Hang in there girlie! My (2) friends with twins have said that once you really get them on a schedule and the feedings spread out it makes all the difference in the world. The boys are adorable.
Oh I so hope those days are here soon! Right now I'd give my left arm for an end to the witching hours and some decent sleep! If they have any advice on how to make things easier and how they got a schedule I'd love to hear!
Post by xanthepants on Mar 23, 2015 19:50:32 GMT -5
I'll ask! I know A had this giant ass BF pillow that she could lay both girls on so she could feed at the same time. And I know she would let the fussier (in general) one fuss a couple minutes near feeding time so the other would sort of catch up/wake up and then feed together.
abseptember, setting a schedule was the hardest for us, especially early on because DD would not wake up to eat. We had to strip her down every time and then she'd fall asleep eating. At night I actually preferred to feed one after the other because it was easier for me to handle once I was on my own (DH helped if he woke up but I tried to let him sleep once he was back at work) I was fortunate to have my mom come help me every morning so I would nap a glorious uninterrupted 2-3 hours then. Luckily around 12 weeks was a turning point for us and the twins started sleeping longer stretches at night. It also helped they slept next to me in rock n plays, so I could rock them back to sleep if they started to stir at night.
If you get a chance, check out twintalkblog.com. It's a blog written by other twin moms and they often have good advice to share for new twin moms.
This one talks about scheduling and helping them to STTN:
abseptember, setting a schedule was the hardest for us, especially early on because DD would not wake up to eat. We had to strip her down every time and then she'd fall asleep eating. At night I actually preferred to feed one after the other because it was easier for me to handle once I was on my own (DH helped if he woke up but I tried to let him sleep once he was back at work) I was fortunate to have my mom come help me every morning so I would nap a glorious uninterrupted 2-3 hours then. Luckily around 12 weeks was a turning point for us and the twins started sleeping longer stretches at night. It also helped they slept next to me in rock n plays, so I could rock them back to sleep if they started to stir at night.
If you get a chance, check out twintalkblog.com. It's a blog written by other twin moms and they often have good advice to share for new twin moms.
This one talks about scheduling and helping them to STTN:
Grant is seriously crazy when he gets hungry so if he wakes first I try to get to him right away so he doesn't wake his brother. I agree that,at least at this age, they are easier to feed separate. These 2 are such loud sleepers and I am such a light sleeper that I had to kick then out of our room or I'd get no sleep. I have someone that comes in to help 9-5 so I always try to nap when DD does which helps a lot. I'm glad to hear that at 12 weeks it got easier.... half way there! I'll check out the blog... thanks!
Oh... when did u put them on the same sleep/awake schedule? Right now I let them sleep/wake during the day as they wish except for feedings which are together or back to back. They go to bed for the night at the same time.
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