In a few days the last of my relatives who have stayed with us to help go home, and I’ll be here with the two-year-old, four-year-old, and the tiny twins. I carried both my previous kids until they were at least six months, and I’d like to have the twins in a carrier, too, because it leaves my hands free, and they’re too small for a stroller. W have a Bjorn and an Ergo, but neither of those can be rigged to carry two.
We’ve got a variety of double strollers, but since the girls are five pounds and six pounds they’re kind of small to strap into a stroller.
If it were me, I’d put one baby twin in the Bjorn, and the other baby in one of those carseat-baby bucket carriers. Then, hold the 2-year old’s hand in the other hand, and have the 4-year old hold the 2-year old’s OTHER hand. You’ll be able to trudge along at the pace of approximately a worn-out garden snail.
Diaper bag, you say? Purse? HA HA HA.
Sorry, I can laugh a little bit because when my youngest was born, I had a newborn, a 1.5 year old, a 3 year old, and a 4 year old. And only a small coupe-type car. When I have to take all 4 of them somewhere by myself, it really super-sucks, but it can be done, using the above method.
I’m not trusting the 4-year-old to restrain the toddler, and we have to walk or take the strollers pretty much everywhere, unless we’re on public transport. I don’t think I can carry a baby car seat more than a couple of blocks.
We had a car and our oldest was big enough to not need a stroller when we had twins, but in your situation I’d probably use double stroller + baby bjorn + 4 year old walks - most double strollers take an infant car seat in at least the front, so you put one baby in carrier in stroller, two year old in back of stroller, baby 2 in baby bjorn, and 4 year old walks.
Practically speaking I believe our twins rarely went out to the store, etc without both me and my wife together when they were very small (infant car carrier seat small).
Google “babywearing twins”. I took a cursory glance, and it looks like quite a few people do use two carriers, or even put both in a single wrap-style carrier when they’re still really small.
I wish you luck. And fortitude.
ETA: There’s also this stroller frame that takes two carseats, and I’m sure I’ve seen ones that have a child-sized seat below or behind the infant seat, so you could wear one baby and put the 2-year old and the other baby in the stroller.
Also suggest googling babywearing twins - there was a blog I followed where a woman talked about babywearing her twins successfully, so I’m sure there are some good hints.
Longer term, if you were open to another pram, I’d suggest the Baby Jogger City Select. While I have a newborn and a 2 year old, the pram is designed to take 2 kids from birth (in bassinettes and capsules) to not needing a pram, and as I don’t have a car either, I really needed something flexible. Here’s a link to the 16 different seat setups.
Your twins could probably fit in the bassinette together, with the 2 year old in the second seat. You can also buy a little footstand for the year old to stand on and be pushed if they aren’t up to walking.
And good luck! I find it hard enough with just the 2, in admiration of you with 4.
I’ve seen people use a backpack on the bigger kid as a diaper bag. Of course it contained only a couple of diapers and little more, but hey, big brother looked SO conscientious whenever Mommy needed his help!
Valco baby makes a double stroller with a toddler seat attachment in the front so it seats 3 and I think you can get a roll aboard in the back. I have a single with a toddler seat and it fully reclines for sleeping babies.
