1st Pregnancy & Twins: would I be crazy?
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Topic: 1st Pregnancy & Twins: would I be crazy?
Posted By: tishy
Subject: 1st Pregnancy & Twins: would I be crazy?
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 1:10pm
I'd make this a poll if I could 
Before I found out that I had 2 bubs on the way I'd been thinking about using cloth nappies. However, with 2 newborns to look after, I'm not so sure whether it's so feasible anymore. DH thinks I'd be crazy to go the cloth nappies route. Me, I don't know, I know disposables would be much easier, but the thought of chucking 20 nappies in the bin every day just doesn't sit well with me. Also both our families live on the other side of the world so we won't have the family support during the initial few weeks/months. Part of the reason for this post is to strengthen my argument to DH that we could use the cloth nappies. At the moment it's just a feeling that I have with no valid argument to back it up. So! Any twin mums out there using cloth nappies? What wise words of wisdom do you have for me! 
Did you start using them from birth or after a few weeks/months? |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 1:30pm
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I'd not say you were crazy! Go for it!
I know Emma uses cloth on her little ones. |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 1:43pm
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I'd say maybe use disposables for the first few weeks while things settle down a little and then switch to cloth. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 1:44pm
| I'd do it if I had twins! Washing cloth nappies isn't exactly hard and I'd hate to think how much sposies would cost for twins! |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 2:04pm
| I would do it too! Twin bums in cloth look soo cutey! Lol! Once u have done 100 posts u will be able to check out pics of the Gremlins (Emma's twin girls) with matching cloth botts! We are so used to cloth that the washing really isnt an extra chore- u gonna be doing tonnes of washing anyways! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 2:15pm
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You can do it!
Agree with using sposies for the first week or so, those first poo's are nasty! Modern cloth really is just as easy as sposies, and its little/no extra work when you can rinse then chuck them in with the rest of your washing. My hubby was hard to convince at first. Seeing the cost of buying them initially frightened him. Once I showed him what secondhand nappies were selling for on TM and added up the annual cost of sposies he was all for it though! As a complete aside, how cute is that scan pic of your wee bubbas?!!!?! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 2:27pm
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Thanks girls!
Can you chuck them in the tumble dryer or are they supposed to be line dried? Suppose different brands have different recommendations. I know what I'll be looking into over the weekend before I go and bombard DH with lots of advantages to cloth nappies
I think maybe learning to BF 2 bubs at once will be highest priority the first few weeks and after then I can start onto the nappies. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 2:32pm
| You can use drier, but it wears the nappies faster, and sunlight is good for stain removal! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 2:52pm
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You could always order a hire kit for the first few months then there isnt the large outlay of money, plus you can see which types you like before buying in the next size. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 3:30pm
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I would stock up now on medium size, which you bubbies will not fit until after about 6mos, depending on how prem/light they are. That way you have the first few months to get feeding established, your head out of the smog of new motherhood, and don't have to also worry about having nappies washed and dried and inside at the right times. Add them into your routine once you've got a couple of months covered. -------------  |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 3:34pm
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Emma has her twins in cloth and she copes fine (her bank account however thanks to a healthy addiction is another story!!! eh babe??)
But seriously, you can totally do it....go for it girl! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 9:57pm
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I don't have twins but we got medium fuzzis for my son when he was 3 months old..now 18 months and still wearing the same size. they paid for themselves after 4 months, so I;ve pretty much been saving for well over a year now. Don't work out how much they will cost (fuzzis do payment plans too which are fabulous), but work out how long it will take you to pay for them, and then when you will just be pure saving. (hope that makes sense)
another thing to take into account - all those nappies in the rubbish - cost a fortune in rubbish bags! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:14pm
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I am managing really well with one newborn and dont think cloth nappies on twins would be the hardest thing you'll have to deal with
DOnt let people put you off...remember our mothers did it with the old fashioned flats and before that our grandmothers did it without washing machines. 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 14 September 2007 at 10:44pm
So completely right. 'Tis all about perspective. 
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nzpiper wrote:Posted By: AN E
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 12:22pm
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I actually feel guilty for only having three or four naps to wash each night! At least twice that amount would make it seem more worth while!
Definitely go spoisies to start with and get your head around having two... and feeding etc... No need to rush into it as you will have heaps on your plate. You can then gradually move into cloth, maybe just doing daytime for a while (that's how I started anyway!) Good luck!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 8:54pm
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Thanks very much for all your information and support! I was at the Parent and child show today in Wellies asking loads of questions to the different companies as well.
Lots to think about! 6 months seems like an eternity away but it's not really. haha! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 9:02pm
LOL tishy, it's not... and especially with twins cause it may be one month less  ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 12:03am
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Do it, do it, do it Tishy! My gremlins went thru a box of Huggies a week for the first two weeks so I quickly decided that they were going into cloth quick smart. I'd already done traditional cloth flats with Maya but have been well and truly suckered into MCN's this time around. I just throw them in with the baby clothes,a nd to be totally honest I never line dry them, everything goes thru the dryer and they come out fine.
When I get a chance I'll PM you some pics of them in cloth and if you look at my baby diary on the main OHbaby! site one of the entries is about their cloth nappies, and it has a pic. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 1:21pm
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haha! busymum! It could actually be closer to 4 months then cos I'll be 16 weeks on Tuesday!
Hopefully I'll follow in my Mums footsteps though, she was induced for every one of her pregnancies. 42 weeks for her 3 singleton ones and at 39 weeks her twin pregnancy. Anyway back on topic, Emma those MCNs are sooo cute. I saw lots of them yesterday at the expo. If I'd managed to drag DH to the show then I'm sure he'd have been sold on them also. One of the exhibitors said that just before me a woman had been inquiring about cloth nappies for her sister who was expecting quads! Which, may I add, had been conceived without the use of IVF.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 1:50pm
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quads
*picks self up off floor*
So you're another who has a mum who has had twins - does that make you a twin yourself? (Gwen_ is the other one in case you're wondering, her twin girls are 5mos old and she is a twin herself). ------------- |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 8:38am
ah cool! Yeah! I'm interested to see what my twin sister has when she comes to having kids It's scared her DP silly the news of me having twins 
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Posted By: buzimumto3boys
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 9:39am
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Hia,
I have 2 kids in Cloth at the moment and its not a big deal... obviously not as difficult as twins but definately doable! I would buy some MCNs and show them to your DH. Mine was a bit sceptical at first but he loves them now.
I have a friend with twins and she often uses cloth flats. - By the way she isnt a twin but her mum is and there are twins further up her family line as well. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 9:52am
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I thought twins were supposed to skip a generation? lol ------------- |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 10:19am
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Yeah I was explaining to DH the cuteness and convenience of MCNs last night and I think he's coming around. I think you're right and buying some MCNs would convert him
Only through the fathers side do they skip. The fathers genes can't influence him having twins but can pass the gene onto his daughters to have twins. For me, there are twins on my Dads side as well as my Mums so I must've gotten the gene twice.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 September 2007 at 10:29am
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LOL yea my dad was an unidentical twin, hence I probably have the capability but haven't seem to yet.... ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 September 2007 at 8:46pm
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No twins in my family. Well, there weren't. There are now! But ours are monozygotic so not genetic at all, just a random freak of nature. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 September 2007 at 8:56pm
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My sisters are as well Emma - but I was still freaking out when I went for my early scan that there might be two! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 September 2007 at 11:35am
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I may never convince Willie to have anymore kids, he isn't buying the whole "freak of nature" thing either! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 1:24pm
| bump.... |