Tandem breastfeeding in public :/

shaket83

First off let me say that I consider myself to be a pretty shy person when it comes to my body. The issue that I am having is that my twin boys are 5 weeks old and I am starting to become restless staying at home all day. I would love to leave the house for an outing or two, but I am a little nervous about breastfeeding in public. The boys tandem feed so when its that time, I basically am completely topless to get them latched on and started.

Let me say that I am very proud of the fact that I actually able to BF my babies, but not so much about showing the girls off in public

I do have a cover, but it doesn't cover ENOUGH when they are both on and each of them feeds for 30 min a piece so I would really like to avoid feeding them one at a time. 

Any suggestions you have for how you fed your kids in public while still being a little private about the boobs would be greatly appreciated!!  

 

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At that age I had the same problem. There were two things i did - go out between feedings (have everything ready to go and then run out of the house as soon as they finish, it wasn't long but just an hour out was great). Or I went places that were more private. For example, I went to la leche league meetings and to post natal yoga, both places where there were only other moms with babies and it wasn't so weird to tandem feed. Another option would be a mall with a nursing room. Or nurse them in the car.Good luck! After about 4 months when they started being faster and I could feed them one at a time I started going more places.Congrats on the breastfeeding!!

Solafide

I tandem fed mine from birth until about 2.5 months of age.  I had the same issue as you so when we were in public I just nursed them one at a time.  Hang in there!  It gets much easier!  My boys are 7 months and we're still nursing!

trish3905

I always got out of the house in between nursings, because I could never figure this one out.  I would get everything ready to go before starting nursing, so that we could leave as soon as they were done.  It was hard in the beginning with their growth spurts, but once they were on a regular 3-hour nursing interval, it was more manageable to get out of the house and back before anyone got hungry.

schoolsoutbride

I always fed one at a time when in public, but mine didn't eat that long.  Could you use two covers (kind of one over one baby?)

Maybe you could pump one side before you go and give a bottle to one while BFing the other. 

jalaiaa

All of this. If DH or someone else would be with me I would usually take a bottle of pumped milk and nurse one and have them bottle feed the other. Or just nurse one at a time. At home I pretty much only nursed tandem but there was too much involved in doing so in public. 

ColleenS629

Dressing room?

I tandem feed for every feeding at home but in public I feed one at a time. 

shaket83

Thanks so much for the advice ladies I'm going to try some of that stuff today!!! I need to get out of the house. UGH 

~Lynchie~

I tandem feed my boys, and once they were both over 7lbs I figured out a way to feed them both under a cover with no pillow, basically I put on leg up (like I was sitting half cross legged) latched one baby on that boob propped in my leg, and then put the other baby on the other boob and used my arm to prop him up, the second baby was always sitting on the first baby's lap.  Maybe give it a try a few times before attempting in public, they are just now finally too big to not be able to do it that way, so I just give them bottles out in public now.  Good luck, and congrats on bfing!

ChristinaD09

Dressing rooms!!  They were a lifesaver for me with my singleton pregnancy, and I guarantee they'll be a HUGE lifesafer for me now with a toddler and twins!  No one cares that you're using the dressing room just to nurse.  I never once had an issue with it--just go tell the woman at the dressing room check in that you need some privacy for the baby.  I can't even tell you the number of times I nursed my son in Target's dressing room.

You do not want to nurse in a public restroom, or in a car either if you're a very private person (people can still see you in the car so you still have to cover up, and I so often would try to park a long way away from the store, and inevitably someone would pull in right next to me so I'd have to hurry and cover up).