sleeping at night...

royalcrown1

How/when do preemies sleep longer at night?  Is it based on adjusted age?  By 7 weeks, my older son was going 6-7 hours at night, ate, and then went back to sleep for another 4-5 hours.  With the twins, I can't seem to get any long periods of sleep.  They came home from the NICU eating every 4 hours.  At night, I am lucky if they wake after 4 hours.  Sometimes, they are up after 2-3 hours.  They eat 120 ml/4 oz at every feed.  How do I get them to sleep a little longer at night?  I am starting to feel drained and need to know when I will be able to get a little more sleep.  I am not expecting them to sleep through the night, just a little longer stretch would be nice.

TIA!

Bippy798

DS slept through the night (6 hours) at 4 months actual 6 weeks adjusted.

lemen99

I think I would go by adjusted age.  Andrew came home waking up once at night (every 4) and by 6 weeks he was sleeping ~8 hours and by 2.5 months he was sleeping 12 hours. 

My only advice would be to put them in their bed awake -they will get there!

FisMom

No advice as my DD still does not sleep through the night. Some nights she only wakes up once, but usually she's up twice.

angelynn8411

LOL i have no expectations. DD#1 was a 41+ weeker and didn't STTN til 13 months!