Sleep help

[Infertilitywarrior]

Need help! Sorry for long post
So for weeks now my twins have been going down at 9pm and sleeping usually till around 3/4am, wake for a bottle straight back to sleep until around 7/8am ish
2 weeks ago we started weaning, first few days and nights were great then it's been a disaster they go down at 8.45 and are up crying, moaning and seem to be in some sort of pain or uncomfortable from around 11pm and it takes ages to get them back to sleep or they go back off to sleep and then just wake constantly through the night but I honestly can't work out if it's the weaning or just some sort of regression or leap. We were weaning and had increased to 2 meals a day (lunch and dinner) but I thought this was the cause of the waking more often so changed it and we now only do breakfast but it's still no different 😭
Our usual routine is wake around 8am, bottle at 8.45 then breakfast at 9.30 first nap would be around 10ish usually for just over an hour
Wake and play, next bottle at 12 then another nap around 1ish for up to an hour and half then wake and play
Next bottle at 3 then last nap at around 5 for at least an hour
Bottle at 6 then play until bedtime routine
We start routine at 8.15 and they have their bedtime bottle at 8.45 they fall asleep easily and as I say up until recently would sleep until 3am but now they literally wake after about an hour and are awake on and off all night 😭
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Something I'm missing that I could change? Or has this happened to anyone else when weaning? Is it a leap or regression? Help!!!! 🤣
Also I must add about a month before weaning I also tried their bedtime at 8pm as thats recommended but that was also a disaster and they were awake loads! I put their bedtime back to 9pm and instantly they went back to waking once for a bottle and now all of a sudden they are waking loads again

How old are your babies?

Could they be allergic to something they've eaten?

I've also tried teething gel in case their teeth are hurting (makes no difference) and I've also tried gripe water and that doesn't seem to make a difference either
The only way they sleep is if they are in our bed (they sleep for hours and don't move at all in there 🤣) but it makes me so nervous having them in the bed so that's not really a solution for us
Thanks

@gimmeabreakplease I did wonder that so stopped giving them a range of food and have now only given them baby cereal for the last 4 days one night they slept perfect then one night ok then 2 nights terrible I can't work it out 😭 I'm thinking of stopping weaning altogether for the moment to see of that makes any difference as they are only just 6 months

@gimmeabreakplease but also would both be allergic? Seems weird if both were allergic to same thing

No idea if both would be allergic tbh.

I know a woman whose twins are allergic to exactly the same foods.

You're saying that they sleep perfectly in your bed. I reckon it's just a leap or regression.

Do they sleep in cots? If you tried a floor bed and laid with them until they were fast asleep and then snuck off, do you think they'd sleep longer?

@gimmeabreakplease how unusual them being allergic to the same foods but clearly it is possible so maybe mine are too, its just so hard to work out if that's what it is
I am kinda hoping it's leap or regression as then I know it won't last forever lol
Yes they share a cot as that also helped them sleep better
I actually said this to my partner the other day about having a floor bed but they already fall asleep perfectly it's the waking up after an hour or so that's the problem but maybe ill have to just sleep with them for the whole night at least ill actually get some sleep 🤣 I'm a walking zombie at the moment as I literally am barely getting any sleep

do you think if they were allergic to something they still wouldn't sleep in the bed? I'm thinking if in pain or something then even being in the bed wouldn't help? I'm so confused 🤣

Yeah I think if they were allergic they'd wake up regardless.

The fact that they sleep with you implies that they're just struggling to fall back asleep when they wake up in the middle of the night.

From my eldest and other threads I've read on here, 6 months is awful for sleep. It's when I started cosleeping.

My daughter started sleeping independently again around 9 months.

@gimmeabreakplease thank you so much for your replies it really helps just to talk things through and get other perspectives, fingers crossed their sleep improves soon 🤣🤞
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