Seeking Moms of Multiples

P., I'm not a Mom of multiples but I am a SAHM of a 2 year old and work from home in SA. If you are interested in making extra income but NOT going back to work...I can give you info about how I sell electricity from home. Just email me at ____@____.com or visit my website at www.cellis.igniteinc.biz -C.

are you near plano? if so, contact pamom.org and join the plano area mothers of multiples. or log on there to find a link to a local group. I have two sets of twins and they never slept through the night at 4 mos, or 12 months. My 17 mo olds just started sleeping through the night last month. Often the problem is just immature digestion, perhaps they were premature. Perhaps they just are not getting enough food during the day. I started mine on solids about 4 months - cereal first. As they begin accumulating solids they will be able to hold their food longer. At some point you can start feeding them some cereal a little before bedtime and that may help tide them over. Discuss this with pediatrician as the concept of putting cereal in last bottle has been linked to the onset of diabetes - that's not the same as just feeding some cereal near bedtime. Also see if he is having gas. Make sure he's not sleeping too much during the day. I think I was happy to get mine to sleep at night (at all) at 4 mos, much less sleep all night. It does get better. Even though you are a stay at home mom, you still need sleep, so try to get a friend or a teenager from the neighborhood to come in for a few hours on a regular basis so that you can sleep. Feel free to email with questions. Twins come with a lot of work and a lot of love. And hey, you get all of it over at one time!

I have 4 year old identical twin boys. Even with identicals, we have to remember that we have two separate children. They won't always do everything the same way at the same time. With sleep, this is more than a little disconcerting. This is what I did to help my boys sleep through the night.

I put them on a pretty strict routine of eat, play, sleep (& repeat). When one would wake up to eat, I would wake the other to eat. They were on the same schedule. My boys were sleeping 5-6 hours a night by 5 1/2 months and 10-12 hours a night by 7-8 months.

Are your babies in the same crib? We started my boys out in the same crib and then moved them to separate cribs at about 5 months. They were smacking & kicking each other and waking brother up!

If you have your daytime & nighttime routine down, I would say that this is a (hopefully temporary) phase that you will need to help your daughter through. Hope this helps!

P.,

I have 16 month old twins and a 3 year old little girl. It is extremely hard. I hope you have support from your husband or significant other. I could not do it without my husband. He is the best. If you have any other questions please let me know. Good luck to you. It gets easier until they start walking and then all bets are off.

C.

Hi P.,

Are you a member of a Mothers of Twin/Multiples group? I would highly suggest you find one nearby and join. I don't have any advice, as my twins aren't born yet, but I did find a multiples group and it seems like it will become very, very helpful when I actually have twins.

http://www.nomotc.org/index.php?option=com_clubsearch&amp...

Good luck! And, congratulations on your twins :)
C.

My friend has twin boys who have slept very well from about 5 mos of age. She adopted the "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" philosophy. It's a book that suggests a strict daily schedule. Two to three 2 hour naps (one at 9 and one at 1 p.m. and optional third) with an early bed time. I also used it for my son and it worked like a charm. Best of luck.

Hi P.,
My name is J. and I am a stay at home mommy to 10 1/2 month old triplets, two girls and one boy. One of my daughters goes through stages with sleeping through the night. Have you tried reading the book, Baby Wise??? I actually just read parts of it very recently, myself. Some of the techniques seem a little "harsh", but I did take some advice from the book and now my daughter is starting to sleep for much longer stretches of time. It takes a little work and patience on you and your husband's part to get your little one there, but I've found that a few long nights now can pay off later. My kids were all sick with the "crud" that has been going around, plus they are teething, so we are back to square one with her, but I'm determined to get her to sleep through once more. I also took some tips from the What to Expect in the First Year book...
Hope that helps! Good luck and Sweet Dreams!

Hi P.,
I have 21 month old twins (boy/girl). I had the same problem with our son. There is not much you can really do, each baby starts sleeping through the night at different times. Our son didn't really start sleeping through the night until he was almost 6 months old. Just hang in there, it gets fun when they start walking, talking and getting into everything. Besides the twins, I have a 2 almost 3 year old, and a 7 year old. With the youngest 3 being soo close in age it makes for a very busy day.

My fraternal twin girls turn 5 yrs old next month, and I have loved having twins. My experience has been comparable to the other posters - I can't remember a single milestone that my daughters hit at the same time. One of my daughters starting sleeping all night at 3 1/2 months and the other at 4 1/2 months. We moved the girls into separate cribs around 4 months - there was too much "chit chat" and playtime and not enough sleep. I found "Healthy Sleep Habits for a Happy Child" to be the best book, by far. I also found that keeping a strict schedule was a lifesaver - having predictable naps was the only way I got anything done.

Enjoy your babies - it goes so fast. It's incredibly hard work now. It got a little easier after both started sleeping all night. It got super easy around their third birthday.