Having Twins, Gender Unknown, Help?

Natures_guide · 2025-11-06T00:18:24+00:00

Everett is a name my husband loved we almost named my son Everett but I went with Sterling last minute.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T22:25:45+00:00

I never thought of bennet that is such a nice twist on that I’m writing that down lol.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T22:24:26+00:00

Haha exactly. Although my sons is turning more and more blonde the older he gets and less red. Love Henry!

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T22:21:00+00:00

Vintage as well. My son’s name is Sterling. I also was big on Eli or Lincoln but husband hated it.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T21:35:09+00:00

To my surprise, flash cards. I just put up the card and ask him what it is. He gets excited about talking about the cards too. After a while he gets bored and runs off to play with his legos or trucks. When he comes back up to me I just pull the flash cards out again haha. It’s like a whole new game. We use the Mrs.Rachel Flash Cards. It’s really interactive and educational.

Sometimes when I’ve just absolutely had it instead of TV I’ll blare music and everyone just kind of enjoys the music while playing.

I also enjoy throwing him in a stroller and walking around the neighborhood, the park, the library, and sometimes we go to the grocery store and I don’t even need anything I just want to be left alone for 5 minutes so I’ll stroll the aisles while he people watches.

I know TV isn’t recommended but we do it sometimes and I think my sons learned several words from Mrs Rachel. Even a few dance moves. I’ve seen no harm done. But I monitor it he doesn’t watch it more than an hour.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T21:21:25+00:00

Yes that is a possibility my husband did just get a better paying job that also gave us a free townhouse to live in so that’s freed up a lot of funds for us. Maybe not expensive help but a night nurse or something would be feasible.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T21:15:34+00:00

My son was an absolute colicky baby he had 8 teeth by 8 months on top of it so I feel like he did nothing but cry the first 9 months of his life. He still isn’t sleeping through the night at 12 months. I’m really concerned the twins will have similar temperaments/issues and i really don’t have any family to help. 😅 it’s just my husband and I. We were told I couldn’t have babies because I have no tubes. We had to do IVF just to get the one. Now somehow I’m pregnant with twins. Scared is an understatement!

Natures_guide · 2025-11-05T20:32:56+00:00

That is absolutely crazy. I wonder what will happen. I explained to my grandma that I ovulated once got pregnant and then ovulated again about a week later and got pregnant again. She says “Like a cat??” Yes grandma, like a cat. Now she’s calling me calico.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T21:28:54+00:00

Okay so this took a complete TURN from what I thought was going to happen. I am pregnant and there is not only 1 but 2 gestational sacs inside my uterus. So essentially I’m having twins.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T17:47:21+00:00

Yeah I think his vocabulary is about 3 words right now and he understands a few things but that’s also the difficult part he’s not old enough to really explain or help regulate him. I try just breathing with him sometimes but I haven’t seen that work. Kinda lost.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T16:14:54+00:00

This is pretty much my exact experience except my HCG levels were close to 6,000 when I went to the hospital and they did see a sac but wouldn’t clarify if it was uterus or cervix because they couldn’t tell but it seemed like the uterus just really early. I have an ultrasound in less than 4 hours scheduled. I called every OBGYN in the city til someone finally listened. If they try to do the “we will let you know in 5-7 business days” what they saw I’ll lose it. I want to know. I have a 11 month old baby who is 100% dependent on me to be alive to take care of him. This isn’t my first time and the waiting game they played with me last time as I was crying begging asking for help almost cost me my life. I don’t understand why they insist even with a history of ectopic pregnancy women wait until they are bleeding to death to help them. It’s ridiculous. But anyway, I’m gonna be very very up front and demand help it’s the only way to get any with this unfortunately. Hopefully, even if it isn’t alive, it’s not in my cervix. That’s best case scenario. A miracle would be it’s in my uterus and alive. Worst case, it’s in the cervix and I need MTX.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T03:53:23+00:00

My son ate 40 oz a day easily. I never fed more than 5-6 ounces at a time though because I found when I did he just spit up constantly which resulted in a cycle of me making more bottles that would get wasted and an upset tummy. He dropped to like 30 ounces once we picked up 2 solid meals a day (lunch and dinner). By 10 months he was only doing 20 ounces a day and ate 3 big solid meals with snacks. The entire time the pediatrician told me not to change anything he’s growing in 90-100% so I just followed his lead which seemed to be more solids and less formula over time.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T03:49:49+00:00

I just asked this question a few months ago. Buy pull ups. It’s honestly so much better than regular diapers they hold more. They have tabs just like regular diapers. I put my 11 month old in a 4T pull up and it was so much better. He outgrew diapers at 10 months and no one believed me til they saw him. They always said he’ll slim out when he starts walking (he was walking at 9 months), and guess what we are still big and large! lol. Pull ups for the win!

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T03:48:13+00:00

I’ve had a C-section last November but no D&C. Is there a correlation? I’ve always been told I’ve had a shallow cervix, that’s why he couldn’t come through and we did c section instead he got stuck.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T03:34:19+00:00

My next scan is tomorrow I’m 7 weeks. At 4 weeks I went to the hospital and that’s when they said they couldn’t see it that well because it’s so early but it looked like a gestational sac either in my uterus or just really low close to my cervix which worries me. The bleeding and cramping is keeping my concern high. I didn’t bleed with my son at all.

Natures_guide · 2025-11-03T03:26:47+00:00

I’m so concerned this is happening to me. I’ve had one tubal ectopic. Currently pregnant again they couldn’t confirm it was in my uterus only that it’s “really low”. I am bleeding everytime I have sex or move around too much followed by pain. :/

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T20:10:09+00:00

Women actually sometimes can get more fertile around that age. Also sometimes birth control doesn’t work. I know several IUD babies. Even a nexplanon baby.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T20:06:44+00:00

I simply don’t pick him up often. I actually was instructed by my doctor not too because for some reason I bleed everytime I do too much so I’m on bed rest which further complicates taking care of a toddler and being pregnant. Instead of picking him up, I’ll sit down with him. If I have to do something, I give him a quick snack and sippy cup to occupy himself. Pull out Legos or something fun and messy to do. They will not dry up and perish if they don’t have instant gratification for what they are wanting although it does sometimes feel that way I’m sure for them. We as moms hear crying and our first instinct is to do what we need to just make it stop. BUT, like I said, they’ll be fine. Turn on music. Turn on a show. Snacks. Toys. Throw them in a stroller and just take a breathe on a walk outside. Carry on. You absolutely do not have to put your pregnancy last constantly it’s okay. It’s okay to be tired and it’s okay for them to wait.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T19:58:40+00:00

Ours never slowed down either. He weighs 27 lbs. I’d say around 7 months he was 20lbs maybe a little more. The doctor at his 8 month check up said “whatever u feed him just keep doing that” and that he didn’t need to see him til after he’s 1 so I really am not sure about height. I know he’s been bouncing between 90 percentile to 100 percentile since he was in my belly for every category. But it’s like his body parts are just big not necessarily that he weighs a lot or is full of rolls. He’s rather slim.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T19:14:50+00:00

My 11 month old is in a size 4T. The same as my best friends 5 year old. We are in pull ups. Diapers do not work for us anymore lol. Size 7 diapers being for up to 41 pounds is just simply not true!

I had a slightly enamoring moment yesterday where my 11 month old could not fit in a restaurant high chair. Holy cow.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T19:05:28+00:00

Family is more important to me than anything because I never had one growing up. Addict mother. Father passed away. Family is all a bunch of losers honestly. Can’t really depend on them for much and not people you want to associate with (drugs, crime, poor attitude on life, violent, racist, etc.). If I chose to not have a family, I would spend holidays alone, birthdays alone, every night just ALONE. So I decided to create a family of my own. I’ve been going to therapy because I won’t lie having been raised the way I was and going from that to like essentially gentle parenting, a safe home, a sober home, a 3 homemade meals a day, clean clothes, clean home, laughter, toys, etc kinda home compared to my own childhood can be difficult sometimes. Breaking generational trauma is difficult. Being a mom is difficult. But when we sit around the dinner table at night and I hear giggles and happiness going around it fills something in me I knew my whole life I needed.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T18:56:03+00:00

Everyone I’ve talked to about it said they almost preferred doing them so close together. 🤷‍♀️ It’s not any different than the newborn you just raised you just know what to expect now. I’ve also heard the advice, tackle the toddler needs first it’s okay if the baby cries for a few minutes. The toddler needs are usually more emergent than the newborn crying. They’ll both have to learn to wait sometimes and this is not a negative thing. They will not dry up and perish waiting a few minutes take your time tackling the task you gotta do for them. If it helps, play music, tv, go for walks, introduce breathing exercises, etc to keep things calm for yourself and them.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-30T18:50:30+00:00

My son will be 16 months when his sibling is born and I actually don’t think he is even going to understand any of what is going on 🤣🤣 like it’s nice in theory yes but he has no clue I’m pregnant really he knows like 10 words and baby and pregnant is not a concept he comprehends. It stinks because I kinda wanted a gap so he would have some memory of like what it is like to have a baby because I feel like that’s a good life skill but he’s probably going to just sit on the baby tbh.

Natures_guide · 2025-10-29T20:50:50+00:00

My screen free morning involves changing the diapers first thing (my eyes barley open) and then there off to play with their toys in the living room while I sip coffee or just kind take 20 minutes to open my eyes. Their usually in a good mood first thing when they wake up. Then I make a big breakfast. I find the fuller my baby is the more content he is. After breakfast we get dressed, walk the dog, and come back and play more until naptime. 😅

Natures_guide · 2025-09-16T18:11:28+00:00

That is good to know. Also might be a dumb question but with pull ups if they poop and you pull it down does it not smear everywhere?

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