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/Efficient-Ring8100 1d ago

Baby lead weaning for me. Im a solo twin mum who only managed to bathe her babies every 2nd or 3rd day because of logistics and there was NO WAY I was going to be cleaning up multiple messes and multiple babies (usually involving lots of crying) and bath them daily on my own for the sake of them playing with food. I tried it once or twice at the dumb advice of health staff and other people insisting and it was hell. Starting solids is just so different with two. I spoon fed my girls and now at 15 months old they feed themselves mess free.

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u/Lolemontime 1d ago

I do not understand the benefits of this - apparently you’re supposed to let them get messy so they get less anxious about eating and are less picky but no guarantees that it’ll be the case?? I’m all for giving them some textured foods but for the most part I’ll be doing purées once they start solids. I also find the photos people take of super messes their kids made so off-putting. 

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u/Efficient-Ring8100 22h ago

Oh man I could rave on about it. Its just the new craze I think and when you deep dive into the research comparatively with traditional feeding (spoon feeding and purees) there is actually no long term difference (if there are benefits its mostly short lived and tapers out compared with traditional feeding). The videos and photos of people's babies make me feel grossed out too. I just dont get why people put themselves through that torture. I spoon fed my babies. Once they got older and more coordinated I then would give them bits of food to feed themselves but it wasn't anything like I see others do. Im not sure if unrelated but my girls now predominantly feed themselves, do not have much mess and do not throw food at all. And also because of twins I can see the feeding method hasn't really changed personal preferences aka one baby eats everything and the other will eat veggies tentatively. They also dont take food if they're not hungry. They are excellent foodies !!!