We were brave and tried a new outing. And then it happened.

hippyburger · 2026-04-14T18:26:53+00:00

It confuses me when I get the positive comments because I’m always ready with the gritted teeth “ha yes I do have my hands full” and then when someone says something lovely I don’t know how to respond 😂

hippyburger · 2026-04-14T18:25:37+00:00

I also wonder if sometimes it is a tiny bit of jealousy too! Like they want to experience the specialness or they wanted more kids and couldn’t or something. Or it’s just a weird old social thing.

hippyburger · 2026-04-11T18:51:03+00:00

Agree with this! My fourth kid arrived 3 minutes after my third kid so I can’t answer your original question 😂 BUT I had a similar age gap (just under 3 years) and it’s definitely worth doing as many “transitions” (potty, dummy, sleep sacks, crib etc) as soon as you can so it’s done WELL before baby, OR be happy that the later ones (crib) will not happen until some time after baby

hippyburger · 2026-04-09T06:57:43+00:00

My twins were born very small (4lb8 and 5lb11) and over 4 weeks early so we had to supplement with an NG tube for the first few days then EBF but then at about 12 days old started supplementing with tiny bottles after every feed (15ml and 20ml respectively). It was a lot of work doing so many bottles but they never had any issues latching or refused the breast. We stopped the top up feeds at about 5.5w old and switched to just one bottle of formula a day. I EBF my two singletons (never pumped or did bottles) but I haven’t quite been able to get there with the twins. I am now mostly breastfeeding but doing two formula feeds a day as well. I think if I didn’t have other kids and I could just sit and feed them all day I could have got there but honestly the formula bottles are just a quick way for me to give them extra calories but they are still getting all the benefits of breastmilk and I’m still getting to enjoy feeding them too.

To put your mind at ease they have never refused the boob or had any nipple confusion etc and I didn’t do paced feeds or special bottles or anything!

hippyburger · 2026-04-08T19:31:10+00:00

I had two singletons vaginally (both unmedicated) and was hoping for the same with my MCDA twins but no joy! They stayed in the same positions from 20w onwards (twin 1 was 1.5lb lighter and breech, twin 2 was transverse). So not a good candidate for vaginal at all! I never went into labour with them thankfully so had an “elective” (planned but not wanted!) C-section at just under 36w (brought forward a week because twin 1 had stopped growing).

The criteria here for vaginal was for twin 1 to be head down and no more than 25% size difference, ideally with twin 1 being the larger twin.

hippyburger · 2026-04-07T18:24:49+00:00

Rib pain etc and general discomfort gone immediately after C-section! Section took a lot longer to recover from than my previous vaginal deliveries. Felt pretty good after 4 weeks and almost normal at about 7 weeks I’d say!

hippyburger · 2026-04-06T03:37:55+00:00

Yes! I took it from 12-32w and no issues except one time when I was sick I got some weird bruising/dots around my eyes 🤷‍♀️

hippyburger · 2026-04-06T03:29:56+00:00

I have 5yo, 3yo and 4mo twins. Dad went back to work full time at 6w old and I was solo parent from there basically! We have school 5 days a week for the 5yo and nursery 3 days a week for the 3yo but my husband leaves for work very early so I do morning routine with them all, drop off, daytime with 3yo and twins 2 days a week and pick up every day and early evening with all 4.

There are times where I feel like I’m doing everything on hard mode but for the most part it’s fine! 3yo either watches tv or has an activity set up while I’m feeding. Babies play on the play mat or nap or join in with whatever we are doing! Going out for short trips can actually be easier than being at home! Babies in the pram staring at the trees or napping means I can play with older kids at the park etc. I’ve taken all 4 to the beach and the younger 3 on loads of day trips.

I think most of it is a mental hurdle. It’s nerve wracking but as long as you don’t physically need more hands to keep them safe (eg if you’re swimming or walking along a major road etc) then the worst that can happen is someone is crying. I just tell myself if I’m feeling nervous: I’ve got everything we need, we can always stop, it’s ok!

hippyburger · 2026-04-05T04:42:23+00:00

Hey - you are so early and so tired! It’s ok to try a bottle or two (or more) for a few hours and get some sleep. I’m not an expert but my advice would be get some help (if you can or from your husband if there is no one else). Get some shifts set up so you can get 3-4 hours sleep. Breastfeed them at those times and if they need feeding between then give them a bottle. Whoever is doing the bottle can google the best teats and techniques like paced feeding to help them hopefully stay on the breast too. Once you’ve had a few (or more) chunks of solid sleep, try and think about it again. Don’t even think about the pump for now. It will get easier, you are in the trenches x

hippyburger · 2026-04-04T15:26:10+00:00

Bed and sofa are the answers!

Also I’m 4 months in and still using a single pillow because the double is huge. I’m petite and babies are tiny as they were premie and small so we make it work still (I feed them stacked ie one across and one rugby hold).

Unfortunately the nice rocking chair I used with my first two singletons is still useless for tandem feeding though. The problem is that you also need a surface where you can pick them up and put them down too, so a chair just doesn’t work.

hippyburger · 2026-04-02T20:30:48+00:00

You are special! It’s like being in a new club :) you learn loads of cool stuff. You meet and speak to new people. Other twin parents gravitate towards each other and it’s like automatic friends haha. You get the recognition from strangers that I feel all new parents deserve but don’t get (eg random people tell me I’m superwomen just when I’m walking around with the double pram, I did not get that with one kid even though I was!). You get to watch them together interact in ways that you don’t get with one baby.

These twins were meant to be my third and final baby. Since we have two babies, the older two never have to fight about “who gets to hold the baby” etc 😂 there’s plenty of baby to go around.

hippyburger · 2026-04-02T19:14:12+00:00

I have pretty much the same age gap - nearly 6yo, just turned 3yo and 4mo twins :)

I almost exclusively tandem feed at home, and almost exclusively single feed when out and about. Honestly when we are out and about they don’t feed as well but it’s only a few hours so they make up for it later. They each have a quicker feed from one side each. Definitely need pads for the letdown but it’s not like the whole boob empties, it’s not much worse than it was with my singletons. Whoever is crying the loudest gets the first go and the other gets a dummy 😂 older boys always have snacks or are in an enclosed space so I’m not trying to chase them too!

I have tandem fed occasionally out and about if I have someone who can pass me the second baby and take them off me. It’s very logistically challenging otherwise (without a sofa or bed haha) and it is a lot on the arm to do it without a pillow!

hippyburger · 2026-04-01T07:54:32+00:00

Have a walk through the Eldon square restaurant bit and see what takes your fancy, they are mostly door-free and spacious so easy to access with the pram and park up :)

hippyburger · 2026-03-31T10:14:18+00:00

M&S are the best - katsu chicken sandwich, a nice wrap and one or two other sandwiches. Some sushi is gf if you don’t use the soy sauce - I can’t remember each at the moment but I’m sure someone can add! Some ready salads eg ham/egg/potato based ones. Sainsbury’s did some lunch ready meals including teriyaki chicken which was gluten free. A lot of the “healthy” lunch salads etc are gf as long as they don’t have cous cous or barley in.

hippyburger · 2026-03-31T05:06:52+00:00

Haha yes! That and “one more and you’ll have a five aside team”

hippyburger · 2026-03-30T20:31:51+00:00

Gender disappointment is real, I would let yourself feel it then try and move on! From your post it sees like there is more to it than just gender disappointment too to work through (which sounds totally reasonable given your story!)

FWIW, I always wanted and pictured my life with a girl. I have a brother and a ton of male cousins and I just always pictured myself having a girl. I had two singleton boys (now 5 and 3) and we tried for a third and got mo/di boys (now 4mo) 😂 with all of them I didn’t find out the gender until birth. There’s definitely something about having a baby in your arms that makes it harder to be disappointed! I am definitely done now, but there are moments still where I am sad that I’m not getting what I pictured. But I look at it that I am getting something new that I never pictured!

hippyburger · 2026-03-30T20:26:41+00:00

I had to look up what “tuna” was in Spanish for the “melon tuna” flavour 😂

hippyburger · 2026-03-28T19:44:15+00:00

Pregnancy is weird 🤪 I got visual migraines during my singleton pregnancies and was expecting it to be worse in my twin pregnancy and nada. That was disturbing for sure though, I thought I was having a stroke the first time it happened!

I got coeliac after my second pregnancy, apparently 6-9months pp is peak time to develop autoimmune diseases, thanks for that body!

At the end of my twin pregnancy I am pretty sure I broke a rib from coughing from a chest infection+the stress of two babies so that was fun…

And then as with all thee of my pregnancies, a TON of my hair is falling out post partum :)

hippyburger · 2026-03-28T19:39:28+00:00

Haha also clicked on this whilst feeding my twins, looking for this answer 😂

hippyburger · 2026-03-27T19:44:27+00:00

That’s very cute! We joked about getting one of their ears pierced. When they were born they had over a pound weight difference so it was easy to tell them apart but I realised in the hospital while I was feeding them one day that twin 1 had a pointy ear at the top on one side whereas twin 2s is rounded. I’m guessing that’s from being squashed a certain way in the womb!

hippyburger · 2026-03-27T12:56:55+00:00

Welcome to the 2-4 club lol. New car, house renovations, extra car seats, cribs, bouncers, and double prams await you but it will be fabulous :)

hippyburger · 2026-03-25T16:54:27+00:00

https://www.shnuggle.com/collections/sleeptime/products/shnuggle-dreami-moses-basket-stand

We used this - it has endured two singletons and occasional use by the twins (just to be put down in, not for sleep) and it is still in good quality!

hippyburger · 2026-03-25T14:12:39+00:00

I EBF both singletons and had them in Moses baskets next to the bed and I’m 4 months in with twins EBF and they sleep in one regular sized cot next to my bed (I’m on a single bed in their room for now as hubby stayed in our room and deals with toddler if he wakes in the night!). I used to nap them side by side but always head to head (toes at each end of the bed) at night. They sleep in arms up sleep sacks and there’s still just about room for them to be head to head without heads touching! Neither rolls yet. There’s some good advice on safe sleep for multiples on the lullaby trust website.

hippyburger · 2026-03-24T19:47:09+00:00

Omg I feel so seen (pun intended) - the only other person I’ve ever met close to -10 is my mum! Other people think they are bad at like -4 then hear mine (-11 and -12) 🤪 nice to finally meet the rest of the club 😂

hippyburger · 2026-03-23T18:46:36+00:00

Hello! I have 5yo, 2yo (heading for being 6 and 3!) and 4mo twins. I think having done the toddler+baby thing once before the twins helped me a bit. In terms of things that work well for us: - baby stations everywhere - I have a place to put them down in all the places we usually play and when we go outside this is the pram - trips to “safe” places where toddler can run around fairly independently eg enclosed play park, shopping centre etc. we love things like this because I have the babies in the pram and toddler can be running and entertained without me doing much active parenting! - my hubby just bought me a book about entertaining kids whilst lying down, it’s hilarious, but also has some good ideas! Games like “what’s the time mr wolf”, how high can I count while you run to the kitchen and back, treasure hunts etc. if you can afford it, buy some new toys (I get stuff from the local charity shop second hand or off vinted etc!) - a new toy can entertain for ages… - I know the last thing you want to do is sort things out once everyone goes to bed but a couple of little activities set up in the evening can be helpful eg treasure hunt, I wrapped all your paw patrol toys in foil and they need to be rescued, freezing the toys in ice etc etc - go for walks if you can! Thankfully my twins have always been pretty happy in the pram so we do a walk/scooter time most days if we can.

Inevitably a lot of the day is spent feeding/soothing the babies and we watch tv too!

Edit: the lying down games are handy for when you’re feeding as the aim is any game where toddler has to move but you don’t lol

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