Newborn 0-3 Months

Pump Pump Pump it Up!

Tips for Increasing Milk Output When You're Pumping Away From Your Twins

Allie Walld 3 months ago

There are many ways to feed your newborn twins. Some people strive to exclusively breastfeed their twins; others aren't able to or simply choose not to—for many reasons, and they will have put much thought into this decision. Or, it may have been entirely out of their hands. Perhaps their preemies were born early and weren't able to feed that way. Or maybe they needed to spend time...

Wish Granted

A Checklist of Everything You Need for Your Diaper Genie

Allie Walld 3 months ago

If you're a first-time parent or if it's been a while since you last had a newborn (or two), it can be hard to know where to begin and what all you need to get through those early days with your wee ones. One of the biggest things to tackle with any brand-new baby is diaper duty. Or in the case of you and your twins, dual diaper duty. Beyond your diaper of choice, your favorite brand...

Support in All the Right Places

Why This Tandem Nursing Pillow Gets Double the Love

Allie Walld 3 months ago

This week wrapped up another World Breastfeeding Week, which is held during the first week of August every year. Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, the theme for 2024 was Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All. One of the most effective ways to ensure the health of your newborns is to breastfeed...

Talk About Hair-Raising...

How to Bring Your Postpartum Hair Back From the Brink

Allie Walld 3 months ago

August is National Hair Loss Awareness Month. While that may be news to you, most new mothers are acutely aware of the fact that they're losing hair at a dreadfully alarming rate. Most women will experience postpartum hair loss at the end of "the fourth trimester," around that three-month postpartum mark, and this tumultuous time for your tresses can last up to six months. And while...

Look at the Time

Finding Time to Bond with Your Twins When Everything Takes Twice as Long

Allie Walld 4 months ago

Any parent knows all too well that time goes by so quickly. The early days with your newborn twins are filled with so many time-consuming, but necessary tasks. Washing and folding endless loads of laundry. Sterilizing a steady cycle of bottles and pump parts. Taking care of twice as many diaper changes. Feeding twice as many mouths. Cutting twice as many nails. Cleaning twice as...

Fur Baby...Meet Human Baby

Five Tips for Introducing Your Pets to Your Newborn Twin Babies

Allie Walld 4 months ago

The months leading up to the arrival of your twins are filled with plenty of planning and, if you're me, several checklists of things that should be done to ideally promote smooth sailing in what we were expecting to be an exciting yet chaotic time filled with family firsts on a steep learning curve. One of the things on the Must Do list was preparing the four-legged members of our...

Hulkin’ It

How to Safely Load & Unload Your Newborn Twins Into & Out of the Car Alone

Allie Walld 4 months ago

Having twins is magical and wonderful. You get to have double the fun and double the love. You also get double the work and twice as many challenges. Challenges that actually make you stop in your tracks and think because you have to run through the scenario in your mind first to make sure you know how to proceed safely. It sounds weird, but it's true. The last thing you want is to be...

Who's Hungry?

The Best Positions for Dual Feeds With Your Twins

Allie Walld 4 months ago

If you're about to welcome twins into your family, you're likely making sure your home is set up and ready to go as you embark on your journey to survive the newborn stage with multiples. You may also be wondering about the logistics of feeding sessions with two little babies. This could look different depending on how you're planning to feed your children. Will they be exclusively...

Dinner's Ready

Mealtime Melee: Table for Two vs. Graco Table2Table

Allie Walld 4 months ago

In the early days, it can be hard figuring out the logistics of feeding both of your babies simultaneously. If each parent is available to take on a baby, you're laughing. But when you're flying solo and have to manage dual feedings for two babies who are hungry at the exact same time, it can be tricky. You can only move so fast, and your little ones both want to be fed first–and they...

No More Daggers

How to Cut Your Baby's Nails Without Having a Heart Attack

Allie Walld 5 months ago

There are few things more daunting than having to cut your baby's nails. The sheer idea of having to trim those sharp, little talonesque daggers (seriously, how do they get so sharp?) is more unnerving than the unexpected sound of nails on a chalkboard, which your toddlers could surely do if they had the dexterity, the know-how, and the supplies needed because their nails grow so darn...