WDYD: twins sleep together or apart to start?

kthappy76

We have two cribs set up in the nursery on our 1st floor, but plan to have the twins spend nights in our room upstairs to start and then nap in their cribs in the nursery during the day.  We have both a PNP and a bassinet (from when we thought we were having one) that we could set up in our room so they can get used to sleeping apart.  I'm not opposed to keeping them together in the PNP if that makes them happy, but they will outgrow the weight limit fairly quickly, so I'm thinking maybe I should just keep them separate to start. 

What did you do?  TIA!

JosiePosy

Ours have always slept separately. We used the RNPs when they weren't in their cribs. They were never together in the NICU so we didn't see a reason to start at home.

ougrad1

Mine were always together.  You want things to be noisy in the beginning so that, they are accustomed to sleeping through noises.  You don't want it dead silent or they will be very light sleepers.

That said, I do separate them for their nap now because Landry always wakes 30 to 40 minutes prior to Hudson.

Unless you plan to have separate nurseries, do not separate them from the get go. 

kthappy76

ougrad1:

Mine were always together.  You want things to be noisy in the beginning so that, they are accustomed to sleeping through noises.  You don't want it dead silent or they will be very light sleepers.

That said, I do separate them for their nap now because Landry always wakes 30 to 40 minutes prior to Hudson.

Unless you plan to have separate nurseries, do not separate them from the get go. 

Let me clarify that by separate I mean a PNP and bassinet right next to each other in our room.  We do have two nurseries, but are starting them out in one together until we see a need to separate them.

Rangergal9

We separated ours from the beginning.  They slept in RnPs for the first 3 months.  Then we moved them to separate cribs.

UsedToBeGoldie

our were always apart at night- sometimes together for naps, but only if i was right there paying attention.

the SIDS risk was not something i was willing to risk for them to sleep together.

they were STTN at 8w just fine apart.

1G2Bmommy

Our guys slept together in the same PNP and crib from the time they were born until a week before their 2nd birthday.

jxd215

We started them out sleeping together in a PnP in our room, but that lasted maybe two weeks. Partly because they were so grunty I couldn't sleep, and partly because they always seemed to roll in towards each other in the PnP.  I never really liked putting them in the PnP together.

After 2 weeks we moved them into the nursery where they shared a crib for about 3 months.  I don't feel strongly that sharing a crib made them any more or less happy - with the firmer crib mattress they pretty much stayed on their own side of the crib so the sharing probably didn't register for them. It was just easier for us because it gave us more time to find a cheap second crib.

ougrad1

I would separate them into their own sleeping space.  I never put Landry and Hudson down in the same PNP, crib, ect...Goldie is correct in pointing out the sides thing.

cocojack10

Mine slept together for the first 3 mo.  The first month, they shared a cosleeper in our room.  Once they outgrew that, they went to their room and shared one crib, until they learned to unswaddle themselves and started wiggling around the crib, at which time they ea slept in their crib.

KarlsSweetie05

Mine were separated in the NICU for a month, so they were not used to sharing a bed by the time they got home.

In our master bedroom, we have a PNP and a mini co-sleeper.  One on each side of the bed.  At night, we are each responsible for 1 baby - whichever baby ends up on our side of the bed.

During the day, we have 2 cribs in the nursery and they sleep separately, each in his/her own crib.

 We have a white noise machine in both rooms and keep it running so kids don't sleep in complete silence.  After the NICU stay where it is so noisy and loud, I can't imagine that they would have slept in silence anyway.  Its so loud in the NICU.

flutepharm87

Our slept in the same crib for the first 3 months. They just couldn't sleep otherwise. When they started moving around more, we moved them into separate cribs. They still have to be in the same room though.

leviandlandensmom

We had a crib in our room and they slept in it together until they were 4 months old. They were so tiny in that huge crib, there was no risk of them getting in eachother's space.