Nursing Pillow: Arms Reach

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Need Advice on Feeding Twin Newborns

I am a first time Mom to 13 day old identical twin girls. I am home on maternity leave but will be returning to the workforce after my leave is up. My husband was not able to take much time off from work and has already returned to work. Now I am home alone with the girls during the day and need help and advice. I am having a hard time with their feedings when I am home alone with them. Does anyone have advice for how to handle feedings of newborn twins who are hungry at the same time? It breaks my heart to be feeding one baby and...

Boppy

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Newborn Sleeping / SIDS / Shots

My son is 4 weeks old and in order for him to sleep more than a hour he has to feel me next to him. I place him in the boppy next to me in bed if Im real tired or I will cradle him in my arms. My concerns of doing so is SIDS - either in bed with me or even in his own bed. Everytime he sleeps I just stare at him to make sure he is ok. At the hospital I received so many pampletes on SIDS that for the first two weeks after his birth I slept for about 30 minutes at a time. I purchased a pad / moniter that is placed under his bed and it will...

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Sleeping in Boppy??

I have my 11 week old daughter in daycare. I observed her sleeping in a...

My Breast Friend

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Considering Giving up Breast Feeding?

I have been breast feeding my beautiful son for a month since he was born. It has been going well in terms of him latching on, etc. However, I am frazzled. He seems to need to eat constantly, sometimes every hour and definitely every 2 to 2 1/2, even at night. I have no time to do anything, most importantly sleep. My husband will bottle feed him breast milk for one night time feeding on the weekend nights but even then I really don't get much sleep since it goes through him so quickly. I am considering giving him formula maybe once...