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How important is keeping them on same schedule?
My LOs are 8 weeks old and we've let them get off the same schedule. During the day I'll feed them both at the same time if they're hungry at the same time. At night, I'll get up with the first one and DH will get up when the second one wakes up. I'm just wondering if it's REALLY important to keep them on the same schedule or do what works best for us?
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Re: How important is keeping them on same schedule?
In my opinion, yes. We made a couple adjustments as the girls were getting older (like once they were sleeping through the night, we didn't wake the other to eat if one woke). And now, when napping I won't wake the other up when the first wakes, but that's rare.
I found it was impossible to get anything done if they weren't on the same schedule as I was always taking care of a baby. And forget trying to leave the house if you are feeding them on alternate schedules and they are napping on alternate schedules.
Ultimately though, it's up to you. If you don't mind feeding every hour and getting up multiples times a night, who am I to stop you!
It saved us. I kept them on the same schedule all.the.time.
In my experience, it's very, very important I'm particularly rigid about our schedule because I am super type-A, but pretty much all of the MoMs I know have babies that eat together and sleep together. Otherwise, you'll basically have a baby up all the time and you'll never have any down time. And, trust me, you want the downtime, even if it's just 45 minutes, to do little things like change laundry around, load the dishwasher, etc. And, like others said, getting out will be really, really hard if they are on different nap schedules, especially once they are past the point of sleeping whenever, wherever.
As other posters have mentionned I couldn't agree more- to me it WAS very important to be on the same schedule, I don't know what I would of done if they weren't on the same schedule for anything...when they both rested it also gave me time to clean/nap whatever I needed to get done around the house.
It still is something we try and keep up and they boys just turned two years old.
But again as one poster mentioned whatever works for you, scheduled worked for us.
I think keeping them on the same schedule is so much easier. You may be ok with the way things are going now but they're only 8 weeks old....whatcha gonna think when they're 8 months old and you're still constantly entertaining at least one baby? Getting mine on the same schedule meant I could hop in the shower without worries, get housework done without a baby on my hip, get a nap, etc. Even now, mine are 2, and they both go down for naps at the same time and to bed at the same time.