Twins or Triplets or more!

Thanks everyone for the information.....very good to know!

My aim was to be asleep by 11pm on New Years eve and I'm pleased to say that was acheived. Of course woke up at 12.00pm to fireworks, then numerous toilet stops but use to that.

Dh and I have been having turns having a sleep in and its my turn tomorrow, yeah!!!

I have a great deal because Jess starts work at 0930 and doesn't get to see the girls before they go to bed at 7pm so he does the first morning feed at 0730 EVERY morning
So I usually get to bed about 1030 and get up around 0800.
We did nothing on new years Jess wanted to stay up but I was slack and in bed by 11pm mind you we had been drinking beer in the back yard since 3pm though lol! Jess is going to the big day out in dorkland this month and I get to go to Brisbane for a weekend at the start of Feb to see friends and get smashed! so we both get a turn at getting away I'm so excited can't wait to go back to Brisbane YAY!!!

Hiya Twinboys2b Congrats on your boys. Do you know what they weigh now? I think my girls were 2.2kg & 2.7kg born at 37 weeks. You did well to get them to 35wks!

I Stopped Breast feeding after about a month for the same reason. In the first 2 months we always fed one at a time but it was taking too long and they weren't staying on schedule that way so we started feeding them in their rockers on the floor while sitting between them. We still do it that way and now it takes 20min to feed them a bottle and about 10min to feed them solids. It definitly pays to feed them at the same time that way they sync up routine wise. If you keep them completely in sync from as early as possible it makes life so much easier for you.

Also when they were little if one baby would wake up early we would wake the other so they would stay in sync.

Thanks, we've been really lucky & since coming home from NICU we've kept the same routine so they always feed 1/2 hr apart or at the same time, like you said I wake the other if I have another person to help or feel ambitious by feeding them together or on when hubby is home - don't know how anyone can demand feed with twins. Re sleeping we do a dream feed before bed usually 10pm and they sleep till 4am where we put in their dummies in & they go back to sleep till anywhere between 6 & 7.30am when we feed them so I'm hapy about that.

Have next weigh day on Tuesday, I expect 5.5kg for Jacob & 6kg for Eli maybe at a geuss (need to invest in scales). Eli is a huffalump versus little Jacob. Have to learn to put photos up on this.

Not looking forward to solids, must make a right mess of the place & you, still a little while till I get to enjoy that!

haha very very cute Lisa

Emma - Can you give me the contact for the bulk Karicare formula?

Twinboys2B - congrats, I only got to 28wks with the boys they got TTTs at 20 weeks and it was bad enuf for me to go to Sydney for surgery :)
I still b/f our monkeys at night mostly, but during the day a lil bit still. Although now they are on solids, a bottle is easier and we put them in the pram and feed them outside :D
or one in the rocker one in the high chair :)

I feed in rockers too or otherwise feed one after the other if I have time. I just sit on the floor with the rockers either side of me and prop my arms up on pillow on the sides of the rockers - also occasionally prop up the bottles so they can feed themselves if I need to give my 2yr old attention. They are just about at the point that they can hold their own bottles soon.

I found an excellent book for feeding/sleeping routines for twins and multiples. It called "A Contented House with Twins" by Gina Ford and Alice Beer. Its written by the same author who wrote "The contented little baby book" and she has quite strict routines. I have adapted her routines slightly but found it much better than any other book out there. I did simplify her routines too but at least it was relevant.

Just a Q: do any of you have sleepy babies?

Both of mine sleep for ages. Have to go wake them now because it's been 5 hours since their last feed. Their usuall routine is they wake at 7am: I feed, change then play (lasts for a total of 1 hour awake) then they go to sleep for 3, then up for an hour & back for another 3 etc etc until we do a dream feed at 10pm & back to sleep till the morning. I'm not complaining one bit but wonder if anyone else has these sorts of babies? I just took them for a 1 hr walk and they havn't woken after 4 hrs asleep so am off to wake & feed them... and no they arn't too hot either or looking dehydrated.

Good to hear, it's hard because in no way am I complaining but then it worries me a bit when they just seem to sleep all the time versus other babies. Hope it continues! Have plunket visit tomorrow so will mention it then. Will be good to see their weights as they were very very small for their age - below the 3rd centile as of last month but they guzzle their food (although refluxy) so I have no doubt that they will catch up in weight soon.

Ha I wish my kiddies were sleepers Noah still doesn't sleep thru the night, Sienna only started when I was in hospital having Noah and Lola and she was 18mths old so be very thankful you have sleepers

http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Mixed-race-couple-have-black-and-white-twins---again/tabid/417/articleID/85788/Default.aspx?ArticleID=85788

You all probably heard about this bit of twin news already but thought I'd post it just in case. Absolutly amazing!