I feel your pain. Still waiting on triplets for the first family I ever started. Finally had twins, and I hope I don't have to wait another 7 generations for the triplets.

As for the bugs, I buy the bottle of rain every time it is in the store. I am now running 3 families, two started after the .05 update, and one before. The rain brings nothing but coins in the first family. In the other two, I constantly get the millipede and the cricket. About every 3-4 bottles I get a new bug or nut/twig. Ah, well, at least with the rain bottle I can choose when I spend my time hunting collectibles.