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Updated May 28, 2012

Q: HELP! Sleeping Issues with Triplets    —Colorado Springs, CO

"Hi! I have 9 month old triplet girls who share a room. They were sleeping through the night at 6 months, but lately K..."

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S., The only thing I can think of is to set up a portable crib in another room and let her figure out how to get back to sleep. I would just make some rules for you ...

Both my girls, 3-1/2 and 20 months slept in a bouncy chair for over two months at a time when they were between the ages of 6-9 months. My husband and I took turns sle...

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Q: Reccomendations for a Book on Infant Development    —Elmsford, NY

"Hi. I was just wondering if there are any suggestions to books about child development. Things I should be expectin..."

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What to Expect the First Year- we lived by it!

Congrats on your twins! I just wanted to write you to say that I also have twins (they are 2 now) and was a book fanatic. But please read with an open mind. I would...

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Q: Bottom Scooters Instead of Crawling    —Glenview, IL

"My twin girls are almost 8 months old. They have started to scoot on their bottoms to get to the things they want. Is..."

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Hi D., I'm an early intervention PT. A few questions. Did they tolerate play on their tummy as infants? Do they play on their tummies now? If they are on their tummy...

heck no. some scoot on their butts, others do the army crawl... they figure out they can move and if its effeciant they don't botter to try something else. my son nver...

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Q: Is One of My Twins a Perfectionist? or Am I Crazy???    —Flossmoor, IL

"Hi there everyone! We are hitting some interesting milestones in our house and some strange attitudes as well. Madyso..."

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What you are describing to me is typical behavior and I think it is just a phase- well, if handled properly. My boys are 3 years apart and they always want what each ...

My boys are 19 months and 2 1/2. They want EVERYTHING each other has. When my son first turned 2 he went through a cleaning stage. He wanted to clean everything. A...

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Q: Baby Nurse Needed in Manhattan - Westside    —New York, NY

"I am expecting my first children, twins end of August / beginning of September 2008 and am looking for a full-time ma..."

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Hi there, I guess we're neighbors, since I'm in Bklyn~ lol, but have you tried going to the human resources offices in the hospital where you plan to have your twins? ...

I loved my baby nurse...I had one baby but she has worked w/ twins before. her name is Yvonne. ###-###-####. she is wonderful. you can tell her B. referred you. congra...

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Q: Weird Ultrasound    —Blacklick, OH

"Hello ladies. I am 5 weeks pregnant with our 5th baby and this morning I had a little spotting. My Dr had me come in ..."

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I think you're just going to have to wait and see. You seen real excited but just be patient. Focus on something else. It looks like you have your hands busy at home. ...

First, don't worry over things. It is a fact that 1 in 8 pregnancies start out as twins and many times there is a 'vanishing' twin. Most women don't ever know they wer...

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Q: Feeding Twins Without the Tears?    —Ellsworth, ME

"HELP! From their birth, I have simultaneously fed my twins. Since they have begun solid foods it is a disaster! When ..."

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I fed mine at the same time with the same spoon. I know some people don't approve of this, but it worked and I had a toddler running around (my other son is 20 mos old...

WoW M. you have a 2 1/2 yr old and twins,you are super mom!!Good for you!!I dont have twins(i have a 10month old boy),but what if you give them both something to hold ...

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Q: Newborn Always Crys and Wants to Be Held    —Olathe, KS

"I have newborn twins and one of them cries all the time and only wants to be held. Most times if I hold him, he stop..."

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You can also try putting your little one in his carseat and rocking it, most newborns just don't adjust well to the 'lonely' feeling of the new world! The car seat, s...

You've got some great advice so far, and I also thought about swaddling the crying one extra tight. That might feel more like being held. Or maybe he's just lonely - ...

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Q: Feeding Schedule    —Saint Paul, MN

"Hello I am wondering if anyone has a good feeding schedule chart or template that they used for there twins. If you w..."

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I messaged you too, but reading others' responses made me want to chime in a little more. I have a chart that I can email you--it has columns for feedings (we'd wri...

Hi Mandy Congratulations!! I did them back to back-- whether they were hungry or not. They learned real quickly it was time to eat. Some do them together-- depends...

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Q: Christmas Gift Ideas for My 18Mos. Old Twins    —Arlington Heights, IL

"Any christmas gift suggestions on my boy/girl 18 mos. old twins? I'm open to anything."

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Hi there!! I have 18 month old b/g twins too!! For my girl, she's getting a pull-along musical duck - she started walking about 2 months ago, so I thought she'd enj...

Back to basics catalog has a great bag of musical instruments - drum, tamborine, triangle, claves, cymballs etc. Also, I got my 18 month one of the very big threading...

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