night - any tips?

gumiberg

we seem to be taking 0 steps forward, 2 steps back every night.

How the heck do  you get both  babies to sleep??

pea-kay

well, they're awfully young still. what is their adjusted age? we kept ours on a schedule. if one woke to eat, we woke them alll up.

they were pretty good about putting themselves to sleep. 

i guess i'm not really sure what you're asking here...

Trixie6717

As in getting them down to sleep or getting them to sleep longer at a time?

Getting them to sleep? We have a routine of bath, massage, pjs and bottle and they are both out like lights.

Sleeping longer at a time? Just comes with age and weight. Pedi told us around 13 lbs. they'd start sleeping longer and maybe STTN, and our started doing it at about 12 lbs.

gumiberg

I just want them to sleep more than 45 minute chunks!!

They used to sleep 2-3 hour chunks and that was great, but now it seems as soon as they fall asleep, one baby wakes almost immediately.  And that wakes up the second baby and then they cry.  We cuddle them back to sleep but like half an  hour later, it happens again.

I hear about babies sleeping through the night at 3 months - we're almost 2 months and I dont think we could be farther away from that.  They nap longer than they sleep at night.

pea-kay

are they swaddled? can you tell why they're waking? hunger? diaper issues? hmmm. that's tough. maybe they're going through a growth spurt?

Rinnie

Schedule, Schedule, Schedule

I was an loose 3 hour routine after the first month.  I was taking notes and looking for their sleep clues at nighttime.  I woke the boys after the first 3 months every 3 hours to eat no matter what during the day.  This I think for me helped set their clocks and get them on the same time.

But found they both lost it around 630 or so.  Well that time didn't really work for us because my DH came home from work and we ate dinner at that time.  I also had a 20 month old DD and I was trying not to ruin her routine.

But I picked 715.  I would do the same thing night after night.

We would all go upstairs.  I would put a small light on, turn on their music and lay the boys on the floor.  I would undress, diaper change and put them in their pj's with little to no talking to them.  I would then BF them and change the diapers again if needed.

I would then bundle each baby up and put them in their crib next to each other in the middle of the short part of the crib.

I would then re-start the music and turn the light off and leave the room. 

I would only go back in if they cried and fussed and then I would attempt to comfort in the crib.

9 out of 10 times they were already asleep from when the where BF.  They would wake a little for the bundle but went back down.

Night time feedings were basically the same except no light other then a night light. 

By 14 weeks both babies were STTN and at 9 months we still do the same routine.  If I do a bath it is done earlier and in the summer months I let them crawl around just in a diaper until bedtime. 

Since 14 weeks I have only had to go back in to pick a baby up or comfort them maybe a handful of times each.

But then again my husband calls me the bedtime Nazi.  I am this way because I have a 2.5 year old DD who still doesn't STTN because I didn't let her CIO and let her go down awake but drowsy.  I figured it out with the twins.

I actually have to lay down with my DD for both nap & bedtime and most nights she comes into our bed between 12 & 2.  She was also wake up a couple of times during the night.  I am her wubby and she will rub my arm all night long for comfort or to put herself to sleep.

Therefore I was not making the same mistake again.