Cribs

Just wanted to get a quick poll about who has their twins in separate cribs. My parents are bringing the one from their house, but I am not sure if I am ready yet to separate my boys. They have always slept together and usually are touching in someway. Thanks for any advice or any reasoning behind separating them.

 

I've always had the girls in separate cribs/bassinets from day one. And it has worked out well for us, especially that they scoot around quite a bit and that would be dispruptive. Good luck with your decision!

 

I seperated my girls at 8 weeks.. it was a tough decision (I guess I was sort of "programmed" to think that twins were supposed to be together...)
anyway, BEST decision I ever made... it has been wonderful! in fact, my girls are in seperate rooms as well... I'll be putting them back into the same room... sometime.

 

Do you have a reason to separate them? Are they waking each other up? Otherwise, I'd leave them be... my twins are never happier than when they are together. I

 

dani im with the everyone else; we had to seperate them around 3 months because they were waking each other up too much. They sleep in sep cribs and room atm! Charlotte moves around soo much she kicks everything in her way-poor Eve was getting beaten from her because she sleeps perfectly still.

 

My boys were having problems while still in the nursery at the hospital and when the nurses put them in the same bassinette they slept better. So when we brought them home I put htem in the same bassinette here and in our room. Within a couple of weeks they were too big to sleep together and put them in separate ones. Well they didn't sleep well so neither did I. We then moved them to their room in the same crib. Again they were small enough it didn't matter. They have slept like that since probably a month old. Now they are 4 mths and sleep touching each other. I just don't know if they will sleep as well apart but they are starting to get bigger and I worry that there is not enough space in their crib so I asked my parents to bring the one from their house since they were already coming for a visit this past weekend. We haven't put the crib back together yet and now I am worried about it because of an issue we had last night:
Greyson was being held by my MIL and fell asleep. I had Beckett and he was wide awake. We moved Greyson to bed and he was still asleep for awhile but woke up and nothing would comfort him. Since Beckett was almost asleep I put him in the crib withGreyson and very quickly they both fell asleep. I believe this is because they were touching and I think it is a comfort to each other to know that the other is there. I may put the other crib together and try during naptimes to separate them to see how it works. But at the present time they are sleeping at least 10 hrs through the night and I do not want to mess that up. Finally I am getting sleep.
Thank you all for listening and providing your input. I do appreciate it.

 

Seperate cribs here too ... have been since day one. I was more concerned that they would bother each other ... so their cribs are right next to each other, but they are each in their own.

 

We had to separate them at 4.5 months because they started moving all over and kept kicking each other. If yours don't do that, I think they're fine together!

 

We separated them at 2.5 months as they were waking eachother up at night when they would move around. Their cribs are still right next to eachother.

 

Mine slept together until they were 4.5 months, then we separated them. They were moving around and stirring each other at that point.

 

My girls shared a crib until around 4 months old when they started rolling and therefore disturbing each other. There is no way that my girls could share a crib now, none of us would ever get any sleep!

 

Mine still sleep together in the twin size pack 'n play. We set another one up recently that we can move one to if they're too restless, like if one is teething, but it's worked out so well for us so far. They still will curl up next to each other some nights and fall asleep like that. Here's a picture on our blog from a few months back that encapsulates why we love having them together.

I think you just need to find what works for you and your kids. If they're happy and you're not ready to separate them, then I wouldn't mess with what's working. But if you get to a point where it isn't working, it's not like there's just one way to do it. That's just about my entire parenting philosophy in a nutshell.

 

Mines are currently sleeping together at more than five months. However, I think that I will have to seperate them soon as they are moving around a lot now while they sleep.

 

We kept our girls together until 6 mos. Then they started fighting like something you'd see on Pay-Per-View in their sleep so we had to separate them.

 

alli-lol that is funny. I hope mine don't start fighting like that.

joanna-thank you, and also that picture is really sweet. I love when I walk into the boys room to check on them and they are snuggled up to each other or holding hands.

 

Ours were together until they started waking each other up. (I think that was around 4 months. Maybe 5.)

 

We had them in the same crib up until they were nearly 4 months, and then separated them. They were starting to kick each other and wake each other up. They are doing much better with their own cribs.

 

My girls slept together until 4 months when we moved them from the pnp in our bedroom into their separate cribs in the nursery.

 

My twins boys are almost 18 months and still in the same crib. In fact, it's the most precious thing I've ever seen! They cuddle with each other to fall asleep, often sleeping on top of one another. We always check a little later and move them off of one another. But I don't think I will ever be able to take that away from them. It's too special of a bond.

 

We had ours in the PNP in our room until 8 weeks-then we moved them to their own room and in their own cribs-best thing we ever did! We all slept better!
Good luck to you!

 

My girls are almost 13mo and still share a crib, every few months we hit a rough patch but they usually work it out. They cuddle while they sleep, SO cute! :wub:

 

Add me to the list with little ones still sharing a crib, they have slept together every single night since they were born. They always snuggle next to each other, it is so cute. They are about ready to go into beds & they will each have their own, but I have no doubt most times I will find them in the same bed together!

 

Mine shared a crib until they were 4 months old. I split them up because they got so big they began waking each other up. They will sleep at times during naptime on my bed next to each other. I know they still love it. They just look happy laying next to each other. I know there is no way they could sleep together at night anymore because they both travel around the bed when they sleep!

 

Put me in the still together in one bed category. My boys are 9 months old and still sleeping in the same pnp. I cannot imagine them otherwise. They do not wake each other up...in fact, I think the sleeping baby encourages the whiny one to fall asleep! I have NO plans to separate them anytime soon. The cuddle, hold hands, all that jazz...don't get me wrong, every once in a while they steal each others' bottles, pacifiers, lay on top of each other SCREAMING...

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My twins are almost one and still sleep together.... the dont care if they are seperate or together but to save us some room they are still in the same crib.

 

They slept in the same cot until 6 weeks - DS was just too noisy and unsettled! We also had them in seperate rooms. At 3 months, we put them back together in the same room at nights but in seperate cots. DS is too fidgety whereas DD is calm. They sleep in seperate rooms during the day as they have different sleeping patterns but dont seem to disturb each other too much at night. GL with your decision!

 

We separated them at about 4 months (when they started rolling over) because they were clobbering each other. I wouldn't have separated them if I didn't have to.

 

Mine were separated from day 1. They were in the NICU & separated for 6 weeks, so I just couldn't see any good reason to put them back together. If we had been able to come home from the hospital right away, they may have slept together. I had kinda planned on it before they were born, but it just didn't work out.

 

Our b/g twins sleep in the same crib right now in their room. We have a 2nd crib (thanks to Jackie!) that is in their room waiting for their need to be seperated. But they sleep so much better when crunched next to one another - 8 months of close quarters together and they just must've gotten so used to it that it doesn't bother them to be so close to eachoter now.

When in the same crib, one will wake up and be screaming and the other is just sound asleep. I never thought that was possible with babies until I had twins I'm sure it won't last forever but for right now it is going well.

 

They slept together until they were 2 or so months old in a PNP and then we had to put them in bouncies to help with gas/spit-up issues. Once we moved them back to their cribs, we put them in their own cribs since they had been separated for a few months.

I kind of hope once they are in beds they'll climb in each other's beds and sleep together!

 

My two were in the same crib until 6 months. Jake was rolling all over at that point, and started keeping Emma awake, so I separated them.

 

We made it to 6 months before adding the 2nd crib.

 

The nicu docs recommended our guys go in separate cribs/bassinettes unless it was a supervised daytime nap. . . due to SIDS and them being preemies.

 

we seperated ours when they were around 4 months old when DS would kick wildly in the crib and they were both just starting to roll around so we were worried DD would get kicked.

 

We separated them when DS1 started breaking out of the swaddle and moving around. He still moves a lot in his sleep and I don't think DS2 would get any sleep getting smacked in the head all the time