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Multiple births

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Sleeping arrangements for twins - do yours sleep together?!

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twinnies26 · 26/01/2012 21:43

My Dt's are 16 weeks old and have been sleeping together in a double carrycot and a large cot since birth. They were small at birth so have managed to sleep width ways in one half of the cot until now. . .. suddenly they've spurted and are much bigger and I'm wondering if your twins share/d a cot how did you do it?and did it work for you? I'm thinking of putting them feet to feet length ways in the cot.... but any tried and tested suggestions would be welcome!

I know many people say they disturb each other if they sleep together but so far it hasn't been an issue for us. if i could keep them sleeping together i would love to!It's so cute to see them syncronise sleeping positions :)

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PeelingmyselfofftheCeiling · 26/01/2012 21:45

Watching with interest!

SteppingOnLego · 26/01/2012 21:58

I did the same as you for mine, when they got to that stage they went into the same cot bed with feet at each end and heads together in the middle. Eventually they outgrew that and we separated them but cots next to each other. Once they were out of cots and in beds they got into each others and now at nearly six they still share a single bed and refuse to sleep apart! It's still very cute.

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twinnies26 · 26/01/2012 22:06

Hi there!thanks for reply :) did you use a cot divider? I take it they didn't bash heads? I guess eventually we will put them in separate cots like you did just want to prolong it for as long as possible!

Super cute that yours still sleep together!! :)

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Mandy21 · 26/01/2012 23:01

SAme as Steppingonlego - moses baskets next to each other in a single cotbed, then when they outgrew the moses baskets, but them at either end of the cotbed - feet towards the ends, heads in the middle. Would often find they'd swap ends / wriggle together during the night. Then they were in cotbeds next to each other, then single beds next to each other. The only time we ever separated them was when they were about 12 months, DD was still waking during the night and planned to do controlled crying which I thought would be easier if they were in separate rooms (DD wouldn't disturb DS). As it turned out, neither of them slept well apart, gave in after 2 nights, put them back in together and they've both been dream sleepers ever since (they're nearly 7 now). Asked DD the other day if she'd like her own room and she said no, she wants to be with her twin brother!

chutneypig · 27/01/2012 06:56

We had a cot bed and when they first came home from hospital they both slept at one end. They soon got too big for that and were then at either end, both with their feet to the end and heads in the middle. That worked until about 3 months and they started bumping heads. DS was on the big side so for most you'd get away with it for longer. At that point we put them in their own cot beds.

They shared a room until they were 4 and the fighting got too much! Never had too much trouble with one disturbing the other.

AtLongLast · 27/01/2012 13:55

Our boys were both slightly bigger than an average singleton at birth. We had them width ways in a cotbed til they got too big and then heads in middle lengthways (so both have `feet to foot of cot' as per guidelines if you use blankets). When they got too big for that we had them on the diagonal, each with head in a corner & legs towards the centre. But they weren't wrigglers and we often had one or other in bed with us anyway. They moved to their own cots at 6months.

A friend's girls shared a cot from birth & have just just turned 2 and moved up to beds & still sleep together. Her two have always been movers & would find their own sleeping position close together from early on. Ours didn't seem to realise there was another baby there, let alone share any cute interaction!

Glittertwins · 27/01/2012 18:08

Our two slept in the same cot side by side for 4weeks until we moved her out. He was a right wriggler and we found him right up above her head and turned round by 90degrees. They went to bed like I I and ended up T. No mean feat considering they were both swaddled in blankets!

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twinnies26 · 27/01/2012 20:51

Thanks ladies :) - we'll go with middle lengthways in the cot next then and see how we get on! Like some of the babies you mention our girls are movers, especially DT 2, she also moves 90degrees in the cot - it doesn't seem to bother DT1 so.... i guess for now cot sharing continues and hopefully for a while longer!

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silverangel · 28/01/2012 09:38

We kept them in the same cot until one started spinning 90' too! We moved them into their own cots then, think it was about 20 weeks and the spinner just has more room to spin but they sleep well so must be happy!

silverangel · 28/01/2012 09:38

thingamajig · 28/01/2012 21:37

I have id girls who are now nearly one, and they have always shared, lying next to one another. First in a moses basket and now in a large cot. They always stay side by side (but are well tucked in with blankets) and seem to enjoy each others company. Also there seems to be plenty of room for both of them (they sleep lengthwise in the cot, both feet to foot) and they do not seem to disturb each other. Asking around, it seems pretty unusual that I have been able to keep them in the same cot so long, but as long as it works I am happy. Looking forwards, there is a double bed in their room so I see them moving into that together if the want to.

lexbm · 01/02/2012 22:40

Our girls are five months. They have always shared a cot which is flush with our bed with one side off so it's like an extension of our bed. This makes it easier for me to settle them and breastfeed them in the middle of the night. Often enough they end up with us in the bed anyway. And actually our three year old girl often joins in. Five in our bed who would have thought. It works well and we love it as long as no one cries too much and then wakes up everyone else. When they are bigger, maybe one years old, we plan to put them in a double bed in their own room. They do wake each other up but they do that even in separate cots. They would need separate rooms and we don't have that kind of space. Also its nice having them together.

DW123 · 02/02/2012 11:53

Ours shared a moses basket for about 3 days. Then separate moses baskets in our room until about 14-16 weeks. Then they slept together in a cot bed in their room in sleeping bags. I had to angle them when they got a bit bigger - heads towards centre, feet in one corner. Then they started disturbing each other and we went for separate cot beds at about 6 months (I think - am a bit hazy on dates now....).

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