Bringing home a newborn is always stressful, and you’re about to start seeing double as your twins make their way into the world. There’s just always so much going on and it will take longer to get anything accomplished. “Someone is almost always crying or needing something,” licensed marriage and family therapist Audrey Schoen told Mom.com.
So being prepared and organized can go a long way to saving headaches and time at every stage of your newborn twins’ lives. Here is what you need when bringing multiples home — and into your lives.
Prepare for newborn multiples: What you'll need before you bring them home
What do newborns need when they come home?
When you get home, you’ll want as much already taken care of as possible. This means having the help you need, the appointments required set, and the rememdies for the most common ailments of your twins.
Be prepared for those first few problems with the babies:
- Doctor’s appointments: Make the necessary arrangments with doctors as soon as you can to have your newborns get their first follow-up visit.
- Hired and volunteered help: Make sure that you have the help you need the first few days taht you are home. Get the meal train triggered, schedule the night-nurse, lactation consultant, or nanny, and get family to set times to come and help with the babies and housework.
- Feeding schedule: This might mean more than just waiting for babies to get hungry. Set a schedule that include pumping and storing milk so that you can be taken off full-time duty and given a much needed rest.
- Remedies for gas: Burp babies after feedings to prevent gas and apply gentle pressure on their bellies if they have gas.
- Jaundice treatment: Be prepared to give each of your newborns up to ten minutes twice a day of sun exposure.
You’ll do all the same things that a mom expecting a singleton will do to prepare for the unexpected. With twins, you’ll just have twice as many chances to show your skills off. Remember that time goes by quickly, so don’t worry too much and make the time to bond and enjoy the first moments with your newborn twins.
