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Seeking Advice on "Must-haves" for Friend Expecting Twins
Asked by E.R. from San Francisco
on December 18, 2008
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My friend is expecting twins and I would love advice on any 'must-have' items (or even highly recommended ones) to put on her registry. Thanks in advance for your help!
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- *Bag sleepers (carters is best): http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3159314 *Reciving blankets *Mummy cloths (water proof lap pads) *Diapers ...
- Hello. I am a mother of Billy and Brianna, nine month old twins. THey are the BEST! The fun thing is they entertain themselves most of the time which allows me to r...
- I have 15 month old twins and the best layette gift I received was a set of Aden & Anais blankets. They are good for swaddling - big enough to swaddle two babies at on...
Baby Shower for #2
Asked by E.R. from Austin
on June 20, 2008
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I have a friend who lives out of town, but would like to come down and throw a baby shower for our second child. My DD is 19 months and will be almost 2 when the baby...
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- E., If someone wants to throw you a baby shower, let them do it. However it is inappropriate for the host or the mom to ask for gift cards only. Registering for ite...
- i agree that it feels weird (i'm in your exact shoes right now) and have asked for no shower, mostly because lots of other friends are having their first child around ...
- I have many friends with multiple children. We always have a small shower for them to celebrate the blessing of newest child. It is not about being able to provide f...
Swaddling
Asked by S.W. from Dallas
on August 24, 2007
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I am expecting my baby boy in a couple of months and had a question about swaddling. Is it best to use receiving blankets to swaddle or an actual swaddling blanket?
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- S., lots of advice here and all of it good. Swaddling is really necessary for the first 3 months at least for many much longer. I usually recommend at my class either...
- Our daughter loves to be swaddled, but rather tightly. We prefer to use blankets that are made of waffle weave material. They are extra stretchy, and stay tight long...
- if you swaddle right, you don't need special swaddle blankets, but they can make doing it easier! However, the special swaddle blankets also are often too thick and w...
Baby Shower for 3Rd Baby ?
Asked by S.S. from Kansas City
on October 17, 2010
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I am pregnant with my 3rd baby and I am wondering if it is ok to have a baby shower? My first 2 were girls, I had a shower with both of them - thrown by different fri...
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- To have a celebration for the 3rd baby is great. Throwing yourself a shower is not. It is tacky. Throwing yourself a baby celebration bruch as Megan suggested is wo...
- I am also pg with baby #3 and my first 2 were boys. I can't fathom throwing my own shower, but neither can I picture having more than 1 shower unless there is a huge ...
- If you want to celebrate, why not go out to a nice lunch or dinner with your friends? Don't call it a shower, just say you want a chance to hang out before the baby c...
Baby Shower & Registry..
Asked by K.L. from Portland
on January 29, 2007
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Hello~ I am trying to register for my baby shower & figure out all of the necessary items we will be needing for our daughter. Money has been very tight lately, due to...
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- K., Congrats on the new baby girl. Okay here are just a couple of things I thought of that might help you and you need to ask for alot of... DIAPERS, WIPES, and FORMU...
- I see there are a TON of responses on what you should/should not get, so I will respond about your budget: There is a group on Yahoo called Freecycle where you can ...
- Congrats! I just had my first baby in July 2006. It seems everyone always wants to buy the "cutsie" things and not the really practical things. I got so many outfit...
Big Brother and Big Sister Ideas
Asked by E.S. from Amarillo
on June 11, 2009
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I am a single mother of a 6 year old daughter and a year old son Im expecting another little girl in September. I am wanting to make it a very big special ordeal abou...
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- Hi. I just thought I would pass this along, but I do a lot of sibling sets and custom orders so I can make a lot of things that are not on my website. All my produ...
- On Ebay, they can make t-shirts that have the kids favorite character on them with their names saying "I'm the big brother/siser". Totally cute and only like, $15. Con...
- When my 3rd was born, we had wrapped gifts from the baby for each of my other kids (17 mo. boy and 3 1/2 yrs. girl at the time). We ordered the American Girl Bitty Tw...
Managing Twins
Asked by S.L. from New York
on June 9, 2008
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My brother and his wife have just found out they are having twins. The were thinking one last one, so they are a little over-whelmed, especially my brother as this is...
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- hi sherrie; i would strongly suggest your sister in law go to her local La Leche League Intl. meeting; she can easily find her local chapter by googling the organiz...
- Hi S., I was just on CNN and saw this article, then came here and saw your post...If the cutting and pasting of the article didnt work let me know and I can try to em...
- There are lots of multiple parent groups out there...they can start with the internet or the hospital they are going to deliver at...I don't have twins but we had 5 in...
10 Week Old Won't Sleep More than 3 Hours at Night
Asked by W.T. from New York
on August 3, 2008
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The title says it all. Between pregnancy and this baby, it's been since January that I've not slept for any stretch of time! Here's a general schedule:
-- 7PM falls...
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- I'm so sorry! Believe me i know how that feels! I found that crying it out didn't work until around 4 months or so... What did work for me at that age was more frequen...
- Wendolyn, my boys didn't want to be wrapped up either and they did everything to fight it but you haveto let it go and don't swaddle him because it'll only make it wor...
- I am no expert, but it sounds to me that he may just be hungry. At 10 weeks old babies can still eat a lot during the night and wake several times. My 3rd child was ...
Ainsley Too Weird???
Asked by S.P. from Kansas City
on December 15, 2008
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Hi fellow moms! I am pregnant with #3 and having a huge problem coming up with names for this surprise!! We love names that are kind of unique, and not too popular. ...
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- My grandson name is xavier which is one that you don't hear. I happened to be reading a book an mentioned the name to her an they both liked it so well thats what his ...
- Hi S., Ainsley is not wierd at all, I love it for a girl. Family names are always good to look at. My Mother in law's maiden name is Brockland and we took that a...
- Trivia: On the show "The West Wing", the Republican attorney who served the Democratic president was named Ainsley. That is the only time I have heard that name, but ...
Baby Clothing
Asked by L.M. from Fort Myers
on September 29, 2009
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My girlfriend gave me a lot of clothes to go through but most of them are sizes 0-3 months and 6-9 months. How many do I need in each size, since babies grow so fast? ...
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- The 0-3 mo stuff doesn't last very long. My son and daughter wore that size for 4 weeks, tops, then we moved on to 3-6. My daughter is now 4 months old and starting ...
- Congrats.... I agree with keeping the pre-owned clothing. Babies aren't very active and the clothing normally transfer from family to family in almost new condition. ...
- I would want at least two per day for how ever many days you plan to go in between laundry days. I would exchange the smaller sizes for larger sizes. But I found t...
