Doubly Sleep Deprived with Twins

I am a mother of ten year old twins and at the time of their birth I was also the mother of a 5 year old. i understand totally how you feel. I can say i did not get my first good night sleep until the twins were about a year and a half years old. One suggestion is to find a trusted, experienced family member or friend who cold come and sit with the twins while you take a nap as often as you can. Most doctors will say sleep when they sleep but that only works when they both sleep at the same time.

HI C.,

I have been there!!! I have 11 yr old twins and when they were babies, wow it was tough. But somebody suggested getting a trusted friend or family member to come in a help you and I would totally agreed with that! But if that is not possible, don't feel guilty about not being able to do the other things in the house. What I use to do is when one baby woke up, I would wake up the other one, so that they were on the same schedule. As soon as I got that together, I was able to nap when they napped. I also use to feel guilty that I wasn't able to hold them while they ate. So each time they ate, I would take turns holding one and propping the other and then changed off for the next feeding. I know it is tough now, but twins are such a pleasure, as you know. This time will past faster than you think. Much of their infancy is a blur to me, but thank goodness for video camera's because I now get to watch what I was too tired at the time to remember. Enjoy them!

Hi C., God Bless You, firstly.
Now, I have two boys. When I had him, I didn't get much sleep either, nor was I eating well. Make sure you're eating right. The other thing is, you might want to try making the twins equally full, so they can sleep by a certain time, so then you can sleep. Put cereal in their bottles. If you're breastfeeding, feed them till they fall off, lol...it worked for me. Whenever they sleep. try to, even though there may be things to do. The other thing is, when he's off, make him help u so u can sleep more and pamper yourself.

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I dont really have any advice for you. Just some words of encouragement...I only had one baby at a time, and it was hard. I couldnt even fathom having TWO! Just do the best you can. Enjoy them as often as possible. Because, you are SO right, they grow so fast and in the blink of an eye they are going to be walking!
Accept all the help that is offered! Keep smiling, stay calm, and I PROMISE you it will get better!

You need to work on getting them on a schedule. It will make your life 10X better. Bed schedules, feeding schedules everything. If you can get them where they are eating and sleeping at the same time it will make your life much easier. Then you can nap when they do. Who cares if the house is a mess. Right now you need to go into survival mode and you don't need a clean house to survive. The laundry can wait. Babies this age can sleep about 14 hrs a day so if you train yourself to sleep when they do, or atleast lay on the couch and drink a cup of tea, you'll feel better. Their down time is your down time.

C., Having twins is very hard especially the first few months. I have four kids but when my twins were born my older daughter was almost 2. It was very hard. After a month I was exhausted so my husband and I slept in different rooms with one of the twins. This way we both woke up with just one. It helped a lot. At least I was getting 3 hours and then maybe another 2. Not great but before I was up all night feeding them. It will get easier when they start sleeping more at night. Good Luck they are such a blessing mine are nine now and i even had another one.
C.
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