It gets better, right?

WillyBean · February 2015

Hi. I'm kind of a new poster, I post here and there when I have time, but I have been reading things on the bump since before we were pregnant. Our b/g twins are 4.5 months old and until this last weekend, they slept awesome. They woke up once per night and it was usually around 4 am. Well, now it is chaos and I am so hoping for some encouragement or words of wisdom!

Baby girl has learned to roll, which she has been doing for awhile, but now that she can't be swaddled anymore, she has started rolling while asleep. Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but whenever she rolls onto her stomach, her arm gets caught underneath her and she starts screaming. So then, baby boy wakes up because his crib is about 5 feet away from hers and it's just total chaos! Ack! I know this has to be a normal stage and eventually she'll get used to it but holy cow, we are struggling. My husband works overnight and last night when he was off work it was tough of on him - he said he was in and out of their room about 15 times just flipping her over! And she has been having night terrors which is a whole different ball game for us, too.. Jeepers. :-/

I guess I'm just exhausted and it never really occurred to me that it would take some adjusting time for her to get used to rolling while asleep. They have been in their cribs since day two of coming home. And like I said, normally they are excellent sleepers and baby boy will sleep through all of her noises. But now, it's like they both wake up if a mouse farts! Oh, and they sleep in Zipadee Zips, so she has plenty of room to move around. Any tips or tricks? How long does it take for them to like to sleep on their stomachs? I actually think she would be quite comfortable because she always wants to be on her stomach or side. She's been sleeping on her side for about 2 months now.

FaeryStarGazer · February 2015

You're in the four-month-wakeful period. It'll end soon- they're just in overdrive learning new things!

If the biggest issue is that Baby Girl is getting stuck on her arm, give her more tummy time to help strengthen her core so she can get all the way over and pull her own arm out from underneath

TREDgirl · February 2015

Check out the wonder week app and website. It lists all the development milestones and the approximate times when they strike. Really helped us out when suddenly behavior changed. And I agree that more tummy time will help strengthen her core so she can roll over all the way.

And yes, it does get better! Hang in there.

sarums4 · February 2015

Yep, the 4-month sleep regression is for real. Caught us off guard with DS too, but really normal, and it passes!

zazu13 · February 2015

We keep a pack n play set up in a separate room and move one baby if they are disrupting the sleep of the other. It's rough, I know. Hang in there. We also sleep trained at 5.5 months which was fabulous and despite some rough patches along the way, the sleeping situation has gotten better every month and now they go 12-13 hr stretches

CaliCarly77 · February 2015

Would it make sense to make a barrier for her so she doesn't roll over? Like a rolled up towel in a U shape under the mattress sheet? At least until she figures it out. OR (and maybe this is bad?) put her to sleep on her tummy IF AND ONLY IF she can roll onto her back on her own.

We had some wake ups around 4 months but it ended very quickly (two weeks max) and we have had 12 hours of sleep every night since.

WillyBean · February 2015

Hi. Thanks so much for all of the ideas! Like I said, I rarely have time to post. I am pretty sure the night I posted this, I went home from work completely exhausted and told my husband we needed a new game plan. He and I brainstormed during the kids' third nap and came up with the "rolled up towel" idea that someone had mentioned. We tried it that night and it worked like a charm! Oh my goodness, what a lifesaver!

As a trade off, though, we have noticed that she will wake herself up more often and is less likely to soothe herself back to sleep unless she has her binky. So, that's just awesome, isn't it?! But, we are giving her a night without the so-called barriers tonight and so far so good. I have watched her self soothe twice now. Fingers crossed that all is right in the world for her now! Anyone have any grand experiences with sleep training two? Do you separate them or keep them in the same room and let them wake each other up? This is probably a conversation for a new post, but like I said, I post on here very rarely so I might as well ask while I have a minute.

Toodles to you all and I hope you all get sleep tonight!

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