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MADforever2009
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What do your LOs share?
MADforever2009
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i feel silly but im gonna ask cause im a first time mom.
Do they share pacis? if you EP and one doesnt finish and the other wants more, will you dump leftover milk into the other bottle? (is that taboo?)
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Re: What do your LOs share?
In the beginning we kept their pacis separate except in case of "emergencies" when only the other kid's was handy, but that became impossible once they were mobile so they pretty much shared after that.
I don't think they ever shared milk/bottles, but they share sippies now because it's another thing that I can't really stop from happening.
I'm not really a germaphobe at all, so they share just about anything they want to at this point.
I usually try not to have them share bottles/pacis. However, in the case of BM, if one didn't finish, and the other will take, I'll just give him the other bottle. I won't even switch nipples. As for pacis, there has been times I'm driving and can't find the crying baby's paci in his seat, but grab the other's to give to crier.
I asked pedi, and she said it isn't ideal b/c one may have germs the other didn't get, but at the end of the day, they are together all day long (sleep in same crib, hang out in PNP, etc). If one gets sick I'm sure the other will eventually.
Basically, I don't make it a habit, but am not against it.
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When they were bottle fed, H had to drink Nutramigen and M had regular formula, so sharing bottles wasn't even an option for us. ANd H has never wanted a paci so that wasn't an issue either.
Now though, everything. Sippies when they decide they want to trade, etc. I try my best to feed them from a different spoon and bowl when having something like yogurt because I feel like it's just common courtesy (silly, I know).
They share everything. Too much of a hassle to try to keep things seperate, especially during those middle of the night feedings when they were little.
Everything including germs.
They have their "own" cribs and I try to keep the pacis and bottles separate. But if H doesn't finish his bottle and A is still hungry, I don't think twice about offering it to him. Oh and BM, I would never ever waste a drop of that!
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LOL, this for us too!
LOL too funny. Yup we share everything including the germs. My girls steal each others paci's out of each others mouths for heavens sake!
LOL.
This goes for my twins as well. I tried at the beginning to keep soothers separate. I think it lasted all of a day. They share everything.
We're pretty heavily color-coded around here. Baby Girl's bouncy and car seat are pink, and Baby Boy's are blue. Doesn't mean they don't get put in the other's bouncy seat occasionally. Swaddle blankets are shared, as are ultimate crib sheets (I'm not going to keep track of which one goes on which bed), some white socks, white onesies and other neutral items.
I try my hardest to keep things that go in their mouths separate. Each has a paci color and I'm pretty vigilant about having one for both of them in the room at all times. As for bottles, if one doesn't finish and the other wants more, I'll just switch out the nipples. I have white hand towels that have ribbon trim that I use for burp cloths and I try to keep them separate, too, if they get used for more than one feeding, but if someone's spitting up, and the other's towel is handy, it's going to get used.
It's important to note that I am a huge germaphobe so I am probably not normal.