Together or separately?
Do not rush to immediately buy two beds. The size of the newborn twins is smaller than that of ordinary children, so they can easily fit in one bed and will not interfere with each other. Moreover, being together for them is more habitual and calmer. Children who for nine months were together in the maternal tummy, for the first time feel much more comfortable when they are near. But you need to plan the nursery so that in the near future it would fit freely two beds.
Out of turn
Difficulties with feeding can occur in any mother, especially the mother of twins. Many experienced women manage to breastfeed two children at once, without supplementing their milk formulas. This can be achieved if the children are provided with proper care. You can greatly facilitate this process, if you use a special pillow for feeding twins. It is sewn in the shape of a large horseshoe, which is worn on the waist, and on both sides of the pillow laid out by the kids. The simultaneous feeding of twins has a number of advantages. First, the woman has more intensive production of prolactin, which affects positively the amount of milk produced. Secondly, time is greatly saved, and at this time the woman is so sorely lacking! And so it will be possible to take a spare half an hour to take a nap.
Together, it's fun!
When you choose a stroller, pay attention to its dimensions, weight, convenience in unfolding and the ability to maneuver. Typically, a stroller for twins in a conventional elevator can fit only when folded. The principal differences between double strollers are the way children are placed in it: the kids are either side by side, or one by one, by a "locomotive". Each of these options has its advantages and disadvantages. If children are nearby, they are easier to communicate with each other, for each of them the same area of the review is open. But the "locomotive" is more compact and placed in a cargo elevator, in the corridor or on the balcony.
Bathing together
The parents have a lot of questions related to such a simple procedure as bathing. With twins, this sometimes becomes a problem. The main question is to bathe the kids together or separately (especially if they are unisexual). Of course, in the first year of life it is better to bathe twins in turns. And already when children grow up and can confidently sit, you can bathe them in one bath at a time. So it is more convenient for parents to organize care for twins, and for babies it is much more fun. Just do not forget about safety and never leave kids alone in the water. If the children are of different sexes, then you need to carefully monitor their behavior. Noticing some excessive attention of the children to their differences and peculiarities, then, perhaps, this is the signal to separate bathing of the kids. You can also bathe the children in swimming trunks. Remember that forbidding children to be interested in the characteristics of their body can not! So you can only provoke a pathological and heightened interest.
The main thing is positive!
You can not be tempted to "divide" children on the principle of good - bad, sociable - closed, funny - silent. Children have the property of growing up as they are perceived by parents, and such excessive labeling often leads to the formation of serious complexes in the child. Try to notice the positive features of each of the children, do not seek to compare it with a twin and do not let yourself loose a negative on children. And even more so do not give opportunities to others (even if they are close relatives) to make comments on this matter.
It is important!
Correct for double care is not only feeding and bathing. An important role is played also by their upbringing, or rather the ability of parents to see in each child a person. Most parents still dress the twins equally, in order to further emphasize their identity. It, certainly, causes affection at associates. But according to the statement of children's psychologists, the main mistake in the education of twins is their total generalization, the destruction of the faces between two completely different personalities. All this can prevent children from evaluating themselves as an individual. Each twin wants to realize himself not as "we", but as "I". And the same manner of dressing only emphasizes their "pairing". Therefore, we must try our best to diversify the details of the children's wardrobe, picking up the kids combining among themselves, but all the same, different things.