Feed both babies at the same time????

AJC&Maggie · June 2014

During the day I am bottle feeding the babies one after the other and it works well. During the middle of the night it can take me 2 hours to do this routine! At night I feed who ever wakes first, then I feed the next. Between burping, changing and putting back to sleep it takes 2 hours!!
Is there a way to bottle feed both at the same time?

AJC&Maggie · June 2014

They are 3 weeks old

KatieGummow · June 2014

Sometimes I put them in the twin z pillow and feed them both, it's faster but not easier.

anakah · June 2014

I would feed the twins in their bouncy chairs whenever I had to feed both of them at the same time. They didn't need to be burped till they were done with their bottles though, so I'm not sure how that would work out if they need to be burped every so often.

Good luck!

jeephappygirl · June 2014

I used to put two boppies on the bed & feed them both at the same time. Burping wasn't necessary at night for my girl. They would often drift off to sleep. I only changed them if they were really wet or had pooped.

zazu13 · June 2014

I had this problem up until about 8 weeks. I totally sympathize. I was also pumping in addition to 2 hrs of bottle feeding. Every. Three. Hours. I hope you have help!! I tried propping bottles, holding both in my lap, boppy pillows, RnP; nothing really worked as well as a second pair of hands. Due to how slow they were and the spit up and suck/swallow/breathe issues it wasnt possible to do it any faster when they were tiny. I always fed one after the other unless they were both having a meltdown. Doing both ended in a fiasco usually with all 3 of us covered in spit up. Now they are bigger (15w) and can fit in a boppy and dont need constant burping the boppy pillows are working wonders. I prop bottles occasionally and can hold one in my lap while sitting cross legged on the floor while the other is in a boppy. It was hard in the beginning but Feeding both now is nbd. Hang in there!

jezebel57 · June 2014

Ugh- I did the same thing and it would take an hour and a half, then I would get am hours sleep in between feeds. I didn't figure out how to feed both at same time until later but I put them
In bouncy seats now and do it. I am sorry- it gets easier mama!

rcnavywife · June 2014

I can relate as well. The early weeks are so hard. My DH is on leave and gets up for feeds too. I tried feeding two at once in the beginning but it ended up taking the same amount of time, just less crying if all babies were hungry at the same time. It's getting better now. We generally feed one after another, and I pump. Got it down to about an hour. During the day I sometimes feed two at once in their bouncy chairs.

carrotcake06 · June 2014

We used bouncers to tandem bottle feed. You could also use RNPs MOTN, I would guess.

gault530 · June 2014

When mine were that little, I sat on the couch with a boppy around me, then put one on each side and fed them at the same time. As they got older, I transitioned to using a boppy for each baby and sat on the floor.

PGwithNo3 · June 2014

I used Podee's to help with this when they were older. But when they are this small, use bouncy chairs or 2 boppy pillows and sit in the middle to feed both at the same time.

AJC&Maggie · June 2014

Great ideas, thank you!
I tried the bouncy seats today and failed miserably with all of us covered in spit up! Perhaps in a few more weeks I will try again!!

MDMom2512 · June 2014

Around 8 weeks (5 adjusted) it started to work much better for us to tandem bottle feed. I still nurse in the MTTN but use one rock and play and one bouncy chair during the day. I tried around 3 weeks and it was a mess like you described!

whitehousem · June 2014

I think around 5/6 weeks I started feeding them at the same time on a regular basis. Two options I use: a boppy on each side of me on the couch with their feet toward me. Or I put my knees up and feed one propped up on my thighs and the other in the boppy next to me. I stopped changing them in MOTN unless they poop. I dont even unswaddle them from their sleep sacks. I keep them all wrapped up. I'm awake about thirty min.

BeesKnees181 · June 2014

I use two boppies sometimes. My most comfortable/go-to position - I put my feet up on the ottoman with one on my thighs and use pillows on the couch to prop the other twin up next to me and bottle feed both. Burping in between is challenging but doable. Good luck!

CaliCarly77 · June 2014

I could never do it, usually it ended up taking just as long since it ended up in a mess and tears for everyone, but I will agree with others, it gets a lot easier. At almost 6 months, I can change and feed them both in about 30 minutes, and its about 15 minutes with a second set of hands.

Wishing35 · June 2014

When they where little we did double feeding in the twin z pillow. It took getting used to but it's way faster then feeding one at a time . My DH sometimes fed them both in the rock and plays but I found that awkward.

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