Our youngest sons are four months and three days old and so far our experience with tandem nursing has been chaotic. I have the feeling that this situation will fix itself with time and patience, and so far the boys are eating well. It is I who is going crazy.
While I am trying to stay focused and patient, I wonder if there are some products and tricks we may follow to make our lives and the children’s easier. For instance, I am thinking about buying a new breast pump. I am using a manual medela harmony breast pump I am very happy with but I can see more pumping in the near future.Particularly because I will be going back to work on December.
Do you think it will be necessary to upgrade with the pump? Can you recommend a heavy-duty, (electric?) pump. I had a rough time when our four month old was younger. A gland problem caused me to run low on my supply, but before I got the medication to fix it, I got a medela symphony electric pump to use it constantly. I didn’t like. I still have it but if there is something else out there I would like to hear of the alternative.
Any other articles that we might want to consider? We don’t use nursing pillows or have any accessories for feeding. However, since trying to feed both babies at the same time (when needed) I’ve found that my four month old gets fuzzy and cries. Newborn baby does better.
Ideally, I would like to be able to feed them at the same time in the future, so perhaps there are some things on the market to help out. I am afraid of buying expensive, unnecessary junk that will only add to the clutter of our home, but if you have a tip and some positive experience with something they bought to tandem nurse, I would be very grateful if you shared it with us 
There is nothing extraordinary about it Yes, we have a four month old and a three day old. One of them came to us through adoption and that is all there is to it. I can see why the first sentence confused you. My bad.
August 19th, 2011 at 12:24 am
I have 5 month old twins and I tandem nurse (when they are being cooperative, lol) I have a twins nursing pillow and it is a total life saver! It’s like a boppie, only bigger so a baby can fit on each side using the football hold. It’s wonderful because there is a flat side, and you flip it over and it’s a side that kind of slants towards you so the babies are in the perfect position. I paid almost $70 for it but it’s WELL worth the cost. I can’t imagine tandem nursing newborns without it.
If a manual pump works for you than stick with it, but the older the babies get the more milk they will need, the more you’re going to need to pump, and the soarer your hand will get. I love my Ameda double electric.
August 19th, 2011 at 12:24 am
ok..at first when i started reading..i read you had twins that were just over 4 months..but as i keep reading it sounds like you have a 4 months old and a 3 day old?? how the hell is that possible, i know there are possible situations but generally that is unheard of, so i’d like to know..not trying to be rude, just curious
August 19th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Amazing! Good luck! http://moveinto.info/239668/nursing-pillow