https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 17:38:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hospital-gift-for-twins-gender-unknown#post-2926934 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:57:06 +0000 oldschooolmama 2926934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for food. A gift certificate for dinner, having dinner delivered when they are in hospital, or even a basket of snacks to place on their porch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hospital-gift-for-twins-gender-unknown#post-2926928 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:35:05 +0000 erinbaderin 2926928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend of mine just had a baby and she said that the best thing she got was a fancy sandwich tray from a friend delivered to her house. She said it’s been amazing to be able to just grab something at any time of day or night with no effort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801540 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:14:53 +0000 ElbieKay 2801540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I imagine that it would only matter if you are regularly traveling with only one of the babies and don't have flexibility over where to click him/her in.</p> <p>If you will mostly be traveling with both, then I don't think it's that hard to click the relevant seat into the relevant base. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801539 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:57:46 +0000 gotkimchi 2801539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: the new one is super heavy and it’s hard to install because the straps on the base are different. My sister and I had babies at the same time and I have the old one and she has the new one and we were always commenting on how terrible it was. That couple with the fact that no one will ever keep using it until 35lb. It was just so frustrating to use </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801527 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:48:16 +0000 LaughLines 2801527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Colee: both types Britax's will fit in my stroller without an adapter, but they have different bases for the car. I have a van so I just don't want to have to be going to the other side of the car to get the right seat into the right side of the car</p> <p>Though, I did baby carry a ton with my daughter, I would take her out of her car seat and into the carrier instead of carrying the car seat inside. I can do that with one twin and bring the other in the seat... </p> <p>It's so hard to predict how things will be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801520 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:57:16 +0000 Colee 2801520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And I would’ve bought the two lightest car seats on the market! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801519 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:56:08 +0000 Colee 2801519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in the same situation and ended up with two different car seats. It wasn’t the end of the world, but it was kind of a pain. It wasn’t just an issue with getting the car seats in the right bases in the car, it was also the stroller. One seat needed a different adapter than the other one. I used my stroller daily and didn’t want one baby always in the back or front of the stroller, so I was always moving the adapters around. Like I said, not the end of the word but just another thing to deal with while your dealing with two babies. Life can be chaotic with twins and there are so many factors that are out of my control. But I’ve found that anything I can make simple and straight forward is very much worth it! If I could go back, I would have just bought two new car seats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801516 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:37:46 +0000 LaughLines 2801516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: you hate the b safe 35? What's wrong with it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801489 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:40:13 +0000 gotkimchi 2801489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I HATE the new one so i would not buy two </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801467 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:48:54 +0000 MrsTal 2801467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 10 week old twins and I don’t think it will be a pain at all. Our seats are the same but they usually go in the same spots in the car when we load them. You could put different cover colors on each and just remember that the blue cover needs to go in the middle or wherever that base is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801466 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:39:24 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2801466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m pretty sure I had the B-safe for my son and it was SO heavy. Crazy heavy. In addition to the logistical issue I’d probably want two of the lightest seats out there since you’ll be carrying them at the same time. Not what you asked but just thinking ahead! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801465 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:35:48 +0000 MamaBear87 2801465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just do a colored dot on base and the handle of each one so you know which is which. So green for one and red for the other </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-car-seats-dont-match#post-2801464 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:34:04 +0000 LaughLines 2801464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm having twins in June. I have an almost three year old. The infant car seat I had with my 3 year old is no longer available for sale (britax b safe). Their new version (Britax b safe 35) uses a different base. How annoying is it going to be that they don't match? Should I buy two new ones instead of one? I can't tell if it's going to be a constant pain trying to get there right twin into the proper spot in the car that matches their seat or if it's not that big of a deal. I kind of want to stick to the same brand so they both fit in my double stroller</p> <p>Any advice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778689 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:08:19 +0000 bees_knees 2778689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know you said you can’t maneuver the infant seat out of the car while you’re in the garage...but have you tried yet with their “big kid” seats? You might be able to squeeze in enough to just unbuckle one (and let him/her walk across to meet you at the other door), or be able to lift LO completely out of the door short on space. Infant seats are huge and hard to finagle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778563 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:17:30 +0000 BSB 2778563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use our PnP. The twins are 25 months old now. </p> <p>If there is risk of fighting (which does happen pretty often), I would put one in the PnP and the other in a gated area. I have that twin PnP and a travel PnP, so each would go in one. Give them some toys or turn on Pandora to distract them while you pull in the car. </p> <p>If you don't have two PnPs, I would put them in the crib for a few minutes. They sleep in there so it should be safe.</p> <p>I forgot when I stopped using the infant car seats. My babies were tiny so we might have been using them for a long time. I know when they were still using them, I would place the car seat with them in it, in the kitchen while I packed the car. It was a less than 2 minutes and they were usually content. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778469 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:08:47 +0000 meadow 2778469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: we have this exact baby jail but havent had it set up for a long time (they disliked being put inside so it wasnt all that helpful). We repurposed sections to block them out of certain zones (eg. A coffee table in the corner). We actually talked about setting it up again last night for this but DH thinks they will drive it around or try to push over a side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778348 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:58:37 +0000 kiddosc 2778348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: I don't have twins, but I did need to keep one mobile baby contained while I went to the bathroom or switched laundry, or whatever. We got this hexagon playard and affectionately call it baby jail. This will give them more space than a pack and play and is probably a bit harder to escape from. </p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000G1YW98?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&#038;ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-a0032-win70-other-nomod-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4-wl-prc0&#038;ref=bit_scomp_sav0&#038;th=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000G1YW98?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&#038;ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-a0032-win70-other-nomod-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-4-wl-prc0&#038;ref=bit_scomp_sav0&#038;th=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778304 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:21:26 +0000 Becky 2778304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have twins but I've never had an issue sticking my now 17 month old in the house or leaving her alone while I switch the laundry in the basement or get dressed upstairs (also she's my second). I wouldn't say our house is super duper safe, but she's totally fine for the 2 minutes it would take (I've been down no similar things for months). We don' t have any stairs gated (we have 3 sets of two steps leading into our living room, and the stairs going to the upstairs are off the entry), and maybe I'm taking a risk but we didn't do much baby-proofing (the blenders and knives aren't reachable, and we don't use chemical cleaners, but we also taught them how to safely do potentially dangerous things like walking up and down stairs versus climbing when we realized trying to stop them wasn't effective). Also at 16 months they can probably crawl out of their car seats and onto the floor and over to you fine so you could pull into the garage and the twin on the tough side could crawl out. And one last thing but my daughter often just watches me bring stuff back and forth from the car--can they see you from the door? That's probably enough. </p> <p>We have a lot of big families where we live (we have two neighbors who each have 8 kids, with 2 sets of twins per family, and 4 kids isn't a lot around here), so even though I only have two that's helped my perspective. I try to think, what would they do in a family that size? When one set of twins was 3 and the other set of twins were newborns someone (or two or three) was going to be left standing in the hallway crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778235 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 06:31:42 +0000 meadow 2778235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: thanks!</p> <p>@2littlepumpkins: there is a gate to keep them out of the kitchen (I can't bring myself to lock every cabinet &amp; drawer.....so the sink and one other are locked and otherwise they only go in there supervised. We keep doors to bathroom &amp; bedrooms closed so they have free reign of livingroom, diningroom and the hallway. Mostly I am with them.....but there are occasions where i leave them alone for 2 minutes to go to the bathroom or switch laundry in the basement.......</p> <p>Thanks all for the ideas.....I am probably stressing out over the transition more than i need to! Hah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778228 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:39:22 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2778228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: mine arent twins but they are kind of wild and climbers so I get where you're coming from. Honestly I would just stick them in a safe area in the house and shut the door and pull the car in as quickly as possible. Not sure how they play indoors (run of the house? Gated area? Or just constantly supervised?) but I picture this taking a minute tops. Otherwise I think a pnp would be fine, or if their room/s is/are on the same level maybe the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778223 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 21:07:46 +0000 skipra 2778223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree to try to install seats in the middle and driver's side so you don't have to do that whole process. Then I would think the harder thing would what to do with the one on the driver's side while putting the other one in the seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778216 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:17:54 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2778216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: the stroller could actually be a good idea and help you out. I just trad a previous comment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778215 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:17:37 +0000 meganmp 2778215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would either plunk mine in their cribs or in a gated area while I fetched the other one- they were fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778214 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:16:55 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2778214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: keep some toys in the pack and play and I'm sure they could be entertained for a minute or two. My daycare kiddie slept in a pack and play and sometimes when he wouldn't sleep he'd just chill in there for a bit with some toys or a book. I will say I did try and put my non sleeping 23 month old in it the other day to try and keep her confined for a nap instead of her running around her bedroom. It then watched her easily hoist her leg over the side and easily climb out....but I would assume your kids aren't at that point yet, I hope! 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778213 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:11:20 +0000 meadow 2778213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: into the shopping cart for 1 and baby carrier or the other. Other type of errands....I put them in the stroller. At home I feel silly using the stroller dor a 5 foot walk....haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778211 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:06:04 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2778211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: I'm just thinking you'll have this logistics issue no matter where you are. How will you get them out at the grocery store? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778207 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 19:09:18 +0000 meadow 2778207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: haha....there's a lot of hope for the best in my world!!! Haha. You don't think they are too old for pack n play for a few min? We really stopped using it at all by 6 mo except for sleep 1 week this past summer on vacation. So I don't know how walking sized non sleeping babies are in a pack n play...haha</p> <p>@gingerbebe: oo pack n play in the garage could be a very viable option.....good idea!</p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: maybe..... I'd have to check that out.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778204 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 18:54:58 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2778204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you install the two seats next to each other? That way you could get them both from the same door? Have the one in the middle climb out over the other seat to get out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778202 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 17:35:26 +0000 gingerbebe 2778202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meadow: yeah I would try a pack in play in the garage or just inside the house and dump them in there. It's just for a few minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/twin-mom-hack#post-2778199 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 15:26:36 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2778199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have twins, but can you gate one and set up a pack and play somewhere and throw the other in that? I did have two kids (mine and another) daily from the time they were 11 months-18, so I felt like I had twins for those 10 hours a day! I would just run outside quickly to grab groceries from the car and leave them both in the house and hope for the best. I like to laugh in the face of danger... </p>