Are you co-sleeping your twins?

krismott25

We are going to buy a crib tomorrow. I had planned on co sleeping until they started playing around with eachother instead of sleeping. How has this worked for you all? How far did you get until you seperated them? sorry if this ? has already been asked a bazillion times

naflmj

We plan to while they are in our room but obviously no experience yet. We are buying 2 cribs for their room though because by the time we transition them they will likely need their own space.

Hunter22

Our girls shared a crib until 3.5 months which was when they were too big to sleep side by side and started rolling everywhere (and it was evident they would soon be rolling all over each other). We already had two cribs in their room so we split them up. They actually started sleeping better when we did that too.

keg

We bought two cribs but only set up one initially.  My DDs shared a crib until they were 7 months old when they really started moving and kicking each other.  They were pretty good until then. 

klr210

My girls are 4 months. We started them co-sleeping swaddled in a cradle in our room. Once they wanted to self sooth by sucking on their thumbs/fingers I un-swaddled them and moved them to a crib in our room. I am not sure when I'll move them to their room and separate cribs, but this set up has worked well for us so far. I might need to split them up soon before they get too dependent on each other. 

tootlebug

we arent planning on doing this....we are getting anoth pack n play and plan on putting them in our room with two separate pack n plays.  if it gets bad then my husband is going to go sleep in the 3rd bedroom with a twin. this is how we are planning to handle it now but who knows what will actually happen when they get here.  lots of trial and error.

we already have a crib but probably wont be another one for a few months.  we put my son in his crib, not in our room, around 3 months.  but again, who knows what we are going to be dealing with regarding twins.

CaliDutchGrl

We bought two cribs but only set one up in their room.

 For the first month, they shared the PnP in our room. At that point we moved them into their own room but still sharing a crib. At night we would swaddle them up. At two months old, my boys started to turn in their sleep. We were worried about suffocation, so they moved into their own cribs at 2 months. Then at 6 mo they moved into their own rooms because they started to wake each other up! 

ninjabridemom

We will be getting 2 cribs, but I do hope they will sleep together for the first few weeks.  We have the twin bassinet pnp, too, but I don't know if we'll use it in our room or not.  Also, I'm hoping you don't NEED the top divider so they can sleep near each other.

 

To me, these boys have just been so close this entire pregnancy (often literally on top of each other), and it seems like a "nicer" way to transition them to life to keep them together a little bit. 

 

I think the transition time is definitely dependent on the individuals, though.  I would plan around 3 months at the latest but if they're still doing fine and sleeping fine, why not, right. 

felinity

My twins are 15 weeks old. (For reference, they were 7 pounders when they were born, and they're now around 16 lbs each.) We started them cosleeping swaddled in a pack 'n play. It did NOT work to have them sleep in our room (they were too fussy and noisy), so we took shifts sleeping on the couch with the p'n'p in the living room.

At 3 months, we switched them to one crib in their nursery.  They still fit crosswise in there, but even swaddled, they're starting to wiggle toward one another in their sleep.  I think we might have another month or so until we're going to have to break out the second crib.

marisuz28

We actually had them in an Arms Reach Co-Sleeper in our room until they were 6 weeks old, together and swaddled.  We moved them into their own room then and into seperate cribs.  Mine sleep MUCH better apart than together.  They are both movers though...

LoveTravel

keg:

We bought two cribs but only set up one initially.  My DDs shared a crib until they were 7 months old when they really started moving and kicking each other.  They were pretty good until then. 

I think mine were 6 months when we seperated with no issues whatsoever after being seperated.

We did buy two cribs initially though and used the other once after we seperated.

ColleenS629

We had them sleeping together in a PnP when they came home from the hospital until one of them started having reflux issues that made it painful for him to sleep flat. We moved him to a RnP first. His brother didn't like sleeping in the PnP alone so we moved him to an RnP too. When I tried to move them to cribs, I tried together and alone and they were both disasters. When we try again, I will probably try to get them in separate cribs so we don't have to deal with another transition later. Getting them to sleep in their cribs at all is turning out to be impossible. I don't want to add another transition later.

everam01

Mine slept together, swaddled, in the arms' reach co-sleeper until they were about 3-4 weeks old. We then bought 2 rock-n-plays, though we kept them in our room until they were ready for the crib (6 months for N, 7.5 months for E).

JosiePosy

Mine never slept together. They were in separate beds in the NICU so we kept that going when they came home. We had them in the RnPs for several months before they moved to separate cribs.

cleeksock

they're currently sleeping in the bassinet part of their pack n play.  it works really well--one will wake up screaming in the other's ear, and the sleeping baby stays sound asleep.  i kind of want to move them to their own room soon, but my husband surprisingly is balking at the idea.

ardilla

Ours shared a bassinette in the hospital, but from day 1 at home we've had them in their own P&P or crib.

Mrs_MBed

Right now the plan is for the boys to share a crib in our room.  We are moving out of state in May, so for us this is just easier.  We'll separate them when they start being more mobile. 

babya2010

The nurses in our NICU strongly advised against it. That said, we did have them swaddled in the same PnP in our room for all of 3 nights (maybe less?) until we woke to find DD kicking DS in the face. That was enough for me - they were in their own cribs in their nursery from then on. We separated them further, into their own rooms, at 6.5mo when DD was consistently waking DS in the middle of the night. Long story short, you will eventually be needing 2 cribs so you might as well just get them now.

s270453

Our boys slept in the same PNP, then crib, till they were 3-3.5 months old.  It worked well for us!

krismott25

thanks ladies. so i guess we will stick by our orginial plan and it'll be trial by fire. we plan on moving to a bigger house when they are around 6 months old so hopefully we can last that long. thanks again

kthappy76

In our room, yes. In our bed, no. They started in a PNP bassinet, together, and now are in their own cribs and do fine.