What's better for twins- sleep books

shivNY

Is Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child better than Baby Wise?

I used Baby Wise with my son (not strictly, but the sleep eat play routine) and did Frber with him @ 4.5 months.  He is an incredible sleeper- but I think that's just him sometimes.

I hear alot about the Healthy Sleep Habits book on here- is it better than babywise?  Is it similar?

Thanks

groovygrl

Weissbluth also has HSH Happy twins, just an FYI.

To me, babywise was more of an all around strategy for structure & scheduling and HSH is very sleep focused. I did not have amazing success with either one but in the end we went with Weissbluth's approaches, in particular the early bedtime (6 or 630), which did wonders for us after months of sleep struggles.  I did do the whole eat/activity/sleep thing from BWfrom the start and liked that it gave me some structure & we fed every 3-4 hours pretty much for the most part but were not super strict about it in the beginning.

GL!

lmydogally

I read both and highly reccomend healthy sleep habits happy twins.  I like the concept of baby wise but I didn't follow it to the letter.

besu-chan

I am very similar to both pp. BW seemed a bit too strict for me. My girls are REALLY different from each other though- I think if they were more similar in terms of sleep needs, temperament etc it might work better. I appreciated the HSHHT approach to giving me the information on the "science" behind baby's sleep, what range of schedules/sleep amounts tend to work at different ages, etc and giving various options for helping them achieve good sleep habits without necessarily having a specific "program" so to speak. I don't know if that makes any sense...

I read both though, and I like having BW on hand to look at sample schedules and see how my girls compare. Mostly it helps me keep realistic expectations for awake time etc, and reminds me that I can tweak their schedule to meet the adults' needs and it won't permanently harm them  

shivNY

besu-chan:

Mostly it helps me keep realistic expectations for awake time etc, and reminds me that I can tweak their schedule to meet the adults' needs and it won't permanently harm them  

This is why I liked baby wise. I made DSs schedule to work w ours. There is no way we can ever do an early bedtime with our work schedules, so DS goes to bed at 9 and sleeps 12 hrs a night and sleeps alot during the day also. So I'm wondering if early bedtime is a fundamental of HSH that you'd have to follow to make it work. If that's the case I don't even want to read it.   

besu-chan

shivNY:

besu-chan:

Mostly it helps me keep realistic expectations for awake time etc, and reminds me that I can tweak their schedule to meet the adults' needs and it won't permanently harm them  

This is why I liked baby wise. I made DSs schedule to work w ours. There is no way we can ever do an early bedtime with our work schedules, so DS goes to bed at 9 and sleeps 12 hrs a night and sleeps alot during the day also. So I'm wondering if early bedtime is a fundamental of HSH that you'd have to follow to make it work. If that's the case I don't even want to read it.   

I don't think so. He does highly recommend it, and suggests a bedtime in the range of something like 5:30-7:30 I think, but mostly what I liked was the information that I gained. I think it's worth reading and that you could get a lot out of it that would be helpful with twins even if you already know you are sticking with a later bedtime. Like I said, I feel like his book is not really a "program" that you have to stick to. HTH!