Are you pregnant with twins, or a new mum-or-dad of multiples? Make sure you read this post from our blogger Jenny on newborn essentials for twins
Having twins can be a daunting process but having a toddler (rapidly entering his terrible twos) and newborn twins frankly has me in a slight panic. You go from thinking you have everything you need already for baby number 2 to needing to buy an extra set of everything. When my husband and I found out we were expecting twins we started to prepare ourselves by buying everything over the months to spread the cost. Since the expenditure was more than anticipated we really had to narrow it down to ‘must have essentials’ and ‘nice to haves’.
For me the below are pretty much essentials and really have helped me transition from mother of one to mother of three.
Maxi Cosi Pebble Plus (£199) and 2Way Fix Base (£199), John Lewis
Before the twins arrived, we made do with my battered old two door Volkswagen Golf. We had always intended to upgrade to a five door and were looking at various swish family SUVs but I am so glad we held off. Once we realised we were going to need space for three car seats our shortlist of cars was cut down significantly. However, I had no doubt which car seats I would be getting. We absolutely loved the Maxi Cosi Pebble Plus when our eldest, Carter, was a newborn. It is so handy to take in and out the car and best of all it could attach onto our buggy, making going out with him super easy. So for us it was a no brainer to get the same again. Car wise we went for the Volkswagen Touran, the car that says you sacrifice style for family practicality and comfort and we love it. The space is amazing and lovely to drive. Best of all it has space for three car seats (two Maxi Cosi Pebble Plus’ and a 2way Pearl) in the same row so no need to relegate one child to the boot seat.
Baby Jogger, City Mini Double (£375), www.amazon.co.uk
When it comes to your first (and singleton) baby, you are spoilt for choice with buggies. I remember poring over reviews, testing them all out when out shopping with as much diligence as buying a new car. The price range is vast, from reasonable to outright crazy (I swear my first car was cheaper than Carter’s buggy) and as Carter was our first born we really pushed the boat out with the Bugaboo Cameleon in the limited edition Diesel design. However when it comes to double buggies you aren’t as spoilt for choice. Only two caught my eye in terms of functionality and style, the Baby Jogger City Mini Double and the Mountain Buggy Duet. After much deliberation we decided to go for the Baby Jogger because the wheels didn’t need pumping (who has time when you have three kids?!), the seats weren’t as reclined when in full upright position and what won it was the amazing one fold technology. We have used the City Mini Double on numerous occasions and love love love it. It’s not as slim line at the Mountain Buggy but it does fit through most doors (even the ones in our house) so it does the job nicely. In fact, I love the City Mini Double so much I’m quite tempted to get rid of Carter’s flashy but bulky buggy and get him the City Mini single. It’d be so cute to see all three of them in matching buggies.
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