Ok, my niece that got married last year is having triplets! I’m beating my head against the wall to come up with an idea for something that I can make as a gift? Ideas?
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Bones,
A Kevorkian machine!
Just kidding ;-) Triplets, that sounds like fun. What about a three-seater high chair?
-Chuck
Thanks for the thoughts. They wanted a family real bad, and were doing the fertility treatment thing. As my moma always said be careful what you ask for, you might just get it!. Maybe I should just get them a pickup load of diapers!Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Bones,
Gifts for triplets!!!!?????!!!!
If you live near them, they will need babysitting help.
Otherwise, they may need storage for clothes, baby stuff. I like the idea of a Tall Cabinet with a top and bottom. The bottom with drawers. The top, a separate piece, with adustable shelves. If this thing goes almost to the ceiling, it has LOTS of space. It would be a large bedroom cabinet.
(Humor) how about a three story cradle? BIG post on each end. Three individual hanging cradles hanging between it with a mechanism to rock all three. This would show up in the next issue of the FWW Design Book.
(Humor) how about a changing table with a "bullpen" to hold two while the other is being changed. The Bullpen needs a fence around it.
The changing table just needs double sided tape so the kid doesn't roll off.
(Humor) for a few years from now. How about a "rocking herd" which is three horses, side by side, with a sindle set of rockers. That would be a hoot. It would be one of the most photographed toy in the world.
Good luck with the three babies. You are all triply lucky. Babies are a blessing.
Have fun.
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
The three seater high chair is really not a bad idea. Except that instead of a chair, it should be a table with three half moon cut-outs in it with an affixed seat for each kid - like a three station highcair.
Make it kidney shaped so mom could just sit across the table from them and feed them while they were all confined to one area. It'll cut her feeding time way down, she can feed all three at once and it'll take up less space than three highchairs.
As an added benefit, it would double as a game or activity table for the little tykes as they get a bit older.
HB
I got 10 month old twins. It has been fun so far. Triplets means they will be outnumbered which will be a lot harder.
As a new father of twins I would recommend another changing table. One for the bedroom one for another room.
I am cuurently planning to make a toy box for all the toys that have been taking over my house.
Hope iot helps
This may not have ocurred to you yet but it will soon enough ;-)
Two parents ARE NOT an equal match for two kids. Ideally, two kids would have four parents, then things would be equal. When my daughter was an infant she was the easiest child to tend. I mistakenly thought, when my wife was pregnant with our second child, (my son) that the degree of difficulty would increase by a linear factor of 2. And with my daughter being so easy to care for -- no sweat! Hoo, boy, was I wrong! The second child causes the degree of difficulty to increase, not by a linear factor, but exponentially. Enjoy! (Seriously, you'll have a blast -- nothing better than children, regardless of the number).
Thanks to all the folks who replied, and to those parents of twins my prayers are with you! I wish I was close, but alas they are on the East coast and I'm in the midwest (UGH). I like the comments about space and outgrowing the furniture. I'll keep that in mind. Maybe a piece that could start as a changing table and after they grow out of it, use it for something else. Thanks again.Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Another good idea brought up by another poster would be a fence that can be put in a doorway to limit their movements. I now need about three of them.
Mel,
Wow, I can see it now. A single piece of furniture that has three cradles. Functions like a ferris wheel.
Tall post on each end. A piece that has three arms, equi-distant apart, that is fastened in the middle to the tall post. Then a cradle hanging in between each of the three arms.
Each cradle could rock, but all three would rotate like a ferris wheel.
Having made two single cradles, I can see this thing vividly in my mind. Actually wouldn't be all that hard to make. Time, yes, but not hard.
BUT -- not that practical, in that it would only be needed for five or six months or so.
Alan - planesaw
Alan,
We often see threads on the "process of design". I think this is what design is all about -- creatively coming up with new ways making things to perform old functions. The process often becomes more creative if more than one person is involved. You and I may just come up with a design for a "Multi-Cradle" that makes us billionaires. One can only hope. Thanks for joining in on the fun.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
A sign to hang out front; "Nanny wanted"
I just had two grandchildren born within three months of each other who we babysit, so I can relate! (Also, we had twins ourselves, plus one thirteen months older, so casting my mind back to what was most useful for us.)
A hanging cradle (the kind that swings from pivots) that's big enough for at least two and maybe all three, unless they have room for three separate cradles. They're going to need somewhere safe to put them down while they care for or change diapers on the others. That's probably one of their most critical needs.
A nice changing table that can convert into something else useful is always nice.
Looking down the road a few months, a playpen is going to be critical. They can hardly supervise three active ones all crawling freely around the house!
The last issue of FW, or maybe the next to last, had some suggestions for kids furniture.
And again a bit down the road, recent research has shown that blocks are one of the most valuable toys for young children to play with. A nice set of blocks with a whole range of interesting shapes in a lighter weight wood -- maybe basswood or poplar or even balsa -- painted lots of colors with milk paint, which is safe for kids to chew on, would be really valuable for their development.
Bones,
I just had twins... So I'm one short, but I'll make a suggestion. Don't make anything big, and don't make anything they'll grow out of quickly. With three space will be a huge issue (3 cribs, 3 vibrating chairs, 3 high chairs), and anything they grow out of will end up stored. My two favorite ideas: A rocking chair, or a toy box/blanket chest.
I'm not a fan of heirloom baby furniture, since they grow out of it very quickly, and for the most part are not as convenient as purchased baby items. It's one way to make under appreciated furniture... Things that can grow with the babies (dressers and such), or that can be used elsewhere in the house (rocking chair etc) are the way to go. The latest FWW has an article on children's furniture, it's worth a read.
Another thought that might be cool is custom baby gates. If they have to screw something into the wall... it might as well look good.
Buster
rocking chair ... ALL children LOVE them.. Be sure to make three or else there will be a fight!And one poster mentioned babysitting. Something you MUST do if you live close by. No better way to 'bond' to a child and make your day!I do it about three times a week with my adopted grandbabies and yes I sure wish I was out in the shop sometimes BUT they do tire out this old man!
buster congrats, me too, how old are yours?
5 months on Thursday, two little boys. It's so much fun having two!
How about a liquor cabinet...
triple deck cradle... That sounds great... I would suggest that you look at where they plan to house the tikes and build something they can use till they are teens... Toybox or convertible cribs (sides become headboards) or a rocking chair for mom.
Edited 10/17/2007 2:49 pm ET by Drew1house
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