastically with your little brood

Get you dream organising and hosting a get together i am very jealous as i can't seem to organise anything and just keep running out of time glad to hear you feeling a little better :)

My girls are now 12 weeks old i think i spoke too soon with the colief last couple of nights have not been great as one twin not settling so effectively awake from 2 ish until 5 and then up at 630!! They do seem a little more settled in the day however both now have runny poo and dt2 is quite slimy too am going to try reducing the dosage down to 3 drops and keep an eye on it

wishing you all a lovely weekend x

Just wanted to share some positive news with you as things have seemed so down over the last few weeks, the girls have been alot more settled in the day and have slept through for the last 2 nights!!! We are still having some crying at night and also the nappies are still a cause for concern but im feeling much brighter :)

Hope you all had a nice weekend even if the weather has changed??

skitoo quick question re the donkey, did you have any problems with Your carrycots fabric getting wet when it rains?? On the school run on Friday my bottom fabric got really wet and soaked the stuff in the basket underneath, i call bugaboo to check if waterproof which they said wasn't but said i was probably fitting the raincovers wrong, however they are not going to cover all the fabric?? Wish id gone for black fabric now as it looks awful when wet :(

Very jealous of those of you with twins groups - only time I've been to ours there's no one else, or completely different ages there. Which is wierd, because there are loads of twins in the area. Suspect the 9.30 start is part of the problem!

Just to quickly check in am reading the thread but not much time to post! My two have stinking snotty colds at the moment sleeping ok at night but daytimes are a bit off the straight and narrow. O well.....

Hi all,

Day of tramping round in the rain with the buggy again....

twelve there's no twins club near me, but I met a pregnant triplet mum at a playgroup we both used to take our elder dds to, hv put me in touch with another twin mum and a friend of a friend introduced me to the twin mum who had her girls 5 days before I had my boys. So i just invited them all round to mine, we decided we all get on and its nice to see other multiple mums so we are now looking into recruiting other local twin mums and hiring a room at a children's centre. I'll probably continue to host it til that happens- we are going for fortnightly.

So glad your girls are settling a bit twin2 . What do their brothers make of them now?

Rubbish about the colds mines. Mine are all snotty today

Oh and thinking of you and the London move red, and Claire, hope unpacking hello becomes a thing of the past soon!

Oh, and finally red, got a more settled DT2, I think... Fingers crossed. Slipped up and ate dairy and he now does have the baby squits and we had a really terrible night of reflux and fussiness too.. so no conclusions yet but maybe maybe it is the dairy. He's significantly more settled anyway. If it was this simple and i let him wail and vomit all those months I'll feel so bad...!!

Argh!!!!!! 3 dc with stinking colds = Dh and I up most of the night. Literally.

Tell me any top tips for babies who won't be put down they're that bunged up.... Karvol plug in already tried!

Oh you poor thing. We had 2 with coughs and 1 teething over the weekend, no sleep for 2 nights here either.
Karvol, Calpol and chest rub is all I can think off for bunged up babes. Steam? Tis rubbish!

Baby Nurofen is good and a saline spray for boogas! I've got two snuffly babies and both are teething too (though dt1 has 2 now!). Hasn't affected their nights though. Last night they slept 7pm till 7.30 this am! (smug grin feel free to hate me)

Colds all round here as well... DT2 first, DH had a Sat night of dummy replacing when she kept waking herself up snuffling... but then she was fine for me. DT1 has just had 2 nights of it and hoping she's over it now. Both of them suddenly looking really chipper this morning, giggling and stuff, so that's nice... I wonder if this might be the end of the week 17 wonder week/4 month sleep regression?
Got an email from a friend of mine yesterday... her boy the latest of about a million babies who are younger than my two and yet have started sleeping through the night... I comfort myself that she's on baby number one and I am DONE! When she's going through this to have the second kid we'll have little 2 or 3 year old moppets... and every time we leave behind some annoying baby thing (not knowing night from day, reflux, 4 month sleep regression) we're not coming back.

I just read that Bumbos have been recalled in the US to get safety belts fitted... I thought it was just my two who were able to get out! A couple of weeks ago they just started to twist around in them and that was that. They hate the bouncy chairs so they're going to have to man up and learn to sit up if they want to see any of the world...

On week 2 of 4 week visit from inlaws just now. Give me strength. Latest outrage is from FIL who wants to wait to take pictures of the girls because DT1 is a bit baldy on top and he wants to see if her hair will grow in first! Jesus. Imagine getting judged on your looks by your granda at the age of 4 months! Mind you, my MIL always gives DH grief if he has spots... I think they are just very vain...

Ok, DH is out so I'm watching One Born twins on 4Od. There will be snivelling! Wish me luck...

Yep another pair with horrible colds here too . It's not nice is it, bless them. DT1 had it really bad, was sick too which is most unusual but that might have been due to having calpol for the first time? Dream, we popped a drop of olbas oil on a tissue and left that in their bedroom to try and help with the breathing. Over the worst of it now, just left with a bit of a cough.

Sorry for those of you having to deal with teeth at the same time. Any recommendations for teething remedies? I sense one might be coming our way soon.

Twin2 sorry no advice for the carrycots as to be honest they didn't get a great deal of use and can't recall taking them out in the rain. I tended to use the car seats and their rain covers as I actually thought the raincovers that came with it only worked once the seats were changed to pushchair seats? What colour fabric have you got then, is it staining?

Beyoglu, thanks for that little snippet above, I shall remember the "we're not coming back" quote when I'm having a moment . And cheeky inlaws, 4 weeks, that's brave of you!!

How's things in the big smoke Red, hope you're settling in.

WHY am I watching this?

dream the boys adore my Girlies and you should see the girls faces light up when they see them especially first thing in the morning :) don't feel bad about the dairy the drs go through so many other things before they get there my ds2 was nearly 3 when he was diagnosed, am thinking the girls are lactose intolerant as the colief has improved things loads and missed it on a feed yesterday and boy did we know it!!!

skitoo I've got the sand base and so wish id gone for black!! It doesn't appear to have stained but only got wet i will take photos next time, i do have car seats and rain covers but as its quite a walk to school were out for over an hour? I wanted to use the carry cots, we've still got a good couple of months that we need to use them??

Sorry only used them once??

Hi all - sorry for absence - I think I must have hidden this thread as its not been showing on my active convo list - thought you were all being very quiet and then I checked and wow, a hive of activity! I've not read all the posts yet but I saw twelve's DTs now 12 months old - many belated returns!!

We've just come back from a week in Mallorca with the inlaws - it was lovely and I was very proud of my little ones who were so good on the plane. Both had colds though and still have now, also DTS has 7 teeth now and is crawling and pulling up to standing. DTD has her first tooth but still happy to stay put for now. HV has referred her to physio as she won't bear weight and has generally been quite behind - think its an overreaction tbh, 10 months is not that late and she was so tiny, but if there is a problem then better to find out now

I'm back to work next week. Dreading it. Have stopped bf today ( was down to 1 feed a day anyway) as can't practically continue feeding in the morning and get ready for work - DTD wants to feed for an hour at a time, and DTS keeps biting me so it was time to stop. Am very .

Will read the thread tomorrow and my next post won't just be me me me!!

It's a bit late on the cold recs but anyone else tried snuffle babe? It's like baby-friendly vicks. I put it on the chest of DT1's babygro in the style that my mum used to do with me. Not sure if it's doing much though...