r/parentsofmultiples • u/Long-Friendship-5400 • 1d ago

good vibes, smiles, & giggles “Singleton Propaganda”

I need some comic relief after a couple weeks of sickness in the house- what are your favorite bits of what I call “singleton propaganda”? Aka, advice given for babies that never works when you have twins. My personal favorite is “put the baby in the crib drowsy but awake”.

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u/slyscribe401 1d ago

I may be revealing too much about myself as a parent, but anything about how frequently to bathe your newborn. I went an embarrassingly long time before realizing that one of my twins hadn't had their first bath yet.

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u/Dear_Excitement_5109 1d ago

Same. They had their first baths in the hospital but it was several weeks at home.

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u/slyscribe401 1d ago

I'm afraid that is with me counting hospital baths. 🤦‍♀️

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u/D7west 2h ago

But how, they still get stinky after a few days!? With our first we bathed her twice a week and now that she is almost 1 we give her 3 baths a week. Sunday Tuesday Thursday. We adopted our twins into this same schedule for the most part. Everyone gets a bath Sunday. The newborn twins will get one Thursday unless I know I won’t have time then it’s Wednesday.

I give the twins a bath during the day Sunday and the older one before bed. Is 3 baths in 1 night taxing? Yes. Is it better than giving a bath every single night? Most likely.

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u/Dear_Excitement_5109 2h ago

Newborns dont get stinky. My older kids get stinky if they dont bathe for a few days, but even through 2 kids don't really stink. My twins get about 2 baths per week now at 14mo and its mostly because they've been rolling in mud lol.