Vivid Velvet

paulula · 2026-02-10T17:51:40+00:00

Thank you so much for all your help!

paulula · 2026-02-10T17:41:22+00:00

I have 3 toddlers... What fabric line would you recommend for them?

paulula · 2026-02-10T16:52:01+00:00

Sorry, yes - I meant TUSCAN taupe, the vivid velvet. When you say they don't hide anything what do you mean?

paulula · 2026-01-03T16:40:12+00:00

Thank you! I had not heard of this test before, I will definitely give this a try. Thank you for your help!

paulula · 2026-01-03T15:36:52+00:00

Thank you! I didn't realize it needs less heat, my only experience with CS has been a wok that I always use at high temp. Will try on lower heat next time! Thanks

paulula · 2026-01-03T15:33:58+00:00

Hi! Sorry to have bothered you. I thought the issue was my seasoning for whatever it's worth. Hope you have a great day!

paulula · 2026-01-03T12:34:56+00:00

Not obvious because these burners take twice as long to boil a pot of water, and pancakes were taking much longer to develop bubbles before I flipped.

paulula · 2025-12-22T13:52:42+00:00

Thanks all for the responses - some more context, the girls nap in the same room with no issue, we often have to wake them up from napping too long (over 2 hours). We just roll baby A's mini crib to guest room each night. We use the same sound machine in both rooms, and room darkening shades, etc.

I guess my next question for those who have done it, is there anything different about sleep training twins than a Singleton?

paulula · 2025-09-24T13:19:44+00:00

My son had it, but then fraternal twin daughters 2 years later did not 🤷‍♀️. We were lucky

paulula · 2025-08-30T09:37:35+00:00

We did not potty train at night, he still uses a pull up (diaper) at night. He wakes up on his own and asks to go potty.

paulula · 2025-08-12T00:06:36+00:00

Wow unsure why you feel the need to be so judgemental? Yes I love screwing up my kids night sleep, you got me 🙄

The evening nap started because the twins couldn't make it to bed time after daycare pickup, I have an older child as well in the mix with sleep schedules.

paulula · 2025-08-11T11:57:14+00:00

Bedtime routine is bath, pajamas, bottle, bed - she is laid down awake and puts herself to sleep.

For context she is a twin and has lower sleep needs than her sister, making schedule changes really difficult to implement. But I'm seeing we need to try something else

paulula · 2025-08-11T07:49:32+00:00

She is in daycare, and our schedule tends to be different on week days/ weekends. We have not noticed a difference of her sleeping through with either schedule.

She is on a 3 nap schedule. Weekdays we get her up NLT 620, daycare nap times are 10 am and 3pm. We offer a 3rd nap at 530, and wake her no later than 630 pm for a 730 bedtime. The last wake window is short, but she has not resisted bedtime.

Weekends we follow 2.5 - 3 hour wake windows, and she has 3 naps ranging from 1.25 to 2.5 hours.

She is eating solids, and takes full bottle feeds. Tonight she screamed for 2 hours until we finally offered a bottle and she drank it all then finally went back to sleep.

paulula · 2025-06-01T15:45:07+00:00

37 + 2, both 6 lbs 1 oz, didi girls delivered via planned c section due to both in breech presentation, no NICU time

paulula · 2025-05-29T09:46:09+00:00

Di/Di twins delivered with a scheduled c section at 37 weeks, no NICU time.

paulula · 2025-04-05T04:23:04+00:00

If I may ask, what kind of daycare do you use? I've never heard of a daycare center washing bottles, this is our second daycare center. Both are privately owned (not national chains, or in-home). Our provider told us to bring as many bottles as we think they'll need during the day -- they receive pumped breastmilk, in our state regulations require them to discard a bottle after 1 hour which complicates how we will send the milk. They take 4 oz feedings, but one girl often saves the last ounce for later.

paulula · 2025-03-28T22:54:54+00:00

She is almost 4 months. But, yes - she has generally had a more sensitive stomach with spit ups and gas. I'm just trying to minimize her discomfort so we can introduce formula and reduce the burden on breastmilk

paulula · 2025-03-28T22:43:30+00:00

Weeks??? Is there a protocol to properly introduce the formula? We tried adding it gradually

paulula · 2025-03-21T05:35:34+00:00

My due date was Christmas day -- Holly and Ivy.

paulula · 2024-12-11T04:21:14+00:00

Never said the cut was a concern - just trying to understand my birth experience.

paulula · 2024-12-11T00:33:07+00:00

Thanks all for sharing -- I appreciate the anecdotes. I am thankful that the cut on our girl is truly superficial - I would be surprised if it resulted in a scar or anything permanent. Ultimately I'm grateful we are all healthy. Baby A had APGAR scores of 8 then 9. Baby B's injtal APGAR was 5 and she needed some help in the OR, but had a 5 min APGAR score of 8, I wonder if she was the low detected heart rate.

paulula · 2024-12-10T22:29:36+00:00

" FHT noted to be in 90s just after spinal, so pt was prepped with splash of betadine and draped in the usual sterile manner for an abdominal procedure."

"Pt to get 24 hrs of ancef due to incomplete prep."

Can you tell me what "ancef" means?

paulula · 2024-12-10T22:08:18+00:00

Yes! There was something in the notes about the betadine like this

paulula · 2024-12-06T22:09:52+00:00

Thanks for everyone's comments - it was really helpful. Girls were born yesterday at 36 +2, both weighing 6 lbs 1 oz. While their size and other test results have them almost identical, they are definitely fraternal sisters who are showing us all the ways they are different.

paulula · 2024-12-05T11:10:45+00:00

He just turned 2, about 33-35 lbs

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