Mobile Babies

Do you confine your babies when they start rolling, crawling, etc.?

I usually nurse and soothe one baby in the nursery, while the other is upstairs in the living room alone. Right now they aren't that mobile, but what will I do once they are moving and I am by myself? Even if the area was "baby-proofed" and there was a baby gate up, I don't think I'd want to leave a baby there.

Do you use a pack n play, super yard, high chair, or let them fend for themselves and hope for the best? We have a small home, so we don't have room for anything big.


I found this play yard on Amazon, which might be a possibility.

http://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Toys-Little-Playzone-Sounds/dp/B00021NX9C/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

We do all our living in our living room/kitchen/dining room area, which is a fairly open floor plan. The only confining I did with my older kids was to put a gate up in the hallway to the kids bedroom's, and close my bedroom door and the bathroom door off the kitchen. I imagine i'll do much the same with the twins, but we'll have to see how much trouble 2 at a time can get into!

Can you either nurse/soothe the baby in the living room where the other one is at? Or take both into the nursery with you? I don't think I'd leave one alone in a seperate area/floor, even if they were confined. Those little devils can get into stuff so fast, I'd be worried they'd eat something or break off a toy or something without me being there

 

I wouldn't leave one alone either. Even a baby-proofed room makes me nervous if they are all alone at that age, they can get into so much! I always fed them in the same room so that I could keep an eye on the other.

 

I'm glad you asked this Amber, i've been wondering the same thing of late. We do most of our bedtime routine in the lounge and when i'm alone i leave a baby in the bouncy for 5-10mins while i put the other baby to bed. I might have to take them both up and leave one in a pack and play in my room while i settle the other to sleep? It's difficult isn't it. I'd put them straight to bed but i like to have that time with each baby before i put them down because once they are down that is it i don't get them back up unless it's for a feed.
The super yard does look fab but like pp have mentioned they will become masters at escaping so not sure how else to go about it. I'm sure when they are mobile we will find what suits.

 

I had my living room baby-proofed and gated off so that they were totally free to roam in that area!

 

I never used a play yard but I am also in a 1-story house that's pretty open so I just shut all the bedroom doors except for their room and put a baby gate up at the entrance to the kitchen. So they had all of living/dining area to crawl around. If I had a two story and was going to be on a different story than the babies I think I'd want a superyard too!

I leave one baby alone while I go in the other room with her sister for a few minutes. Because of this I have had some accidents happen and had to learn sort of as we went how to baby proof. Like I have a lamp/shelf thing that used to have a heavy cross on the bottom shelf - Amelia pulled that down onto her foot. Before that happened I never thought of taking everything off all the shelves. Stuff like that.

 

:shok: So not sure that my nerves can take TWO babies finding there feet!

 

Can you put one in an exercauser or swing while you soothe the other? My house is tiny and one story so I don't have too far to go from room-to-room, but whenever I'm on my own I use those tools or a bouncy chair to keep one in one place where I won't worry.

 

I'm thinking by the time they are moving around more, they will love the jumperoo. They already like it most of the time, but they can get fussy if they don't want to be in there. I'm usually not gone too long (5-10 min.) and I can still hear what's going on upstairs when I'm in the nursery. If I don't hear anything, I'll know there must be trouble! My concern with bringing the other baby in the room is that they will be too loud. I guess I'll just have to see what works.

 

Yeah the jumperoo could be good, at least you know they are safe and entertained. I might just stick with leaving one in the bouncy chair for now because our bedtime routine is working really well i don't suppose i need to stop doing this once they get mobile, hopefully they will still be content to sit there for 5mins once they have found there feet! I will be keeping a pack and play set up in my room though for other times throughout the day for when i'm here there and everywhere

I have to always put Amber down first because she doesn't fuss as much when i'm in the nursery soothing Ruby. Ruby on the otherhand thinks it's playtime, it's best to put her down and run lol Is one of your girls a little more chilled out than the other? If so pdeal with her first? Like you say when we are having to do it, things will fall into place. Good luck!

 

My twins are FF, typically drink their cups in their chairs. What they don't finish we bring to their bedroom. My husband is typically still at work when I put them to bed, so I'm home with the twins and the toddler. After dinner and or bath, we all just go to their bedroom. There are minimal toys in there, so they use that time to relax. We all just hang out on the floor a 20 minutes before bed, fitting in a story or two as well.

I've been doing this routine for a few months now, and it has worked for us.