About Double Blessings:
With great intentions of nursing throughout the twins’ first year, Clark began tandem nursing, trying several nursing pillows and positions. She soon realized that she’d require much more support if she was going to succeed. After hearing her frustration, her husband suggested, “If you think you can design something better, do it!” (Now, if it was my husband making that suggestion, he would have been met with a death stare, a whack upside the head and a full tub of Baby Wipes strategically aimed at his chest. Fortunately for breastfeeding women worldwide, Sandy is made of tougher stuff than I.) So, with some blocks of foam, and an electric knife from her kitchen, she went to work. And thus – “Double Blessings” was born. Was it not enough for her to have just given birth to twins? Show off.
After many prototypes and refinements, Clark’s nursing pillow has taken the breastfeeding world by storm. Her “EZ-2-Nurse Twins” Nursing Pillow is unique among its competitors in that it has an angled top surface, which slopes towards Mom on all three sides. This design safely positions babies towards mother’s breasts, while freeing up her arms and hands, which are needed for positioning, stimulating, caressing and burping. Simple math shows that if a mother were to bottle-feed formula to her twins, it would require preparing over 700 bottles in the first month alone! It exhausts me just thinking about it… Life with multiples is no doubt busy enough! I’m also thinking why buy the cows, the farm, and the equipment when you can get a much higher quality milk for free.
Six years later, Double Blessings is now hailed as one of the largest suppliers of twin specialty products and offers a full line of twin-related embroidered logo t-shirts, ball caps, visors and window signs. As of 2001, Double Blessings launched its redesigned nursing pillow for twins, now offered in an inflatable model. It easily inflates to a mother’s individual comfort level and deflates for travel and storage. Also included is a detachable back pillow for mother’s comfort and support. “The redesigned product is a response to customers who love our pillow, but sometimes find it cumbersome to store or ship,” says Clark. “The new version provides the same unique features, while offering versatility. And the smaller package design requires less shelf space and reduces shipping costs.”
Double Blessings can be found at www.doubleblessings.com and 1-800-584-8946 Included are instructions on where to sit, where to place the babies, and how to coordinate bringing them to the pillow at the same time, without help from anyone else. And while the “EZ-2-Nurse Twins” Nursing Pillow is designed for nursing multiples, its design makes it totally user-friendly for mothers of singles, as well. Not to mention the added bonus of making it comfortable for Mother’s Helpers when it comes to pitching in with bottle-feeding pumped breast milk. Having Daddy, Grandma or Nanny happy while helping out is sure to keep them coming back for more.
So where was Sandy Clark when I was struggling to breastfeed my firstborn? Apparently very busy! But now that her twins have long-since weaned off breast milk and are now more into Karate and Ballet, she has more time to encourage, advocate and support those women who choose to breastfeed their multiples. We might not have the edge on nursing that cats do, but we’re lucky to have women out there like Sandy; women who are dedicated to working passionately to make breastfeeding a pleasurable and memorable experience. You go girl.
Paulette King, Freelance writer & mother of 2 young boys, B.C., Canada
After many prototypes and refinements, Clark’s nursing pillow has taken the breastfeeding world by storm. Her “EZ-2-Nurse Twins” Nursing Pillow is unique among its competitors in that it has an angled top surface, which slopes towards Mom on all three sides. This design safely positions babies towards mother’s breasts, while freeing up her arms and hands, which are needed for positioning, stimulating, caressing and burping. Simple math shows that if a mother were to bottle-feed formula to her twins, it would require preparing over 700 bottles in the first month alone! It exhausts me just thinking about it… Life with multiples is no doubt busy enough! I’m also thinking why buy the cows, the farm, and the equipment when you can get a much higher quality milk for free.
Six years later, Double Blessings is now hailed as one of the largest suppliers of twin specialty products and offers a full line of twin-related embroidered logo t-shirts, ball caps, visors and window signs. As of 2001, Double Blessings launched its redesigned nursing pillow for twins, now offered in an inflatable model. It easily inflates to a mother’s individual comfort level and deflates for travel and storage. Also included is a detachable back pillow for mother’s comfort and support. “The redesigned product is a response to customers who love our pillow, but sometimes find it cumbersome to store or ship,” says Clark. “The new version provides the same unique features, while offering versatility. And the smaller package design requires less shelf space and reduces shipping costs.”
Double Blessings can be found at www.doubleblessings.com and 1-800-584-8946 Included are instructions on where to sit, where to place the babies, and how to coordinate bringing them to the pillow at the same time, without help from anyone else. And while the “EZ-2-Nurse Twins” Nursing Pillow is designed for nursing multiples, its design makes it totally user-friendly for mothers of singles, as well. Not to mention the added bonus of making it comfortable for Mother’s Helpers when it comes to pitching in with bottle-feeding pumped breast milk. Having Daddy, Grandma or Nanny happy while helping out is sure to keep them coming back for more.
So where was Sandy Clark when I was struggling to breastfeed my firstborn? Apparently very busy! But now that her twins have long-since weaned off breast milk and are now more into Karate and Ballet, she has more time to encourage, advocate and support those women who choose to breastfeed their multiples. We might not have the edge on nursing that cats do, but we’re lucky to have women out there like Sandy; women who are dedicated to working passionately to make breastfeeding a pleasurable and memorable experience. You go girl.
Paulette King, Freelance writer & mother of 2 young boys, B.C., Canada
My thoughts:
The SanDiego Bebe Nursing pillow was a lifesaver when little H was born! Before little H came I was researching nursing pillows and came across Double Blessings. At first I thought they just made nursing pillows for moms of multiples but then found out that they also made a nursing pillow for just one baby as well.
I love so many aspects of the San Diego Bebe nursing pillow! One of most important aspect would be that this nursing pillow is Eco- friendly. I want only the best for little H and that includes nursing pillows. Note to reader not all nursing pillows are Eco- friendly so do your research. All Double Blessings products are Eco-friendly.
I also love the support this nursing pillow offers. I noticed that this time around I did not have sore nipples and I think that is due to the San Diego nursing pillow offering great support of the baby.
With a great nursing pillow like San Diego Bebe it is easy to get the baby to latch on properly and keep them there. The fabric of the nursing pillow is high quality and can be removed for washing. This nursing pillow would be a great gift for a new nursing mom!
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