Our boys are 6 months old and we did a modified CIO at 4.5 months because they were waking every 3 hours and needed us to go back to sleep. They now wake up twice a night... 7 hours after their last feed (around 1am) and then at 5ish. I have been feeding them at both wakings and they seem to eat alot at the 1am but not at the 5am feed. They have both gone 9-10 hour stretches in the past. We want to CIO again to get them STTN. My first question is if we let them cry through the 1 am feeding they will wake at 4ish to feed...should I feed at that time since it will have been 10 hours since their last feed or let them CIO all the way until morning. Also, did you separate your twins? Mine have been separated for a month because they wake each other up but I eventually want them back together. Is it easier to CIO with them separated and then once they are STTN to put them back together or CIO with them in the same room. They were together for the first 5 months and were unable to sleep through each others cries 75% of the time.
I separated mine when we did sleep training (we were actually only sleep training one). That was at 9 months. Now they're coming up for a year and we can't seem to put them back together. I hope it works out better when they're a little older? They're both sleeping 12 hours at night now, which is great. But never in the same room. My house is small so this is making sleep arrangements difficult. Evan has the master, James has the nursery, and my husband and I are on a pull out in the office! Romantic, I know.
We did not seperate our boys for CIO. We had a couple of hairy nights but now it is good. They sleep 12 hours and if by chance one does wake up crying, the other usually does not wake up. Good luck and hang in there!
I tried doing it with them together but it just did not work. They now nap in different rooms b/c it doesn't work having them together even now that we are done CIO.
CIO = cry it out. Seperating them may be easier NOW - but if this is not your plan for the future, I would keep them together when you do CIO - just because you may get them sleep trained apart, but once you put them together - you may have to do it all over again if they aren't used the "noise" etc. if one does wake. I'm in the process of doing CIO now (last night was the third night) and I'm keeping my girls together. They will wake each other ocassionally - especially the first night - but last night, Natalie cried for about 15 minutes and Carley slept right through it. I don't have the space to seperate them perminately, so I REALLY don't want to have to do this twice! (big wimp of CIO! as you can see my girls are almost 13 mos. and I'm just now doing it ) I DO seperate them at nap times - just because they would talk to each other as opposed to sleep. Good luck!
I seperated b/c my DD woudl sleep and my DS needed CIO. I wouldn't try to cut out both feedings at the same time. I would set a time and not get up until 4:00 or so for a couple of weeks ( at least 1 week ) then I would work on the whole night. I think this would be easier and what I did for my DS as I was teaching him how to STTN. GOo luck. SOunds like you have similar ages to my little ones. They now go 12 hours so I know you can do it
I never separated them. They didnt seem to hear each other crying ... now at 3 they still sleep together (in bunk beds) and very rarely wake each other. CIO for us lasted about 2 weeks and we had great success with it. I credit that to my boys going to bed very easily at night now. Good luck !
i have separated my twins they r B/G so they r in their own rooms. this has been for 1 month because my DS would sleep through the night and my DD would wake for a bottle and wake him. My DS wakes up at 4am for a bottle and goes back to sleep my DD wakes at 1am and 5am also. I feed her both times and she is fine. one night she woke at 4am and that's it. If they need it i give it i can't CIO i feel if they need why not. i also don't go in the room if they r just making noise. i know the sound when they r hungry so only when i hear that do they get a bottle. sometimes they wake up and put themselves back to bed. my twins r 9 months on the 1st. what is STTN? I figured out pretty much the DH for damn husband right lol does anyone say that when their annoyed with their hubby's lol. but this one i cannot figure out (sleep training twins at night) but i am not sure
