sling question for parents of twins (x-posted)

hi all,

I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins
(both atthe same time)? The babies in question are 5-6 lbs each and
were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem. She asked me about wearing both
babies in one sling... anyone done this with tiny ones? I'd be
grateful for any input.

TIA

Hope


--
Riley 1993 c/s
Tara 2002 HBAC
proudly distributing Mayawrap Baby Slings Down Under
http://www.babyslings-australia.com

In misc.kids.breastfeeding Hope wrote:

I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins

were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem.

I love my Maya, but I can not imagine carrying two little ones in it.

My first was small, and my big problem with slings was how she'd
disappear into it. I was very grateful to find the Maya, and have
tried to recommend it at all opportunities. Thinking about two, I don't
vision a good way to arrange, but out of all slings, I think a Maya is
the best hope. The padding and other things that I found troubling
would be even more so with two.

If one is committed to wearing two babies, maybe two slings, or a sling
and a 'pack' carrier would be better?

JeninTX

I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins
(both atthe same time)? The babies in question are 5-6 lbs each and
were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem. She asked me about wearing both
babies in one sling... anyone done this with tiny ones? I'd be
grateful for any input.

again, this is not a comment about twins, but about small babies and any
type of carrier, they just vanish, same problem with the car seat, our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks, he was about 7lb before anything else was practical.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:24:17 +0000, Anne Rogers
wrote:


I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins
(both atthe same time)? The babies in question are 5-6 lbs each and
were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem. She asked me about wearing both
babies in one sling... anyone done this with tiny ones? I'd be
grateful for any input.

again, this is not a comment about twins, but about small babies and any
type of carrier, they just vanish, same problem with the car seat, our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks, he was about 7lb before anything else was practical.

Did you find that with the adjustable-type slings too, like the Maya?
I hoped that since you can adjust the depth as well as the height of
the 'rails' it might suit her. I haven't put a baby smaller than say
6.5 lbs into a Maya myself so I don't know first hand.

Hope

--
Riley 1993 c/s
Tara 2002 HBAC
proudly distributing Mayawrap Baby Slings Down Under
http://www.babyslings-australia.com

Hope wrote:
hi all,

I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins
(both atthe same time)? The babies in question are 5-6 lbs each and
were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem. She asked me about wearing both
babies in one sling... anyone done this with tiny ones? I'd be
grateful for any input.

I didn't have my Maya Wraps until they were little bit bigger but I do
know from the videos on the site that two small ones can be in one Wrap.
Mine were a little bigger when I used one Wrap and then when they got
even bigger I used two Wraps.

--
Brigitte aa #2145
edd #3 February 15, 2004
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/

"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."
~ Harriet Martineau

our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks,

Did you honestly get funny looks from people for CARRYING your baby? How
messed up is society that holding a baby is seen as unnatural.

Leslie

again, this is not a comment about twins, but about small babies and any
type of carrier, they just vanish, same problem with the car seat, our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks, he was about 7lb before anything else was practical.

Did you find that with the adjustable-type slings too, like the Maya?
I hoped that since you can adjust the depth as well as the height of
the 'rails' it might suit her. I haven't put a baby smaller than say
6.5 lbs into a Maya myself so I don't know first hand.

my sling was a homemade one similar to a Maya, it was possible to put him
in it but I never felt very secure doing it, it improved as he got a
little more muscle tone. It could have been my inexperience, we'll wait
and see if I have a small baby next time.

our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks,

Did you honestly get funny looks from people for CARRYING your baby? How
messed up is society that holding a baby is seen as unnatural.

yes, people acted as if we might drop him and therefore he would be safer
in a sling or carrier, or seat etc.

He was less the 6lb, so it was much easier for one of us to carry him if
we were shopping etc. this was when dh was on paternity leave.

Now it's usually just me so he goes in the buggy or sling, but if I have
to quickly nip in somewhere I still just carry him. I hardly ever see
people doing this, I would say 95% of babies are see are in buggies, 4.5%
in baby bjorns, 0.49% in other carriers, and me with a sling!

I have NEVER seen anyone with a sling since I had the baby, before one of
my friends who has now moved away used a sling with her now 2 year old,
but she stopped as soon as he was big enough for a back carrier.

Hope wrote in message . ..
hi all,

I have a question for those of you with twins or who may know: what
do you think is the best style sling/baby carrier for wearing twins
(both atthe same time)? The babies in question are 5-6 lbs each and
were premies. I don;t want to sell the lady a Maya if it's not a good
solution to this particular problem. She asked me about wearing both
babies in one sling... anyone done this with tiny ones? I'd be
grateful for any input.


As a mother of twins, there is no way I would put two babies, very
small babies, in a sling together. I don't think it would be safe. I
know other MOTs did use slings, but pretty much everyone I've heard
about used 2 slings. My twins had a combined birthweight of 10 lbs,
but by the time they were 2 months old, their combined weight was ~20
lbs. And by 6 months it was close to 30 lbs of wiggly babies. However,
due to prematurity and other issues, neither was able to sit
independantly, so it was just a big lump o'baby that would have been
absolute dead weight on one side of my body. Nope, not for this mom.

I used front carriers (one for twins) for a short time.

I'd check on alt.parenting.twins-triplets for a better response.

Marjorie

TIA

Hope

Leslie wrote:

our son
ended up geting carried in our arms a lot, which made us get quite a few
funny looks,


Did you honestly get funny looks from people for CARRYING your baby? How
messed up is society that holding a baby is seen as unnatural.

We've been on this topic before.
And yes, I also got/get funny looks and comments from people carrying my
DS, even (especially) if I was using a sling.
He was clearly "supposed" to be in a carseat carrier or a stroller.

Dawn