Meal Time

Go With the Flow

This Breastfeeding Monitor Removes Guesswork from Tandem-Feeding Your Twins

Allie Walld 2 weeks ago

After your twins are born, you'll want to keep a careful eye on how much weight your babies are gaining, to ensure they're getting the nutrients they need to thrive. Our twins were born premature—6.5 weeks early, to be exact—so they were on the smaller side, with one weighing 4 lbs., 13 oz. at birth, and the other weighing 3 lbs., 7 oz. We did a combination of breastfeeding and bottle-...

Peace of Mind in Your Pocket

This Portable Mini Lab Can Detect Food Allergens on Your Plate in Minutes

Allie Walld 3 weeks ago

If you have allergies, you know how difficult it can be to navigate life without accidentally ending up in the emergency room. If you have children with allergies, the fear of encountering allergens unexpectedly is compounded because your little ones may not be able to communicate to you that something is wrong. And, if you find yourself with a set of twins who happen to be allergic...

Yummy in Their Tummy

Back to Basics for Back to School: A Grab & Go Breakfast for Busy Mornings

Allie Walld 4 months ago

Mornings with your twin toddlers are hectic enough. Getting everybody dressed and out the door in time to beat traffic and get to your destination on time can feel like a never-ending marathon. Add Back to School into the mix, and you've got a recipe for racing around, which can work up quite an appetite for everybody involved. It can be easy to forget to fuel your body, while you're...

Soothe Sore Gums

Keeping Kiddos Cool: An Easy & Healthy Frozen Treat for Your Teething Twins

Allie Walld 7 months ago

Growing pains. They suck, but they're necessary. Watching your twins deal with discomfort as their teeth slowly and surely come in is tough because there's not much you can do but try to explain that the pain they're feeling won't last forever—except, at this point, they likely don't understand, so can't correlate that dental data just yet. Babies start to experience their teeth...

Feed Me Now!

Double the Bottles, Half the Wait: These 3 Dual Bottle Warmers are Great

Allie Walld 9 months ago

If you've ever suddenly been hit by a pang of hunger and then realized you need food NOW, you're familiar with how your newborn twins are feeling when they're trying to communicate to you that they're ready for their next feeding. Except that they can't talk yet, so they communicate in the only way they know how—by screaming at their caregivers at the top of their lungs until they get...

Mealtime Made Easy

Get Your Toddlers to Eat No Matter What’s on the Menu

Allie Walld 11 months ago

Whether it's at the office or from within your home, after a long day of work, the last thing you want to do is endure a long, drawn-out mealtime with your toddlers, who suddenly refuse to eat a single thing. It's also not an ideal way to start the day, battling during breakfast to see whose will fades faster. It doesn't matter that you've made these meals with love. It doesn't...

Fed is Best

What is a Feeding Tube & Why Does My Baby Need It?

Allie Walld 11 months ago

If your babies were born prematurely, chances are good they'll need to spend some time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). As a parent, it can be difficult to walk into the NICU, make your way to your newborns' cribs, and see there are various wires connected to them to monitor their vital stats. Among the accoutrements that weren't adhered to your babies mere moments ago when...

Bland Can Be Good

Four Foods to Help Your Babies Feel Better Fast: The BRAT Diet Explained

Allie Walld 1 year ago

In the fall and winter months, an increased exposure to germs through travel and gatherings with family and friends often leads to a surge in cases of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), COVID, cold, and flu. As anyone who's had a nasty bug or virus can attest to, one of the last things you want to do when you feel like you can't stomach a single thing is be forced to eat. But if your...

Makes Life Easier

This Leak-Proof Lunch Kit is a Must-Have for Busy Parents & Kids On-the-Go

Allie Walld 1 year ago

If, as a parent, one of your new year's resolutions is to get more organized and hit the ground running when it comes to running out the door with your kids first thing in the morning, then the Bentgo Kids Chill Lunch Box is just what you're looking for. As a mom of twins, the idea of prepping daycare meals and snacks for two toddlers who will eat loads of food one day and then hardly...

A Holiday Tradition

The Icing on Top: A Timeless Recipe for Perfect Imperial Cookies Every Time

Allie Walld 1 year ago

Every Christmas, without fail, I pull out my cookbook and flip it to the well-worn page that houses a timeless recipe for Imperial cookies. They're my specialty. Boy, they're a lot of work, but the spark of excitement I see on my family members' faces when they glimpse what I've brought to our family gathering makes it all worthwhile. I started making Imperials because they hold a...