Twin Nursing Pillow – Silver Stars, Tandem Feeding Support

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Never let a baby sleep on or in a nursing pillow, and never leave a baby on one unattended. Nursing pillows are soft, curved and raised — the shape that lets a young baby's chin drop onto their chest or their face turn into the fabric. Infant deaths have been linked to babies left to sleep on feeding pillows.

With twins this matters more, not less, because you cannot watch two babies as closely as one.

Why a twin pillow is different

It is wider and firmer than a single nursing pillow, and the firmness is the point. Two babies put considerably more weight on the pillow, and a soft one collapses in the middle — dropping both below breast height and defeating the purpose.

The width lets you position both in the double rugby hold, one under each arm, which is the tandem position most twin mothers settle on.

Why tandem feeding matters

Feeding twins one after the other can take five to six hours a day. Feeding them together roughly halves that. In the newborn weeks that is the difference between coping and not.

It takes practice, and most people need help to get both latched at first. Your midwife, health visitor or a local twins group can show you — much easier demonstrated than described.

The cover

Removable and machine washable. With twins you will need it.

Safety summary

Supervised, awake use only. Never for sleep. Never leave a baby unattended on it. Remove it from the bed after feeding.