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Twins Sleeping in your Room - changing logistics?
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I would like to have the twins in my room for the first 6 months or so. I just can't wrap my head around the diaper change portion of the program. If you had the babies in your room, where did you change them? In your room? In their room? If you moved them, do you bring them both into the next room at the same time? Did you have to change them most of the times they wake up at night? Any advice or tips would be great!
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Re: Twins Sleeping in your Room - changing logistics?
I always change them before I feed them, although everyone once and a while I end up having to change them twice. At night I use awaterproof pad lay it down and change them on my bed while pumping then I feed them and put them back down to sleep. When they first got home I kept extra blankets, onesis , diapers, etc in my nightstand that way I had everything I would need for the night for me it was all about survival mode, and what made it more convieint for me in the first few weeks.
We've had a mobile changing station from day one.
We put the changing pad on a big oversized ottoman with all of the stuff (diapers, wipes, butt paste, etc). That stayed in the living room for about the first six months. Once the babies became mobile, we got rid of the ottoman and but kept the changing pad/accessories downstairs in the master bedroom on an old coffee table.
Now that the kids are older (just turned 2), we just change them on the changing pad on the floor.
We purchased a really nice dresser to put a changing pad on and only ever changed them up there a dozen or so times in the last 2 years.
We still have the boys in our room, and I plan on keeping them there until they STTN or outgrow the bassinets. We change them on the foot of our bed, with a big crib mattress pad underneath to catch any leaks. Both of our bassinets have storage space underneath, so we just keep a supply of diapers, wipes, nighties, etc down there. We also do their baths in our bathtub b/c it's a little bigger and easier to maneuver.
For daytime we have a changing station setup in our family room. With 3 kids in diapers, I'd be climbing the stairs all day long otherwise. I'd suggest setting up some sort of station on every floor of your house, it will save you so much hassle!