twins born at 36 wks-ish.... how did feeding go?

MaygenDL0ve

hi ladies! sitting here tandem breast feedin my twin boys woo woooo!  

curious to hear how everyone handled feeding their twins.  i'm supplementing w/ formula right now b/c they want them to fatten up and get bigger/stronger, but i hope to ween them off formula eventually.  so for now, it's 30-ish mins on breast, and about an ounce after from the bottle (sometimes formula, sometimes pumped Bmilk, depending on my supply).   

mamam

In the hospital I pumped to get my milk going. We supplemented (i.e. sticking a syringe while they were latching and sucking the colostrum). Once my milk came in I stopped supplementing since I had ample supply to keep them happy. I still don't do tandem because they are on different schedules (one eats smaller amts more often).

BeccaLandes

My milk didn't come in for about 4 days or so, so they were formula-fed from bottles for a while, and I pumped every 3 hours to get my milk going.  They started breast-feeding after my milk came in, but I would breastfeed one baby per feeding, and then pump, and the other baby would get pumped breastmilk. We did start tandem feedings around 2 months (I am SO impressed you are able to do it already!), and now we no longer do tandem feeds because they are too wiggly and distractable and don't eat well when they are together!  

I stopped supplementing with formula around 6 weeks and have exclusively fed breast milk ever since.  I pump once a day now to get milk to put in their oatmeal and for them to have bottles when I'm out. 

cauli001

supplemented once in the hospital.  I was able to tandem in the hospital but then my little boy just wouldn't latch and fussed so much.  I would BF my DD and pump for DS.  I never slept because I pumped after every feeding, but I had enough supply to not have to supplement at all for the first two months.  Pumping was good too b.c my DH could feed one baby at night while I fed the other.

amanda31H

MaygenDL0ve:

hi ladies! sitting here tandem breast feedin my twin boys woo woooo!  

curious to hear how everyone handled feeding their twins.  i'm supplementing w/ formula right now b/c they want them to fatten up and get bigger/stronger, but i hope to ween them off formula eventually.  so for now, it's 30-ish mins on breast, and about an ounce after from the bottle (sometimes formula, sometimes pumped Bmilk, depending on my supply).   

That's exactly where I was at - although I couldn't tandem feed until 5 weeks- I am also very impressed by you! 

I was never able to completely wean them off the formula supplement completely- although I know others have, so don't get discouraged.  Eventually, I was able to limit the formula supplement to 3 feedings a day so I wasn't always having to give them a bottle after I nursed.  At around 6 weeks weeks we were doing 8 oz per baby per day of formulat got down to 6 oz around week 10, but then had to go back up to 8 oz around week 14. 

Now I'm weaning the girls and will only be FF, so my ounces won't mean anything to you.

Keep it up girl!  You're doing great!

MaygenDL0ve

Thank you!!    It's great hearing how you guys are doing.