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How do you bottle feed 2 at once?

I have twin boys, 4 months old, and I still have trouble feeding them at the same time.  I have the bebe bottle sling and it worked great... until my DS found his hands and now likes to play with it and push the bottle out of his mouth over and over again.  My other DS won't even take the bottle if it is in the sling.  So, I am constantly stopping one baby to put the bottle back in the mouth of the other.  There has to be a better way!!  Do you know it?  

Thanks! 

Re: How do you bottle feed 2 at once?

  • I laid them in their boppy pillows on the floor and sat on the floor in front of them holding a bottle in each of their mouths, or else I sat on the couch, one in a boppy on my lap, one in a boppy to my side.
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  • Ours are 4 months also.  I put them in their boppy seats on either side of me on the sofa. I prop up the bottle for one when I burp the other.  I have also done it with both in their bouncy seats and I sit between them on the floor.
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  • i put them in their bouncy seats on the floor on either side of me, and rest my back against the couch.  i often have to stop feeding one to wipe up spit up on the other, or burp one, but sometimes i can go a decent stretch with them both eating simultaneously.  :)

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  • I always put one on my lap and one in a boppy next to me.  It worked great.
  • imageKoCoLoCo:
    I laid them in their boppy pillows on the floor and sat on the floor in front of them holding a bottle in each of their mouths, or else I sat on the couch, one in a boppy on my lap, one in a boppy to my side.

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  • imageBelleBaby:
    I always put one on my lap and one in a boppy next to me.  It worked great.

    I did this. I would alternate who was in my lap at each feeding that way I felt like I got a one-on-one bond a little bit during a feeding.

  • We used Boppys when they were little, bouncy seats by the time they were your LOs' age. We always held the bottles ourselves until they were about 7-8m and started holding them themselves (which was WONDERFUL! :))
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  • imagekimarino13:
    i put them in their bouncy seats on the floor on either side of me, and rest my back against the couch.  i often have to stop feeding one to wipe up spit up on the other, or burp one, but sometimes i can go a decent stretch with them both eating simultaneously.  :)

    This! My twins are pretty good at burping themselves now, so I don't have to do that anymore until they are both done eating.

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