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How Many Do I Need With Twins?

by Nicole
(Dallas)

I am 20 weeks pregnant with my first set of twins. I do have two other children as well, one 9 and the other 2. We just moved away from all family and friends. I would have never done if I knew this was about to happen. Add fuel to my fire, my husband works out of town 3 weeks out of the month. I don't know anyone with twins so what are the must have needs? Should I buy a lot of preemie pampers? How many bottles? Like I said before, I have a 2 year old so do I need a double stroller or one for three?

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Nov 26, 2011
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by: Anonymous

Thank you! I was really confused but after researching and finally deciding on that page! thank you!
Nov 11, 2011
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by: Sara

They're not bad at all! The link in the last message has everything you need (except the fasteners; we use Snappi). For washing, we have a high efficiency washer. We use Charlie's Soap, and use the following settings to wash: set it to cotton, use hot water, and add an extra rinse.

When they're little, the diaper liners can be cut in half so they last double the time.

Let me know what specific questions you have. We had (and are having) a really positive experience with them. Not to mention the ton of cash we're saving!
Nov 11, 2011
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by: caitlin

Im so confused on cloth diapers im 18 weeks prego with twin boy/girl!! im so excited but the price of disposables are horrible and all of it is confusing me! Help!
Oct 30, 2011
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by: Sara

Hi there! Congrats on the twins. I was in the same boat (minus the hubby travel). We moved down to TX, and most of my family and friends are in PA. It's it's doable!

As far as bottles go, I would say at a minimum, have 12. My twins (four months now) fed like clockwork every three hours (and still do sometimes). If you want to be able to get through the day without washing, 18-20 might be better. We love the Dr. Brown bottles. Babies R Us sometimes run sales where Dr. Browns stuff is buy one get one half off.

As far as diapers go, I can't really say. We went with cloth, as disposables for twins is an insane amount of money. There were days where we were going through 36 diapers....a day! We went with this package: http://www.clothdiaper.com/PRODUCTS/Supreme-Prefold-Diaper-Package For about $375, we will be able to diaper our kiddos for a year. We use Charlies Soap to wash the diapers and all of our clothes, and it works great (obviously, we don't was the clothes with the diapers). It's not that much extra work for the financial pay off. Plus, our kiddos have only had a diaper rash once so far.

I'm not sure if I helped with your questions (the twins are our only kids, so I can't speak to what to do with others), but feel free to post if you have more questions and I'll do my best to answer.

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