Any MoMs NIP?

anyalee

If you did, how did you do it?  One after the other?  I tandem nurse and hate having to give LOs bottles when we go out just because I'm scared to try NIP.  I just don't know how I'd hold them both without the My Brest Friend.  And I'm too nervous that if I feed them seperately one will be screaming cause they are so used to eating at the same time.  Any tips?

jalaiaa

In public I generally do one at a time while DH holds the other one. If I am by myself, I nurse as soon as the first one acts hungry to avoid the other screaming child. On occasion, I have set up and tandem nursed them both in my car, but not ideal. I don't do it a lot anymore because they play with and try to bat off the hooter hider. So I try to find a little bit of a secluded area nowadays.

BeccaLandes

I do just nurse one and then the other.  Generally they are good about waiting, I give the one who isn't eating a toy, or we are out with a friend/family and they can be held and entertained as a distraction.  I have not tandem nursed in public-- and we don't tandem nurse at home anymore because they are too active and roll away and hit each other!

jennie13

I only bring the babies to other people's homes, where I can nurse one at a time while someone else holds the other baby and my toddler can entertain herself, or I time my outings to be home when they need to eat.   I sometimes feed them one at a time at home because they fight tandem bfing sometimes, and if I'm alone, the 2nd one has to cry a bit if she won't eat with her sister.

 I don't take the twins in public too often, because they still scream a lot.  They are 4 months old and getting better, but still loose cannons.   I have a siiter for a few hours a week so can get out with just my toddler.

babybash

I do one at a time. Usually if I know I am going to have to feed I make sure that I have someone with me otherwise I try to time it so I leave right after feeding and then get home in time to feed again.  I have never tried to tandem nurse in public.

sunnybrook.

jalaiaa:

In public I generally do one at a time while DH holds the other one. If I am by myself, I nurse as soon as the first one acts hungry to avoid the other screaming child. On occasion, I have set up and tandem nursed them both in my car, but not ideal. I don't do it a lot anymore because they play with and try to bat off the hooter hider. So I try to find a little bit of a secluded area nowadays.

Exactly this. I did once tandem nurse sitting on a blanket on the floor of a dressing room. MoMs are constantly having to improvise

kaitley44

I never go out in public on my own. I nurse one at a time while the other is being held and distracted. I occationally tandem in the car between stops. Whenever we go out we have many stops. Now that they are older, they can make it much longer between nursing. They were nursing every 1.5-2 hrs, but now they are on a 2-3 hr schedule, so it makes it easier. All I need is a place to sit, and I am set.