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Twins sleeping habits

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twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 18:03

Hey!
So we have 9 week old twins that slept in the cotbed together originally but then wouldn't sleep in it anymore! So they ended up in bed with me as I literally tried everything to get them to sleep in their cot to no avail.
When they sleep with me they will sleep 10-6 (roughly) we have since bought sleepyheads (I know some people don't recommend these but I don't want advice on that) the girls will sleep in them for an hour or so and wake up so we have to keep settling them. My question is shall we just keep trying the sleepy heads? I'm worrying if we don't do the transition now we will never get them to sleep in cots! Or is that not the case?
Sorry for the long post!

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womaninatightspot · 25/02/2018 18:06

I am rubbish but I gave in due to the horrors of sleep deprivation and my dtds slept with me every night till they were two and a half!

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 18:11

Oh god really!! That's what I'm scared of haha! I was just starting to enjoy them sleeping a good amount of time to the go back to waking up constantly was soul destroying. I just don't know what to do for the best really!

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crazycatlady5 · 25/02/2018 18:55

My daughter is a year and in bed with me but I know many many people who have successfully transitioned their little ones at a year/18 months/2years. To say they’ll never sleep on their own is silly they absolutely will. And also some babies cosleep for the first 3 months or so and then transition quite easily x

TammySwansonTwo · 25/02/2018 18:55

We had an arms reach co sleeper which they shared til about 7 months - maybe worth a try?

SleepingInNewYork · 25/02/2018 18:59

There is no reason why you can’t put the sleepyheads in their cots once they are used to sleeping in them. I’d persevere.

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 19:04

We've got the sleepyheads in the cot at the moment I suppose I could try having them in the sleepyheads on the bed so they're still next to me but getting used to them.
We don't have space for an arms reach in our room as there cotbed is already in there.
I drive myself mad trying to decide what to do for the best

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ScrunchyBook · 25/02/2018 19:32

As you've got sleepyheads I'd probably try them in them on the bed, then every couple of nights try the sleepyheads in the cot to see if they'll settle in there. In my experience everything seems to be a phase, so at some point I'm sure they'll go back to sleeping in the cot

I drive myself mad trying to decide what to do for the best I know that feeling well!

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 19:39

This is a long phase if so lol!! It's been about 6 weeks since they've slept in the cot

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Baubletrouble43 · 25/02/2018 19:42

Sorry....you have 9 wk old twins who sleep from 10-6???

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 20:06

Yeah i do.... occasionally waking up but generally they go from about 10-6

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seeingdots · 25/02/2018 20:17

Wow, keep co-sleeping if you're getting sleep like that! It won't be forever.

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 20:20

That's why it's so hard to try the sleepyheads when they've just started going long stints in the bed as it's so nice to be getting that amount of sleep!

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user1471422867 · 25/02/2018 20:38

I don't have twins but my DS would, like most newborns, only sleep on my chest. This wasn't something I was comfortable with. We got a sleepyhead when he was about 2 weeks old, introduced a dummy and swaddled him.

We then preserved with getting him to sleep in his crib in our room in the sleepyhead. This involved starting by him sleeping in the sleepyhead next to me on top of the bed, then began putting him into his crib whilst asleep in the sleepyhead. We'd continue this after every night feed and sometimes he'd end the night next to me on the bed, but still always in the sleepyhead. This evolved into him sleeping all night in his crib in our room. We stopped swaddling at 3 months. Once he got too big for the sleepyhead and the crib, he didn't like the larger sleepyhead, he just went into his cotbed in his room at 6.5 months.

He's now 21 months, loves loads of space to sleep, will only ever nap in his cot and has never co-slept, even when ill, he just thinks it's playtime.

TammySwansonTwo · 25/02/2018 21:10

sadly there’s a good chance they’ll sleep less well once they hit the 4 month sleep regression so maybe keep up the cosleeping for now!

seeingdots · 25/02/2018 21:13

You have twins, I imagine life is tiring enough without giving up sleep for fear of 'making a rod for your own back' and all that BS. Babies change all the time. If that's what's working for you all now then go for it.

Waterdropsdown · 25/02/2018 21:31

I have twins.
That’s great they sleep so well. Would they sleep ok in bed with you inside the sleepyhead? One of my twins slept in my bed in his Cocoonababy till he outgrew it (he was a bad sleeper and now is great in his own bed in his own room, way better than his sister). Do you feel safe with both babies directly in your bed? If you do maybe think about just going with it. Or if ones better with the sleepyhead try and get that one in and into the cot then think about the next one afterwards?

Baubletrouble43 · 25/02/2018 21:34

I would be tempted to say don't rock the boat, they sleep so well! ( still seething with envy, as mine were up every two hours each at that age!)

Baubletrouble43 · 25/02/2018 21:36

Fwiw we used to cuddle ours to sleep and thought we were making a rod bla bla but at 13 months we put in a different routine and got them in their own cots and they adjusted quickly and happily. I'm a big believer in do what works for now x

twincessesmummy · 25/02/2018 21:56

Thanks everyone. Think you just hear "you'll make a rod for your back" so often you believe it will happen.
They were actually sleeping in a twin cushion on our bed tbh which is why I'm wanting to get out of the habit more so as it isn't safe really! And I was waking up a lot to check on them.
Tonight we have to the sleepyheads on the bed and seeing how that goes! Fingers crossed!

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namechangedtoday15 · 25/02/2018 22:06

Are they not feeding during the night?!

Another one very jealous here

I'm guessing they're your first children? You're in such a difficult tiring position now, I was exactly the same constantly fretting about making the right decisions and everyone chipping in! I'm also now (obviously with the benefit of hindsight) in the 'do whatever you can to get some sleep' camp although you obviously need to keep them safe. If you've got something that works, go with it. Twins have a habit of changing the goalposts fairly often anyway .

twincessesmummy · 26/02/2018 02:33

Now and again they wake up for a bottle, all depends how well they've fed during the day really. They're awake at the mo as they didn't drink well today.
Yeah I know it's probably best to just go with it and get sleep while we can it's just the knowing it's not really 'safe' and it plays on your mind if anything was to happen. Yep first time Mum jitters!
Well so far so good tonight with the sleepy heads they've woken up less than when they were in the cot in them, they've only woken properly once since 10! Let's hope they can go to 5-6 now 🙏🏼

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