Welcome to the Sleepless Year!

[Iggy]

Welcome to the first year of your twins' lives. Kiss your old life goodbye! You didn't need to sleep more than an hour at a time anyway!

Ask any questions you want, vent, talk, let it all out. We've been there, some of us are still there, and we love to help.

[mother_of_lily_tina]

My girls are 9 months now. My girls started sleeping through the night at 3 months. Well, I've had to make rules with family members to not hold the girls until they fall asleep. My mom took the girls for a week while my husband and I had to go to work out of state. Well, now the girls are home their always wanting to be held, and its messing up their night routine. I've asked her several times to not hold the girls all the time. I don't know what else to do!!!

Lisa

[Pop Tart]

They missed you, and being held is comfort to them. Give it time, babies are creatures of comfort. You'll have to slowly retrain them.

[olivia2]

I am a mother of eleven month old twin boys who wake up about three times each still a night. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Ringlette]

I am a mother of eleven month old twin boys who wake up about three times each still a night. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Unfortunately, I might not be much help. I did CIO with my girls. I was not very good about it, so it took us 3-4 months off and on to get it down. Bad mommy.:( My girls were marathon screamers though, and it took it's toll on me more than once, so I got them up. When they were about 13 months old, we finally got a night time routine (really really helped) and the CIO started to work. I still have to do it with them every once in a while and they are 3, but at this point, they either stop crying after about a minute, or open their door and walk out.:roll

I promise it will get better though. There are so many different sleep stragedies out there. Just do some research and find the one that works for you and your family. Personally, I suggest CIO, but I know that is not for everyone. For us, it's the only one that worked (when I got strong and actually stuck to it:blush ). Hopefully you will get some better responses. Start a new post, and it will probably get some more traffic.

Are your boys breastfed?

[Iggy]

Yeah, we ended up doing CIO also. My boys did not sleep through the night until they were 13 months old. The only way they would sleep until that point was swaddled, and falling asleep drinking a bottle. They'd wake back up after an hour. Both of them would be up 8 or more time a night. On a good night only 5 or 6 times each. DH and I were miserable and fighting all the time, and at 13 months old we decided we'd had enough. We stopped swaddling them, we put them in their cribs and shut the door. I had to hide the first night while DH listened to them. They yelled/cried for about 2 hours the first night, and about 30 minutes the second. The third night they talked to each other for 10 minutes and went to sleep. For 12 hours! I know CIO isn't or everyone, but we were at rope's end and it worked for us.

[MySweetpeaz]

I have to admit that I'm definitely not the CIO type! Really doesnt work well for me let alone the twins. I dont have the heart to see my babies so miserable. Especially my little girl, the couple of times I've given it a try she was so hysterical that when I went to take her out she didnt want anything to do with me for a while. That made me feel so horrible..I really don't want to create any breakdown in her trust. And with her being such a strong willed little girl I believe that's exactly what would happen. So I wait until I see she is really tired then I either feed her if its time or I gently rock her & within minutes she's asleep. With my little boy i can just put him down when he is tired & he'll fall asleep by himself. They are really good sleepers now. If they experienced a stressful event in the day or even a little excitement I can see it reflected in their naps or at night.