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Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Twins

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Does this book address how to get your twins to sleep in their crib/s?  My issue isn't that they have been in a bassinet since the beginning.  They've always shared a crib in their room.  In the past couple weeks, the girls throw a fit when I place them in their crib at night and will only sleep in their bouncy seats...  They are gassy babies, but propping up the mattress doesn't seem to help - it just makes them slide down!

I've ordered this book and I'm hoping it will help with this. :(

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  • jillianmbjillianmb member
    I'm just a lurker here (was a nanny for twins and just check back once and a while for interest sake), but when I was a nanny for twins we (their mom and I) used "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" for the twins and it was wonderful.  There are always still a few rough nights, but it really helped.  The twins' mom recommended the book to all her friends.  HTH!

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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    Not that I can find. There is a 'sleeping arrangements' section in one chapter but it is more about sharing a crib vs not & the concept of the 'family bed' but not so much about transitioning to a crib from being in the parents' room. (Again, that I can find...). Does the original book have that in it? The twins one is half the length of the original so I'm not sure what was taken out...

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    ETA: I just realized you weren't talking about transitioning but more about them being fine in a crib and then not. I havent seen that in the book either. Maybe they would do better in separate cribs or separate rooms for awhile? I have no idea but just a thought, maybe they're going through a growth spurt or something. THe book does have a section on sleep issues at different ages. ?

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  • ppantsppants member

    My twins slept in their bouncy seats for the first 10 weeks!  We started putting them in their cribs for naps after they were rocked to sleep and rocking them to sleep with a bottle for bedtime.  We also swaddled and used a positioner.  They grew out of the swaddle and grew out of being rocked also.

     

    Wendy Twins 1/27/06. DS and DD
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  • ppantsppants member
    BTW, we did use the Healthy Sleep habits, happy child book.  They were up for an hour or so then back to sleep for quite a few months.  We had a hard time with putting them to bed sleepy, but awake and had to CIO when they did grow out of being rocked around 10 mo.
    Wendy Twins 1/27/06. DS and DD
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