https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:34:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/juggling-multiple-babies#post-461157 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:10:13 +0000 Mrs. Train 461157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I'm glad it helped. Your LO will be just fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/juggling-multiple-babies#post-459866 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:23:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 459866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Oceanis723: thanks for this!! I'm glad it's just two babies and not three (you are seriously superhuman) and I don't mind the idea of LMW having to cry a little if necessary. I know that's just gonna be a possibility every day unless she's the only baby around, and we can't afford to have me stay home or a nanny with her one on one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/juggling-multiple-babies#post-459599 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:42:13 +0000 Mrs. Train 459599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The juggle is not easy but possible. When my husband went back to work for the first time and I was left with three babies I panicked but I figured it out. Sometimes I would hold me and put the others in swings and bouncy chairs. When I nursed two the third would sit next to me with a bottle. When we played they were all three on the floor together. And to be honest soemtimes one would just have to cry while I took care of the other. I know that might not be what you want to hear and it was never for a long time but sometimes they were all crying and it just takes awhile to get them calm. I'm sure your nanny will do fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/juggling-multiple-babies#post-453279 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:52:55 +0000 T.H.O.U. 453279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think like you said, they make do. At our daycare center, it is very common for the teacher to be sitting in the rocking chair feeding one baby, and rocking another in a bouncer chair at her feet. </p> <p>For me, the biggest thing would be routine. The nanny should know how to get them both down around the same time and while they are down prepare bottles, etc for when they get up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/juggling-multiple-babies#post-453275 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:50:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 453275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I posted this for parents of multiples or anyone who has taken care of more than one baby at a time (nannies, babysitters, etc). We have a nannyshare of sorts set up for LMW starting in January (a mom with a baby one month younger than LMW will be coming to our house and taking care of both babies at the same time) and of course, even though I love the idea and we're committed, now that the time is approaching I'm getting anxious. I'm confident our nanny will do a great job (she's juggled before!) but I'm just a worrier. I will ask her as well, but I was wondering how others handle juggling more than one baby. For me, feeding LMW a bottle and putting her down for a nap is a pretty all-consuming task, so I'm wondering... what do you do with the other baby? Do they sit in a bouncy chair at your feet while you feed one, then once the first one is asleep, you move on to the next baby? </p> <p>I know people do this every day, everywhere, all the time and it's totally possible but of course I'm totally clueless! I refuse to be left alone with my own two kids, and the older one is 3!! </p>