Twins with colic/wind etc - give me tips on how to cope....pleeeeease

[Ewemoo]

I so need help. Added to my general difficulties of dealing with my dts I now have two babies who are very unsettled either with colic or wind or just awkwardness who knows? I have tried infacol, dentinox and gripe water all to no effect. Is it the formula (SMA gold) or should I try cranial osteopathy? Or quite honestly is it just a waiting game? I feel really unlucky as dd1 was an awful baby and we used to joke that thank god she wasn't two babies! What I really need are tips on how to deal with the sleepless nights and afternoons where I'm on my own and pacing the floor with two babies who are screaming blue murder.

My huge sympathies.
Could it be reflux - is it often after they're lying down? I know baby gaviscon can work for that.
My twins screamed in the evening and it was a waiting game.
Have you a homestart helper for the afternoons, can you afford a nursery course student or anything?
I found introducing a night time routine when mine were about 4 mths with a bed time/ bath/dark room helped a bit.
I used to jam mine into a single pram in their snowsuits and put ds1 on the top, then walk for ages outside.I felt very claustrophobic sometimes.
Can you ask anyone to come and stay like your mum or a friendm - just so you have someone to share it with ?
This will not last forever I promise - yhou know that from your dd, but it's awful.
When I felt this badMy dh used to take them for the early evening and I would go to bed with earplugs in.
Best of luck - you can do it, but do tell everyone - health visitor/dr/friends/relatives/ twins group that you need help.

Our health visitor recommended dummies when our DTs were about 3 weeks old, for exactly this constant-screaming-with-no-visible-cause reason. Well, dummies and Gaviscon. We never looked back. Have just weaned them off the dummies (at 21 months.) They saved our sanity.

Goodness yes - dummies from 2 weeks for my 2!

Hello Ewemoo
Sounds just like my two!
I have had to get mine on reflux meds because they were in pain after feeding and their sleep was so unsettled at all times it was driving me mad. Have you noticed any spilling up of milk or do they seem in pain? Mine are still unsettled a lot though and I have lots of times when they just scream the house down for no obvious reason. It is especially hard when you are dealing with it alone without your partner - I do know how you feel.

At those times I find sometimes things work and sometimes nothing works apart from cuddles. Unfortunately, I can only cuddle one at a time so I usually try - one in the swing while I cuddle the other one, or one in the bouncy chair with a dummy (me bouncing chair with foot) while I have the other one in my arms. I don't know about cranial osteopathy but if you try it, please let me know if it works. And the only other thing I do is keep telling myself it will get easier - and sometimes I even believe it (although I'd love to know when exactly).

I hope things settle down for you soon.