Intro and a question

darci04

So, first off, hi! I have been a member of the nest/bump for a couple years, but have basically just lurked. I guess I just never got into the posting spirit. My daughter is 18 months, and I had my twin boys 3 months ago. My whole pregnancy with the twins was great. I delivered the twins via c-section at just over 36 weeks. Blake was 6 lbs 12 oz, and Brody was my big boy at 8 lbs 3 oz.  While pregnant with the boys, I checked out this board quite a bit, and all of you ladies have so much great info to offer, I figured I would finally post a questions, plus I finally have time due to my daughter being gone for the day!

Here's my dilema: We've always kept the boys on the same eating/sleeping schedule. I just think it works best, especially having my daughter to take care of too, I don't want to be up around the clock. However, now that the boys are around 3 months, they're settling into their own schedules. At night, one wakes up crying because he's hungry, and when we wake the other up, he barely opens his eyes to eat. I've tried letting them wake up at different times, but it only ends up being 30 minutes to 1 hour later. So, I guess my question is, would you continue to keep them on the same schedule or let them vary a little. I know schedules work best, but I don't want to feel like I'm forcing the other to eat. Thanks in advance for any insight anyone can offer me!

atc282

First, congrats and welcome!! (Awesome birth weights, btw!!)

My girls are a little past 3 mo. and they are pretty much on their schedules now. We do all the same feedings EXCEPT a middle of the night one--most of the time, E will STTN, so I don't find it necessary for her to eat since she normally sleeps, but G tends to get up once, anywhere from 3-5 am for a bottle, so DH or I feed her then put her back to bed. That system works best for us since G doesn't necessarily get up for that bottle every night. Then the scheduled feedings begin when they rise around the same time each morning. So, they are on diff. "schedules" at night but it all balances out in the day, if that makes sense.

HTH and hope to see more posts from you, too! 

darci04

Thanks for the welcome That definitely helps!  Blake is usually the one up between 3-4 am, and Brody is always in a deep sleep. So maybe tonight I'll try just feeding Blake. During the day they're usually hungry around the same times, so I know what you mean. Thanks again!

JustaKidAtHeart

There can a time that I let the one I was waking all the time sleep.   When that happened I set a wake up "time".  So between 7pm and 7 am that was sleep time and they could be on their own.  At (or close to 7 am) when the first boys was up the other one was gotten up to eat and we started our day.

lgurian

hi welcome. i always stick to the same schedule. i just couldnt take the risk to my sanity to have the other one getting up 30 min later! now they STTN so it's not really an issue anymore. around 2.5, 3 mo if i thought that who ever woke up just out of habit i would give them a paci and let them go back to sleep if they were both up i would feed them. they have been STTN since about 9-10 wks. GL.