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While stocking up a nursery for twins, first things that come to people’s minds are exactly same clothes for the babies. However, you hardly have time to see what you are actually dressing your kids in, when the time comes, while balancing and trying to hold both of them at the same time. However there is baby gear, which you realize is must with twins while there are items you can do without. Here are some tips from experts and parents of twins that will help you to choose stuff that you will actually use or desire to have to make your life easier:
- Backpack diaper bags are hands-free and will help you to control big and heavy stroller with your twins better.
- Borrowing and hand-me-downs can be a good idea too for economizing purposes.
- Buying identical clothes and toys for your twins. Teach them to share their things. This will also give them more variety to enjoy.
- Diaper pail that seals diapers will keep your home from stinking when both your kids are having diarrhea!
- Double convertible strollers with two seats that recline come in handy for the time when your tins are not old enough to sit and can be used as car seats too.
- Infant car seats that double as carriers are not as useful as for a singleton, when you have to handle two babies of same age at the same time.
- Newborns can share their crib until they are three months old while they may not need the high chairs until they are six months old.
- On a trip to grocery store, you may find it easier to make one baby ride in the car seat and another one in the carrier.
- You don’t have to double up the number of clothes and toys for twins. Twins require only one and a half times of the clothing needed for a single child and they can share swings, play gyms, stationary entertainers and play yards.
- You don’t really need changing tables for twins as you may have to change the diaper exactly where they are at the moment and several changing stations with waterproof pad, wipes and container of fresh diapers work better for twins.
- You will really need two car seats, cribs, nursing pillows, bottle props, high chairs and bouncy seats.
- You won’t have the need to use breast pumps after nursing two babies.