i am a mother of twins 8months old. Boy and Girl. my problem is i dont have any elders or parents to help us. We managed all by myself and my husband. MY husband is very helpfula dn understanding.

I am sometimes i am not able to take cre of my babies properly. LIke i am not fully noursing them time to time. All my friends keep saying u shd have started this or that . or u shd by now give this much and what ever. The main problem is my kids especially my boy he takes lot of time to finish the milk and food. so most of my energy is gone in that and he wont finishes and i start cying. He is less weight also.... he is only 14 pounds...

I have few queries:: pls help me and tell me whether i am correct or wrong by doing this. i know babies r different but still.

MY BABIES SCHEDULE GOES LIKE THIS::::

between 7-8 Milk Boy 2-3 oz girl 4-5 oz
and till 10a.m. they dont get up
10 am milk B 40z G 5 oz

12-12.30 lunch 3 weeks agao i started with rice dal and veggies with jeera and salt. IS IT OK OR WHATELSE I CAN GIVE FOR LUNCH.

then they sleep and
2-2.30.p.m. milk 4 oz each :
THEN THEY SLEEP FOR 30 MINUTES
5-5.30p.m. milk 4oz each :they dont drink more than this
7.pm. i give them both 4tbsp cereal with 1st food of gerber (any fruit)
and then 10.p.m. milk 5oz both
and everytime i takes solid 1hr to get them drink. i have to show them toys and make sounds then they drink milk.

this is the routine.. i dont know what else to give and when and where can i make changes.

CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME MAKE A ROUTINE SCHEDULE WITH TIMINGS AND WHERE CAN I INCLUDE GIVING THEM SNACKS and whatelse.... i can offer them.. bcuz this is my routine foods also. even i am bored giving them.

I live in us.
Mel replied. It' s hard enough raising one baby, you' re raising two at the same time. It' s tiring and frustrating at times. So, don' t worry, you' re doing just fine.

Boys tend to be very fussy. So, it' s naturally more frustrating. My son was so troublesome, he' s 16 months old now, and STILL IS.

Now that they' re 8 months old, make sure they get 3 square meals a day, in addition to formula. What ever milk they are having is fine. After age 1 year, they should have milk twice a day, 3 square meals, and 2 snacks in a day.

For now: At age 8 months, you can give them milk in the morning 7 - 8 a.m.

Then at 10 when they wake, give them breakfast: Give any of the following with milk: (Rice cereal / Ragi / Sooji / Porridge / Idli / Scrambled egg).

For lunch you can give: 1/2 to 1 katori of: (Roti / Rice + Dal / Veggies / Chicken / Fish / Chicken Broth / Egg)

At 2:30 give milk

At 05:30 you can give them milk as you do + Gerber fruit and 4 tbsp cereal

At 7 p.m. give them dinner (same as lunch)

At 10 p.m. milk and sleep.

The feeding drama still goes on with my son. He won' t even drink milk. He just wants to eat plain rice. Nothing else. It' s ridiculous. But, what to do. I have just started PediaSure powder. It is supposed to be a milk based drink which provides the full required intake for babies. You can start that as soon as they complete 1 year old.

You can gradually start introducing snacks like cheese, boiled carrot or potato sticks, fruit chunks, bread sticks, toast, etc.

Hang in there. They will turn out fine. Focus on increasing your son' s weight. My son was a bit underweight too, but very active. I used to give him a little ghee mixed with his lunch and dinner.

All the best.