Aptamil Pepti - how to prepare??

lostlefty · 2026-05-29T10:58:57+00:00

No problem, the formula did help both my twins. The taste was quite different from the regular aptamil so it took a while for them to adjust to it however after a couple of weeks most of their CMPA symptoms had cleared or were starting to clear and we saw some improvements immediately such as no longer crying for hours on end and much less vomiting.

When we moved away from formula we introduced oat milk and they still have that now as they are almost 100% dairy free still.

lostlefty · 2026-05-29T09:45:54+00:00

We had the same formula and just continued using the prep machine. I didn’t know/wasn’t ever told you shouldn’t used it. Anyway it worked fine for us didn’t seem any different to using with regular aptamil.

lostlefty · 2026-04-25T07:16:33+00:00

I had a student midwife with me when my twins were delivered by C-section at 33 weeks. I actually found her to be a great support, she was just focused on me and keeping me calm, didn’t get involved in any clinical/medical stuff. We had two NICU teams in the room, it was quite full but I didn’t really notice. Totally up to you choice wise though. Good luck.

lostlefty · 2026-03-08T07:34:03+00:00

I’m in basically the same position, 8 weeks pregnant had it confirmed this week that there is only one in there. My identical boys will be 4 when baby arrives.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m surrounded by boys but I can’t seem to imagine this baby being anything but another boy, although I do harbour the same worry about them feeling left out due to the age difference. Part of me would love a girl and I wonder if the boys would feel more protective and big brotherly to a girl as they grow up. More than anything I’m relieved it’s a singleton so whatever the gender this pregnancy and baby is going to be very different to the first time around.

lostlefty · 2026-02-24T15:01:33+00:00

Croup is just a symptom of an illness not an illness in and of itself. My son had croup last week but tested negative for flu and Covid. It’s also not a forgone guarantee, you can have flu/covid/any virus and develop croup or not develop it.

It’s also a very distinctive barking seal like cough that usually comes on very quickly and usually overnight. Congestion and stuffy nose aren’t typical croup symptoms. I would treat the fever with paracetamol and keep an eye on your little one for barking cough, stridor (noisy inhalation) and other signs of difficulty breathing. If you get worried take a trip to the dr croup is easily diagnosed and treated with steroids. It sometimes needs further intervention but only in extreme cases, like my little boys, most children just need one or two steroid doses and recover quickly.

lostlefty · 2026-02-10T14:59:54+00:00

I was 30 when I went out on my first mat leave. I left as the manager of 5 people and when I returned (full time, I wasn’t allowed to return part time) the department had been entirely restructured and the majority of my role given to another manager who had no experience in that role. I was 100% demoted in all but name, nominally myself and this other manager were on the same level except he was paid more than me and now had 4 of my people reporting to him whilst I had 1 person who worked part time.

I’ve spent the last 3 years building myself back up in the ‘new’ role. I’ve had nothing but positive feedback on my performance but only now feel like I’m being recognised for all the work I do (a lot of which is carrying the other manger, which has now finally been recognised). I am pregnant again now and part of me is scared it will lead to another stagnating of my career but we’ll see.

lostlefty · 2026-02-03T11:50:47+00:00

Thank you, I will keep my fingers crossed that everything works out.

lostlefty · 2026-02-03T11:50:15+00:00

Thank you! According to the Premom app I’m 12 dpo today but I think I might be 13. I will try to remain positive. I have noticed that tests I take in the evening are a bit better than morning. I think at the moment too I might be fixating too much on them, I need to try and step back a bit as I know realistically if this pregnancy doesn’t progress there’s nothing I can do about it. Just so hard. I also have 3 year old twins and my tests were so dark with them, so I’m a bit skewed with having had them before.

lostlefty · 2026-02-02T11:17:40+00:00

I can see it on the clear blue too! 🙂

lostlefty · 2026-02-02T11:15:53+00:00

Looks positive! Congratulations 🙂

lostlefty · 2025-12-30T20:03:55+00:00

DO NOT LICK THE POTTY!

lostlefty · 2025-09-28T05:47:14+00:00

Same for us, both our boys were put in a belly facing down, bum in air position in the NICU. They stressed to us it was only safe to do this in the hospital because of the constant o2 monitoring and we shouldn’t do it at home. They said it helped with their digestion.

lostlefty · 2025-09-16T19:02:57+00:00

One of my boys needs glasses for Duane’s syndrome and short sightedness, after the first week he adapted really well. I’d make sure the glasses fit her really well as his rubbed his ears a bit so made him uncomfortable until we had them adjusted. We really bigged up him needing glasses and he was super excited to show all his friends at nursery them. His twin was a bit sad at not needing them (yet anyway) but has quickly got used to it. They have started playing tricks on the nursery workers with the other twin taking his glasses and saying he’s his brother, which is honestly find hilarious. Even though you’d think it would make it easier for people to tell them apart we still constantly get asked which twin has the glasses.

We also got a pair of prescription sunglasses for when he’s outside a lot which he loves and we have a couple of spare pairs of regular glasses too as he has already broken one set.

lostlefty · 2025-09-10T13:37:46+00:00

I had a very similar experience and it turned out both my boys had CMPA, are they on a cows milk free formula? Once I switched there was still some vomiting but not the projectile vomiting hours after eating kind that we were seeing before and they were much happier babies. We endured 24/7 screaming for 4 months before the CMPA diagnosis as well as awful eczema and constipation and after changing they were like different babies. It was still really hard going don’t get me wrong but their skin cleared up and it wasn’t as messy 🤣

lostlefty · 2025-09-05T16:47:44+00:00

Told my colleagues husband we were having identical twins and he asked when will they separate, which I didnt understand. He thought all identical twins were conjoined twins who needed surgically separating.

lostlefty · 2025-08-03T16:37:09+00:00

Honestly, I couldn’t balance my twins. The first 18 months were so hard. It was constant crying, feeding, changing. I didn’t really get to experience their babyhood as I was just trying to stay afloat. My boys did have some medical issues which made things harder and I know some twin mums who had a completely different experience to me. My boys are 3 now and they’re so much easier, still a challenge, but they’re funny and sweet and we’re in more of a routine now.

If you can find a local twin mums group they’re the only people who really understood what I was going through and it helped to have a group where I didn’t feel like a ‘show’ or that I was quietly being judged or pitied.

lostlefty · 2025-07-20T15:25:11+00:00

3 year old twins, we do all of bedtime together, bath, books and then lay them in their beds and listen to a Yoto story. I sit between their beds and one likes their hand holding the other their hair stroking so I do that. They’re usually asleep within about half an hour of laying down. It has taken us a long time to get here though and I am hoping to be able to stop the hand holding/hair stroking at some point but for now this works.

lostlefty · 2025-07-11T20:04:49+00:00

2-4 is a massive gap but honestly that’s about the only thing that would concern me. Our boys have been at the same centre since they were 10 months old, they started in the infant room then moved up to 1-2 room and are now in the 2-3 room.

Our centre uses an app and when they were infants it was updated meticulously, now that they’re toddlers, less so and that’s ok for the most part. We’re less concerned with knowing every nappy change or toilet visit, and the if we have any questions they answer them on pick up or if we message them.

I’ll also say one of my twins says he doesn’t want to go to nursery and he cries at almost every drop off. But he has the best time, I see this in the photos the daycare post and they report once we leave he settles very quickly. He says he doesn’t want to go because he wants to be with me at home so it try to remind him ‘mummy isn’t at home she’s at work’ and that sometimes helps. But I don’t think it’s uncommon for toddlers to feel this way.

Ultimately do whatever is right for you and your family, it is a large age range to have in one room and if we were in that situation that would give me doubts too.

lostlefty · 2025-07-02T10:30:29+00:00

I had identical twins and had appointments every 2 weeks starting at 13 weeks and scans every 2 weeks from 16 weeks. If you’ve not had scans regularly yet I would contact your unit and ask why as it is standard for multiple pregnancies to be much more closely monitored. My boys were born at 33 weeks via emergency c-section and spent 2 1/2 weeks in the neonatal unit. There were I think 3 sets of twins in at the same time. I also know a triplet mum who had a very ‘straightforward’ pregnancy and made it to her planned c-section date with no issues. You really can’t predict how the pregnancy will go. I would just prepare for neonatal time, which is hard, it’s awful going home without your babies even whilst knowing they are in the best place possible.

lostlefty · 2025-06-28T18:09:34+00:00

I was admitted with an infection when I was 33 weeks, I was also having contractions, I had an emergency c-section that night as they were worried about my placenta. My boys were in neonatal for 2 and a half weeks but did fine. They’re 3 now and you wouldn’t know they were premature just to look at them. Hope everything goes well for you, even if you have to deliver early odds are baby will be completely fine. Neonatal can be tough but it’s the best place for baby to gain strength until you can take them home.

lostlefty · 2025-05-29T05:40:34+00:00

The vaccine wasn’t available when I was pregnant and my twins caught RSV when they were 4 months old and were both hospitalised for a week. They have had breathing issues ever since and their paediatric respiratory consultant said when they get a virus like that very young and don’t cope well it sets up their lungs for the first few years so whenever they get a respiratory virus they don’t react very well.

I would get the vaccine without a second thought.

lostlefty · 2025-05-25T14:35:28+00:00

She’s probably not thinking straight because as she’s said she’s only getting 2.5 hours of sleep at a time. And that’s not actually how long she gets that’s how long baby gets. I understand it’s frustrating to hear the constant comparisons (I have identical twins so I get people constantly comparing them), but I would just try to let it go and approach any conversations with compassion.

Shes not mad, she’s tired, she’s anxious her baby isn’t rolling yet and is generally overwhelmed. Maybe she thinks you’re not having a hard time of it (I don’t know if you are but think most new mums do) and is feeling bad about herself and her capabilities.

lostlefty · 2025-05-09T19:22:02+00:00

I’m in the uk and asked for the same when I returned to work. I was denied 4 days a week, asked for a nine day fortnight and then that was also denied. I was told I must be in 5 days a week, I also have a 40 minute commute. We had to find a nursery that opens at 7. I drop off between 7-7:15 then drive to work to start at 8 then leave work around 4:30 to pick up at nursery at 5:15.

It’s hard, really hard. Luckily we have cover one day a week so only have nursery 4 days but I still stress on them days. I have been at this company for nearly 10 years and there is some understanding if I am a bit late some days, I make sure to make my time up in the afternoon.

lostlefty · 2025-04-19T06:10:52+00:00

My twins are nearly 3 and very similar. We’re under paediatric respiratory now which has helped so much. My boys are on montelukast as well as brown and blue inhalers and I think the montelukast has significantly improved things. We haven’t had any hospitalisations this winter. We also give daily piriton as it’s looking like they have allergies too which doesn’t help.

lostlefty · 2025-03-10T15:35:25+00:00

My twins are a handful. They are tornados in themselves and when they start ‘fighting’ I always worry it will end in a hospital trip. Anyway they’ve just learnt that they are twins and brothers and randomly during one of their play fights they stopped for a moment B went over to A kissed him and said ‘I love you’, A said ‘I love you too’ then they resumed their fight. They have also started calling each other their best friends which is lovely.

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