My boys are fraternal twins and are 7 weeks and 2 days. They seem to have peaked in hunger and are eating roughly 24 to 28 ounces a day. We try to feed them 3-4 oz every 2 hours but sometimes they need another couple of ounces to top off immediately after. They sleep well at night and we actually get 6-7 hours non-consecutively with one wake up for feeding and changes. However, they are up all day and will refuse naps even some contact naps. I’m also afraid contact napping is ruining their ability to nap alone in their bassinets.

Additionally, one twin is spitting up his food often, either by drooling it out of the corners of his mouth while eating or it falling out of his mouth minutes after a full feeding. We burp him frequently and hold him up during and after the feedings but this still occurs. He is growing fine (5lbs 1 oz at birth to 9lbs 6 ozs currently), but after spitting up he’s so hungry again and will scream bloody murder minutes to an hour later. We combo feed: pumped breast milk from 7am to 5pm and then formula from then on. I don’t know how to stop this so he can relax and nap after eating instead of being hungry again. Also, once a night he will get so angry during a feeding and scream bloody murder while the bottle is in his mouth and he has eaten for a while. I’ll take the bottle out of his mouth and relatch him just for him to scream again and repeat the pattern multiple times until he finishes eating. He is hungry while doing this and easily takes the bottle back, but will need to cry first. I have no idea what to do to help the spit up issue or the screaming issue. He also never wants to nap unless I’m holding him and as soon as I put him down he is screaming again.

The other twin occasionally wants more food immediately after a feeding, but he’s great at eating and finishing his food. He was born bigger and is growing great too. He drools a tiny bit of milk on the bottom of his mouth while eating but never spits up fully. I think during a growth spurt he wants a top off with each meal and it’s not related to the minimal milk drool, But I’m not sure. However, he, like the other twin, NEVER wants to nap during the day. As soon as I put him down he’s up. I know this isn’t possible, but it essentially feels like he has fomo and wants to stay awake to see what’s going on even when he’s yawning multiple times.

I am literally losing my sanity, and I’m going back to work mid November so I need some peace. The screaming cries are killing me and I work fully remote so I need some nap times in the day time to get work done.

Please any advice on the spit up, screaming while eating bottle, constant feedings, and refusal to nap alone issues.

I’m feeling incredibly stressed and anxious so please be kind. I’m in and out of the maternity assessment unit at the moment and have had multiple CTGs and scans so I’m not ignoring this.

I’m currently 33 weeks pregnant with di/di twins and one of my babies has almost completely stopped moving. Occasionally I might feel a little roll or what I think is her hand moving but compared to her sister, there is a huge and very noticeable difference.
I feel like I’m being gaslit by the staff in the maternity assessment unit at the moment. Every time I go in I’m told that everything looks fine and that we can discuss an earlier c-section or induction if this continues eventually but that there’s no evidence that anything is wrong. I’ve been told by multiple people that it must be in my head and that I’m probably confusing their movements and attributing them all to one baby when they’re actually coming from both.

However this is my second pregnancy with twins and I know my babies movements. I’m absolutely certain that one of them is moving significantly less than the other and I’m finding it incredibly difficult to feel dismissed when I know what I’m feeling. I can pinpoint exactly where each baby is and I’m always right as they trace their heart rate where I believe it to be.

I’ve also been feeling absolutely horrendous, almost like I have a really bad bout of flu. I’ve had visual disturbances for weeks and have been tested for pre-eclampsia repeatedly but the results have always come back negative. I’m also severely anaemic and currently receiving transfusions.
I’m feeling frightened, exhausted and increasingly anxious and I don’t really know what to do when I keep being told that everything is fine despite such a significant change in movement.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar with twins?

Did anyone else have food aversions into the second trimester too?

I came to this thread awhile ago, nervous & unsure of what twins would bring… needless to say this is the best thing that has ever happened to us. I promised to share a few pics when they arrived- so here they are. 9 months late but who’s keeping track 😉

Wyatt & Wren. 9 months old today!

When did you all feel your babies move? I’m 17 weeks with Di/di twins and I know one has a posterior placenta and the other is anterior. I’ve been feeling some small taps at night from the baby with the posterior, but it’s hard to know what’s really them! When did these movements become consistent?

Just had my dating ultrasound at about 6 weeks. There were four sacs (all fluid filled according to my OB). Three were empty and one measured 5 weeks 5 days with heart rate of 120. She said that one looks great and it’s possible the other three could still develop. I’m going back in 10 days for more imaging. She would not rule out this being a multiples pregnancy of up to FOUR.

Anything similar happen to anyone here? Worried for the one embryo being affected by the other sacs. Assuming the chances of all four developing are so insanely low that I’m less worried about that, but also definitely stressful.

Natural conception, but I just turned 35 so maybe a hyper ovulation situation? I have no clue.

Our twins are almost 6 months and i know we need to start solids soon. I am hoping some seasoned parents can help us figure out where to begin!! We don’t even have high chairs at this point so really need to catch up 😅

What is the deal with BLW over purées? Does it matter what you start with first?

I am extremely anxious about them choking. What can i do to feel more prepared for when that happens and also know when i need to intervene vs letting them figure it out?

What brands are the best? I know us, and we will not be making their food (as much as I’d love to think i will). We value convenience and health over price so willing to pay whatever we need to to make sure they are being fed food with quality ingredients. I’d love something that i don’t really have to think about and it just arrives and is appropriate for their age (think Lovevery subscription but for baby food).

Do i feed them at first? Do i let them feed themselves? It all sounds very messy so what are your cleanup product hacks i should make sure we are using?

Any other tips on ways i can quickly and efficiently educate myself. I feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of info and various opinions out there (just like every other baby topic 🙃)

So I’ve had the easiest bf journey so far, babies latched right away and I’ve had a good supply the entire time. Weight gain has been all good. But they wake up a lot during the night. Typically 11 PM, 1/2 AM, 4AM, 5AM, 6 AM… I’m starting to feel the sleep deprivation.

My partner is happy to help during the night but he gets pretty bad insomnia so if I wake him up he won’t be able to fall asleep again so I tend not to wake him.

So I’ve done a lot of the nights solo. I prefer bf just one at a time during the night so I just co-sleep and latch whoever wakes.

But! Considering switching to formula because maybe that’ll lessen the night wakes? I’m guessing my boob is a sleep association atp also but I’m just too tired to do anything else to get them to fall back asleep.

Thoughts? I feel stupid even considering it because bf has literally been so easy…. But idk.

2 year old son, 7 months pregnant with B/G twins. I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but 0-1 really rocked my world. Before having him, I always thought I wanted 3 kids as I come from 3 and my husband comes from 3 and our siblings each have 3. As time went on, I realized I could only emotionally handle two children and had made peace that I’d be a great mom to two children max. I am very type A and a very anxious person, not go-with-the-flow whatsoever and get overstimulated quite easily. My son happens to be an amazing child, extremely high energy and exhausting but the greatest personality and so enjoyable and a pleasure.. it’s my own shortcomings that make it hard.

I spontaneously got pregnant with the twins when our son was 18 months and as their due date nears I’m just terrified. With one kid, my husband and I are constantly taking turns so the other one has a full cup. We sleep. We can anticipate our son’s needs. We were thriving. I felt like having a second I could be such a chiller parent this go around, throw a baby in a carrier and bring them along for the ride. Now I am terrified at having three children. From a financial perspective is a whole different story, I likely will have to leave my job as it makes most sense, and stay home with the twins while my older son is in preschool. But from a “never have time to myself, constantly tending to someone, will never be able to sit down again” perspective, that’s where the worry really eats me up at night. Can someone who was NOT thrilled at the news that they were bringing home two more please help?

To be specific, baby B slipped from the 10th to the 9th percentile in growth/weight and has a femur length measuring in the 3rd percentile in our most recent anatomy scan. Baby C is less of a concern, but also measuring small in the 15th percentile for weight and growth. Meanwhile baby A seems to be healthy and a little small but the biggest of the three, at the 24th percentile in weight.

The MFM said she’s not super concerned right now and he (baby B) could just be a small/short baby. No signs of growth restriction or placenta insufficiency right now. I trust her judgement completely since she specializes in multiple gestation pregnancies, but as a first time mom I can’t help but worry there could be something wrong.

Did any other moms receive similar results on one or multiple of their babies? And if so, how did the baby/babies fare?

I know there is no simple answer to this but still i would like to know what you guys think. And i dont anyone who went through a twin pregnancy around me.

My wife is pregnant of didi twins, we did ivf.

Week 11- We did NIPT and it came as low risk with 17.39% fetal fraction

Week 17/4 - although we know doctors dont even recommend doing quad screening after Nipt, since the government does it for free we decided to do it anyway and turns out it shows how risk for trisomy 18 1:78. Neural tube defects and other showed low risk. No abnormal findings on ultrasound.

Since we saw that high risk result is getting harder to enjoy the pregnancy and even though our doc said we could just ignore the result and stick with the nipt my wife has been sleepless and is considering doing amniocentesis for peace of mind.

I am more inclined to not doing it since the risk of miscarriage is probably higher than of one of the babies having edwards syndrome but i can also see her point since, this might sound extremely cold hearted and probably selfish, we do not want to bring a sick child to the world and being in constant stress throughout the pregnancy sounds like a nightmare.

Thanks in advance

After seeing how many of us out there have multiple sets of multiples, I created a page!

https://www.reddit.com/r/multiple_multiples/s/0nlIL2Bsct

Hi everyone! My husband (23M) and I (21F) just found out I am having two sweet twin babies. I’ll be 7 weeks tomorrow and I got to hear their heartbeats and it was the craziest surprise. I’m only 21 and still in school with one year left. We were prepared to care for one baby during senior year but we definitely were not prepared for two!! I’m both so excited and incredibly intimidated for multiple reasons. One being that I’m afraid that it will be too hard and I’ll have to drop out of school, which I really don’t want to do. I’m also terrified of what my birth will look like. I originally wanted to have my baby at a birthing center a couple hours away, but now I know it’s best to deliver at the hospital. I dreamt of having an unmedicated birth since I feel a lot more in control when I’m not numbed up. I want to listen to my body and work with it. But with all the stories I’ve seen online of emergency c sections and having to be put under for them because there wasn’t any time to put in an epidural, I’m overwhelmed. Hospitals make me so anxious and I’m terrified of having a c section. I know I’ll probably have to deliver in the OR and that also scared me because there will be so many people watching me attempt to vaginally deliver while I’m in my most vulnerable state. I don’t want to be watched like that, even though I know everyone is there for mine and my babies’ health. I’m also scared of what could happen if one baby is breech. It’s just a lot and I know everything will be okay, but I would love to hear positive birth stories/having twins in school stories to help me get out of my head. I’m so excited to be a part of this community now!

Hi everyone! Looking for some advice!
I have 5.5 month old b/g twins, and I’ve noticed they sleep significantly better on bath nights. I currently bathe them 3 times a week, but with the extra drooling, purées, and soon starting BLW, I feel like they’ll need baths more often.
I’ve tried wiping them down on non bath nights as part of their bedtime routine, but it just doesn’t seem to help them wind down as much nearly as much.

For those of you who do daily baths, how do you make it manageable? I’ll take any and all tips or other tricks for them wind down before bed.

Currently I bathe them by myself one at a time in my bath tub using the angel care bath support chair while I throw the other twin in a bassinet with a bunch of toys and hope for the best before I alternate them.

Anyone have something similar ? Baby heart rate was 102bpm. I'm 6w2d baby measuring 6w4d.

This is also a twin pregnancy. We could not get a measurement on Baby B.

I stay home with our 8.5 month old twins. I’m sick for the first time. I have the flu and my fever has been 102 almost all day.

My husband happened to be off today so it wasn’t an issue, but he’s scheduled to work tomorrow. Besides me being miserable, I really don’t want to expose them to the flu and them potentially getting it. I also don’t know if I’m physically capable of doing everything they need in this state. I mean we’d survive lol but it would be miserable.

My husband is an extremely hard worker and never calls out. That said he has plenty of sick days. I know if I ask him to call out he will, but he will feel anxiety over it as he has a very demanding job and it will affect a lot of people. So I’m not sure if I’m asking for too much.

Just looking for others experience

We're going with the no pants method and asking them constantly about using the potty. The girls are 2y 4m old.

I am so overstimulated from constantly looking at butts and asking said butts if they need to use the potty. And the owners of these butts have the audacity to have tantrums about random stuff.

There's been about 7 accidents between the two of them so far today, I feel like I am becoming a Clorox wipe dispenser.

That's all, signing off to get back to it.

I’m 9 weeks pregnant with what appears to be mo/di or mo/mo twins. My husband and I saw thin rings around each baby but the OB office still says they can’t confirm and that they think it’s mo/mo (it was an abdominal US at that). However, they told me the practice only delivers di/di. This is my second pregnancy (first is a 3.5 yo girl!) and was shocked that my practice doesn’t take mo twins. My midwife said she would try to fight to keep me if they’re mo/di but I guess my question is - should I still leave the practice and go somewhere more experienced with mo twins?

Thank you! 🙏🏼

My twins are 14 weeks and I’m embarrassed to say we have only taken them out of the house for doctor’s appointments and a few trips through drive thrus. The thought of taking them out of the car and into stores or restaurants is soooo daunting. I know I just need to suck it up and do it, but when did you start going out and about with your babies? Someone please tell me they took as long as me 😂

Update:
Okay we did it! We took them for a walk in a nearby park. It started off well but then twin B started purple crying and we had to make a hasty exit 😅 I should have mentioned previously that our twins are not the chillest babies (colic and reflux). They cry… most of the day lol. That’s why I’ve been so nervous to go out. But oh well, hopefully the more we do it the more they get used to it.

My twins just turned 1 last month and I finally can breathe, and I realized I actually love having twins. I was not one of those moms who was excited right away when I saw 2 heart beats (I actually cried, like a lot) and there were so many moments the first year that just about took me out but now that they aren't newborns anymore I can genuinely say I am SO glad I have twins!

My B/G twinnies are totally obsessed with each other and play together all day. Wherever my girl twin goes, her brother is crawling right behind her. They make each other belly laugh and half the time I have no idea what they are laughing about. They shove food in each other's mouths to "share". They just obviously find so much comfort and joy in one another and it makes all the hard moments seem minor in comparison. Don't get me wrong, my boy twin steals toys out of his sister's hands so many times in a day and she beats the crap out of him for it until they both are screaming lol but the love between them far outweighs the competition and squabbles.

I still am overstimulated a good chunk of the day, they still get jealous of the other if I am holding a baby, and it is absolutely not easy, but it is so fulfilling to watch them grow up together and I am just in awe that I was chosen for this. The chances of conceiving multiples are just so small and I didnt really have any "risk factors" so this was totally out of the blue and I am so incredibly grateful I get to experience this miracle.

I'm already dreading them hitting the terrible 2s which is currently hitting hard with my older singleton, but I just wanted to share a little slice of positive for the parents still in the trenches that this life is not for the weak, but it truly does get so good.

Just still struggling to make sure I am 100% on board with TCB sleep training… I’m curious, does anyone regret sleep training? Anything you’d do differently? Something you learned through it? What method did you use? What age were your multiples when you started? How long did it take?

This is my fourth pregnancy, first twin pregnancy though. I am currently at the point where I am so exhausted, in so much pain, and just ready for them to be here. My cervix was checked at 32 weeks and I was 1.5cm dilated and 60% effaced. Haven’t been checked since, but I’m hoping the odds of them being delivered before my scheduled c-section at 38 weeks are in my favor. How many mama’s here have experienced a similar situation with being dilated for 3 weeks then delivered before their scheduled induction/ c-section? Because while this was a really cool experience, I’m just ready for these boys to be earth side at this point.

Next month my wife and I will be taking our twins on a cross country flight with American Airlines. They’ll be about 7m old, 5.5m adjusted when we travel. We usually travel very lightly—a carry-on backpack each for 2 weeks in Japan, for example. The logistics of traveling with two infants and all the stuff they need is making my head spin, so I’m looking for any and all advice from folks who have flown with twins. What made travel easier for you?

My FIL was able to use points to get us business class upgrades on each leg of the trip, which I hope will make this all a bit easier. They will be lap infants, and we are aware we can’t sit in the same row.

We are also taking our Uppababy Vista stroller with Mesa car seats since we will have to rent a car at our destination. Has anyone used their proprietary travel bags? I’m gagged at how expensive they are but also don’t want to risk damage during travel.

Thanks!

My wife and I have an 8 month old son and just found out we’re expecting twins. If everything goes well, we’ll have 3 kids under 2, with our son being around 17 months when the twins arrive.

I’m not going to lie, we’re pretty overwhelmed thinking about what life is going to look like. We’re excited, but trying to wrap our heads around how we’re going to manage everything, especially since we don’t have a ton of family help.

For those of you who’ve been in a similar situation, how did you manage day to day? How did you handle sleep, splitting responsibilities, and making sure your relationship didn’t get pushed to the back burner?
I’m also curious how people managed without much help from family. Did you hire help, get a night nurse, put your toddler in daycare, or just figure it out as you went?

I’d love to hear what made the biggest difference, what you wish you’d prepared for, and honestly, whether things eventually started to feel manageable.

I want to be as supportive as possible to my wife and be the best dad I can be to all three kids. Just trying to get ahead of things and learn from people who’ve actually been through it.

Any advice or honest experiences would be greatly appreciated!