Tips needed: spoon feeding twins!

java1982 · July 2014

My twins are almost 7 months old (6 months adjusted) and we have been slowly integrating baby food into their daily routines. We were told after their routine check-up recently to move from one "meal" to two meals a day (on top of BM). I am a teacher and now home on summer vacation. My husband and I were sharing the responsibility of the twins' feedings prior to school being out and each feeding one baby at the same time. However now that I am home with them all day, it is just me doing their afternoon feeding by myself. I am having a really difficult time spoon feeding both of them at the same time. They are both hungry and get frustrated when I turn to feed the other twin. One baby eats slower than the other and I am afraid that if I use the same bowl, the baby that eats faster will end up eating more than his brother. As a result, I have each baby's food in separate containers and rotate between the two in order to make sure that they are both receiving the same amount. I felt so defeated this morning after an epic fail of a feeding and both boys seemed to look at me and be saying, "Really mom? Get it together." Help! What has worked for other MoMs to make feedings easier and less stressful?

24karat · July 2014

sing4mysavior said:
Our shared a bowl and spoon and I just scooped an equal amount and fed them in turns? Baby a bite, baby b bite, baby a bite, baby b bite. If they get grumpy so be it....they will learn to wait.

I hope it gets easier for you! (Maybe adjust that feeding to be 15 minutes earlier so they aren't as hungry/frustrated maybe??)

This is us too.

megs2011 · July 2014

What the other ladies have said. Mine feed themselves now but we did 1 bowl, 1 spoon. If I needed more food, id get more food.

Ylvelill · July 2014

Maybe add some finger foods for them to nibble on/ play with while they wait?

carrotcake06 · July 2014

We started w two bowls and two spoons. Feed one bite to one and one bite to the other. If they scream, they scream. They'll get over it.

We also intro'd finger foods around the same time and ended up transitioning over to all finger food by 9mo or so. I still spoon feed them yogurt or applesauce or whatnot, but going the BLW route was helpful for the frustration factor all around.

I do one bowl, two spoons now when I do spoon feed (which isn't often). Sometimes three spoons bc someone has to hold one himself.

jocie2581 · July 2014

We use a baby feeder. So I fill and refill and they eat at their own pace.

You could also but an extra spoon in front of both of them with a little food and let them play with it.

karah4816 · July 2014

Mine are about a month older than yours. I do what most of the pp do, one bowl one spoon alternating. Sometimes they scream, but that's been getting better especially since I started putting some finger foods in front of them.

java1982 · July 2014

Thanks for all the suggestions, ladies! This afternoon went so much better than the past few days! I kept it one bowl, one spoon and one twin actually found the washcloth that I keep handy and was playing with that. Thank you washcloth! Hopefully it continues that way. Thanks again!

JodiAriel · July 2014

The idea of spoon feeding them gave me so much anxiety we just went with BLW. It was a wonderful choice. My kids are excellent eaters because they were introduced to foods and textures at the same time. We supplemented and still do with food pouches for snacks and meals on the go but always introduced the food in its whole form first before introducing it as a puree.

CNYBride05 · July 2014

I just feed them bite for bite. Sometimes someone gets an extra bite here or there, but I don't lose much sleep over it. They'll eat what they want :-) Don't stress mama!

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