Hello mum's to multiples,

I'm a bit of a lurker here in the twins and multiples thread and learn lots from all your posts and soon will venture in 'for good', but now am seeking some advice.

DH and I are trying to decide whether to hire capsules for our babies or get convertible car seats and have had lots of singleton parents advise of which is best but I really want to get the opinion of some mum's of twins.

Did you find capsules better so that you could let sleeping babies lie (so to speak) and bring them from the car to the house without waking them both when you got home?

If you used convertible car seats how did you carry them for short trips into or out of the house? In a cocoon?

Sorry if this is obvious and I'm sure it's been asked before, but any advice and personal experience would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Kaz

Hi this is what we did, we brought capsuals out of the Quoka which is just our trading paper. I brought 2 capsules both for $40 each (much cheaper the hiring IMHO) then when the bubs were too big we then sold them back in the paper and pretty much sold them straight away for the same price.
I found it was easier to use capsules as you could take it out of the car without having to get baby out especially if they are asleep. Hope this helps.
After the bubs were too big for the capsules they went into the reverse carseats for little while facing backwards and were turned around when I thought they were ready.

hugs and Kisses
Catherine

This is what we did.

We had convertable carseats and they were fantastic. I was told by our chiropractor that leaving a child in a capsule for long periods (ie taking inside and letting sleep) is not good for their back and he recommended carseats. So we went straight to carseats and had no problems at all.

I just used to put baby in rocker by the front door and carry other baby to car and strap in then go back for the other baby. And do vise versa when you got home. It was great because they were never far away and the car was always close buy with bubs in it (I even locked the car, even tho it was just in driveway).

So when we were out just used to put them straight into the pusher, all worked out well.

It also saved us the money of hiring capsules and we didnt use cocoon's at all.

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Hi

We are doing exactly the same as Ali, and so far so good. I find the car seats we have to be very snug now for the boys- they are still reversed, so I don't think it will be too long before we turn them around and remove the baby insert. I find that when they are really tired they will go back to sleep anyway after being transferred out of the car seat.

Cheers
Lindy



This message was edited by lindys on Tuesday, 15 November 2005 @ 9:19 PM

Hi

We used capsules until the girls grew out of them and then went straight to forward facing seats.

I would put the girls in the capsules in the house, put the baby bag on my back and then carry them out and vice versa. I didn't leave them in the capsules for long periods of time, but found it easier to carry them in the capsules when I was visiting friends or going to appts rather than getting the pram out of the car every time (especially when you went to places where the pram didn't fit through the front door!). Plus, if they needed a nap when I was out, there was somewhere to put them.

We bought the capsules from a hire place that was going out of business, so got a very good deal (plus we knew they were well maintained). Now we loan them out to friends until we decide whether we will have a use for them ourselves again...still in negotiations on that one LOL

Nicolie
DDs Paige & Hannah (23/09/03)


Give us a hug Sis!

hi

we had capsules for the boys which were great. They were painful though when i didn't have DP with me, as it was really difficult to get them both out. I will probably use a convertible for this new bub, but i would deifnently recommend getting them for when they are first born since they will stay asleep in them and they are not woken when you have to get in/out of car.

Also we bought one for $50 from a girl on EB and borrowed the other. So if you can do that it is a great money saver.
Rach :-)




Rach (27)
DF - BJ (35)



This message was edited by RachieD on Wednesday, 16 November 2005 @ 10:28 AM

I used capsules, the decision was simple, in the event of an accident capsules are the safest for young babies.
Everyones babies are different in terms of where they will sleep and will they wake up when they are moved etc. so it is probably best not to make a decision on how you think your babies might behave in a car restraint, children have a terrible habit of doing what they want and not what they are supposed to do.

Getting to and from the car, basically you will have to carry them, and I have found that if you arrangements are simpler, life is better, so I just carry them in my arms, we rarely removed the capsules just unbuckled and put them in the pram or grandparents arms or up the stairs to their cot. when they were very little I could carry two in one capsule to pick up my elder daughter from childcare.

I don't know how people could carry two capsules at once they are very awkward and suprisingly heavy especially with weak muscles after a ceasarean.


cheers
Beth
dd Alana 3 yrs
dd & ds Charlotte & Samuel 11mths

Capsules drove me insane as we had to put one in the middle and it was awkward and back breaking to get it in and out, also I found it too hard to carry both at once.

Mill. (mother to Scout,4, Indie and Shari born 4/11/04)

Ladies thanks so much for your feedback - it's great to hear lots of different opinions and the reasoning behind them.

There's plenty of food for thought here and I will now sit down with DH and chat about it further.

There are so many decisions to make so every bit of help is much appreciated. I am sure I will be back to 'pick your brains' again at some stage.

Cheers

Kaz