Sleeping Arrangements for Multiples

[schmella]

I know its super early, but planning the things I have *some* control over is soothing, so here we go:

When we were talking about one, the plan was to purchase a side sleeper for the early months. I even found one that could handle twins for a few months. But now that we're looking at triplets, I'm not sure this is even a possibility. Any triplet moms cosleep? How did that work out?

Of course my inlaws are already chomping at the bit to furnish the nursery we don't have yet. And so then comes the question of cribs- I'm reading that multiples do better sleeping together, but did you really have one crib? I can't imagine putting three in one crib for very long, but I also don't know how we're going to fit three cribs in one room!  Any thoughts?

[ashb62]

I *just* have twins, but my boys slept swaddled at opposite ends of a PNP bassinet for 6 weeks. My pedi was okay with them sleeping together (positioned away from each other) until they started rolling, but we ended up switching them sooner. They were wiggling and waking each other. We switched them to separate PNPs in our room and moved them to separate cribs in the nursery around 12 weeks.

Lots of MoMs sleep their babies together, but it is a SIDS risk. I wouldn't have been comfortable putting them in the same crib. My boys slept better separately anyway. You have to decide your own comfort level.

[nomnom]

You could look into mini cribs, which have a smaller footprint and are sometimes cheaper.

Example: www.amazon.com/Dream-Me-Portable-Convertible-White/dp/B002GWVZEK/ref=sr_1_12?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1428073144&sr=1-12&keywords=mini+crib

Put that with a nice set of bedding (www.amazon.com/American-Baby-Company-Portable-Starter/dp/B00HDM3VXG/ref=sr_1_47?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1428073260&sr=1-47&keywords=mini+crib)
and a mattress (www.amazon.com/Dream-Me-Extra-Portable-Mattress/dp/B00342UIFI/ref=sr_1_5?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1428073461&sr=1-5&keywords=mini+crib+mattress)
and you have a compact setup for about $200 per baby.

I like shopping for baby stuff :-D

[anotherdreamer]

My twins were in bassinet, then shared a PNP in our room until they started rolling, and now have their own cribs. I can not imagine sharing a crib once they're mobile, they pull each other's hair, tackle each other, roll a lot, etc... so besides the risk of SIDS, mine would keep each other up. DD2 goes to sleep right away, but DD1 stays up crying or playing for a bit.

[anakah]

My twins have slept in their own spaces since the bassinets in the hospital. We tried putting them together in one and they just cried. I joke that they had enough bonding in utero and that once they were out they wanted nothing to do with sharing space again. I also suggest looking into mini cribs. I was leaning towards them for our smallish nursery but then we were given hand me down cribs from a good friend.

[wamom]

I was going to keep the twins in our bedroom in a singles portable crib for the first few months but dd has reflux and needs to be inclined a bit so we have them in RNPs. They will each have their own crib when they move into their new rooms in a few months.

[wamom]

I will also add mine did awesome next to each other in the same bassinet in the hospital but again, reflux got in the way and dd ended up losing too much weight from spitting up.

[schmella]

Thanks for all the great input! I think the hardest part right now is the waiting. We have all of these moving parts that we are waiting on before we can make any decisions or progress, and its so hard!