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Managing with Multiples

Top Five Tips when Caring for Two or More

1. If you plan to breastfeed both babies, feeding them at the same time makes life easier for all concerned. Investing in a special twin nursing pillow allows you to alter positions, such as switching from a cradle to a football hold.

2.  Establish a bedtime routine (warm bath, gentle back rubs, quiet lullabies) and try to get your twins or multiples on the same sleep schedule.

3. Twins can safely sleep together in the same crib until they're three months old.

4.  When you have to move your babies to separate cribs, make sure they can still see each other.

5. If one baby wakes up and cries to be fed, wake the other(s) too so you won't have to get up as often in the night.

Meet our expert:

Melissa Stanton is the mother of a boy and twin girls and author of The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide: Field-tested strategies for staying smart, sane, and connected while caring for your kids (Seal Press/Perseus Books). Visit her at reallifesupportformomsblog.com.