When they are both crying at the same time...

[NoMoreWineForMeThen]

.. what do you do?

Does anyone have any tips or advice on how to settle twins simultaneously? I find that I'm endlessly swapping, so settle one then he'll sart crying again whilst I'm settling the other and it can turn into a bit of a draining cycle.

Obviously it's a little easier when DH is home of an evening but I do find it quite hard during the days when I'm alone (and even harder when my toddler isn't at nursery!).

My twins are 10 wks old btw.

Thanks!

I don't really like dummies and when I gave in at my DHs exhausted request they wouldn't take them.

We found that popping them into their bouncy chairs and giving them a clean pinkie finger to suck for a few minutes did the trick.

A charming friend with one baby only told me I was making a rod for my own back but they stopped needing my finger to settle well before they were a year old.

We also walked miles.

I'm so glad I found this thread. Mine do this constantly, with DD demanding attention on top. Swinging and vibrating and bouncing chairs don't seem to work well, although the vibrating one will shut the 'easiest' twin up briefly.

It's just such a relief to find others are just the same and I'm not just doing it wrong somehow, but I'm still finding the crying soul destroying, and relentless and everything is quite a slog atm...

Sorry, I'm no help at all, just venting!

dream rest assured you are certainly not the only one though I know I feel sometimes 'where am I going wrong?'. Im lucky that my dt2 is pretty placid (now-before 12 weeks he screamed all day and all night (I'm talking until 5am) constantly through reflux). DT1 is a whinging grizzling crying nightmare and it's such hard work constantly needs me entertaining. I'm putting a lot of it down to his teething and hide from the neighbours when I see them Ok not really but I have stood outside my front door (when dh is home and heard what others hear?!? It's not pretty! Surely other babies are not like this? I never hear them anyway!

It is hard going the slog and hard work and crying but the best thing to do is just shut everyone and everything out and just do whatever it takes silly songs/dances/walks etc. I appreciate this must be very very hard with a dd needing you too but sometimes she could get involved maybe? Make it a game...who can stop the crying!

High maintenance kids eh? they shouldn't exist in multiples!

When they were like this,I put them in seperate rooms so one didnt disturb the other.
Also,if both were wanting or needing attention at the same time,I dealt with the one nearest me,so I didnt feel I was favouring one above the other,so I couldnt then feel guilty,as I knew I had treated them equally.