6month old Twins boys someone tell me it gets easier 😩

[Ellieandthetwins]

Hi,

my boys are 6 months tomorrow and for the past 6-7 weeks they have been waking every hour SCREAMING not settling unless they have a bottle. And when they are asleep I’m getting woken up by the fidgeting 😩 I’m starting so feel very panicky during the day where im so sleep deprived I’m always in such a bad mood which is hard as I have a 4 year old daughter who has to see her mummy grumpy everyday😢. Is there any mums/twin mums out there who can give me advice?? X

Ime it gets harder before it gets easier! But you will get there!

It gets better! And 6 months was the point where our little one started to settle better both at night and during the day, and reveal more of his cool little personality. You'll get there. Keep going.

It does get easier! My twins have just turned two and I shudder to think of the first six months or so.

Saying that, the waking up screaming ... have you taken them to the GP, just to check there's nothing like a low level ear infection that could be causing it? Do you have an idea whether it might be teething, wind, or what?

Whichever way, it will get easier with time!

Sleep train them. You need to do this for your health, your sanity, your daughter, your relationship.

My twins are 3. It most definitely does get better, you are properly in the trenches right now.

Do they take a dummy? It was a lifesaver for me when mine were tiny.

I breastfed mine so appreciate the feeds might be different but at 6 months I was doing a last feed around 7pm, before they slept. Then I'd half-wake and 'dreamfeed' them when I went to bed myself around 10-11pm. This seemed to top them up and give me a good 4-5 hours before a wake.

Is your 4 year old at preschool? Can you get in a nap when the twins do? I know the sleep deprivation is a killer.

Yes it gets easier! Once they are playing and entertaining one another you might even decide two are easier than one. But it does sound like you would all benefit from establishing a routine for them so they and you sleep at night. I well remember at about six months weeping with exhaustion- you are perhaps at the very hardest part now. Don’t despair! 💐

You're about to hit the turning point very soon so hang on in there. The first six months or so is a bloody nightmare, but it gets easier as they get more independent- even just being able to sit up and reach for toys means it's not a constant cycle of needing you.

You're doing great.

Oh God. The screaming. I remember it well. 7 to 8mths is a turning point ime. They will suddenly improve.

Mine are just turned 3, and I look back to those first few months and wonder how the hell I did it, so what you're experiencing and feeling at the moment, is entirely normal.

And while it's not helpful right now, twins are bloody fantastic. Just utterly impossible at the beginning 😁

Mum of 2 year old twins here. I promise it gets easier. Mine now play together and go to bed easily (since dropping the nap). They also beat each other up but on the whole it’s much better than when they were tiny.

Have you tried white noise, dummies, patting? are they teething? I also have a 7 month old who is a horrendous sleeper, but counting on the fact it will get better….

I really haven’t got a clue anymore I’m just so confused. One of them used to sleep a good 6-7 hours now he’s always just screaming uncontrollably I think it’s teething but I just don’t even know anymore, maybe I’ll book a doctors appointment x

@Kentlassie one takes a dummy the other has refused it since birth no matter how much I try 😂 I have white noise but my partner doesn’t like me using it, he says it freaks him out 😂 yeah they are teething so I’m just hoping it’s because of that and this is just a phase 😩