Do you plan for your twins to sleep in the same crib or separate?

As I near the 32 week mark, there are new questions swirling around in my head. Just curious if anyone has thought of whether or not they will put their babies together to sleep - in the same crib, cradle, bassinet, etc. Or do you plan to separate them? And for those who've BTDT, what did you do? I am planning to put mine together in a crib until they disturb each other and need to be separated. At what point does that typically happen? I suppose it could be different with every set of twins. And this has been really bugging me - when you put them together in a crib do you put them right next to each other, heads together? Or head to foot? Or just put them at opposite ends of the crib?

Thanks for any and all replies. I can't wait to hear what you have to say!

 

Time and time again it was told to us to not have them placed so close together, due to SIDS or whatnot (this from the birthing class I took for multiples)... I honestly don't know what to tell you but do what you think is right for you. We have two bassinets in which they will be sleeping the first few months next to our bed till they outgrow it. Currently we only have one crib, so I was thinking of putting them in opposite ends and perhaps getting a crib separator. We do plan on getting a second crib as soon as possible.

Looking forward to reading what BTDT moms have to say!

 

I have not heard about NOT putting them together. I thought you were supposed to, because that is what they are used to in the womb and it is comforting, etc. I have seen pictures with two babies in the same isolette..... but that might have been staged for pictures.

Right now, we have one Pack N Play left over from DD. It only holds up to 15 lbs. I don't know if I like the special twin PNP because it has two separate bassinets.... but if you are not supposed to put them together, then it might be nice.

Sigh- so much to think about- I have the same questions! We need a BTDT mama!

 

My girls are 4 months old and still sharing a crib. I put them laying crosswise (so parallel to the short sides of the crib), about a foot or so apart. My taller girl (Maddie) is about to get too long to do this, so I'll probably put them head to head, with feet pointing towards the ends of the crib when that happens.

 

I am a NICU nurse and we have always cobedded our multiples until recently. The American Academy of Pediatrics no longer supports cobedding twins and high order multiples due to increased risk for SIDS. At the time our boys were born the NICU was still cobedding multiples. I didn't know anything else so our boys cobedded in their crib in our room until about 6 months and they did fine. Once they started disturbing each other we moved them to their own cribs in their own room. You could check out aap.org for more information. HTH! Congrats and GL

 

We coslept for the first year, but when they moved into their own bed we put them with their heads at opposite ends. they are 4 and they still sleep that way.

 

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I am a NICU nurse and we have always cobedded our multiples until recently. The American Academy of Pediatrics no longer supports cobedding twins and high order multiples due to increased risk for SIDS. At the time our boys were born the NICU was still cobedding multiples. I didn't know anything else so our boys cobedded in their crib in our room until about 6 months and they did fine. Once they started disturbing each other we moved them to their own cribs in their own room. You could check out aap.org for more information. HTH! Congrats and GL


THATS IT! That's what we were told... that it used to be a none issue but has recently become one. I was told that in the nursery in the hospital, they will put twins together to comfort each other but only when they are awake and a nurse MUST MUST MUST be watching the entire time. Once they are calm or drift off, they immediately separate them into their own bassinet. I guess I was paying attention to the Multiples Birthing Class I went to LOL

 

[SIZE=12pt]I personally am planning on the twins sleeping together in the same crib in our room during the night (until they disturb each other) and in their other crib on the main floor (in their room)for nap times, i really like the idea of them sleeping together as they are used to it from the womb. My older two nap together everyday in my bed(nowadays i join them ) since DS2 was 9 months old, and they love it and are very conforted by each other's presence, so i can only imagine it would be the same for those monkeys :lol:
Anyways, these are just my plans, wishing you all the best in whatever you choose.[/SIZE]

 

Mine slept together all the time for about 4 months. **picture** After that they napped together some, but were usually separate at night. One just slept really well at night... unless woken by her sister. That one fussed and struggled all night. So we usually had her in the co-sleeper by me, and the other in another, close room. They didn't sleep together again until they were almost 2. Now they're back in a room together.

 

For the first 3 months they slept....well, wherever they would sleep! After that I had them sleep in one regular sized crib right next to each other, until they were 6 months old. At that point Jake was all over the crib rolling, and keeping them both awake, so I moved them to separate cribs in the same room.

 

I will be putting them in the separate bassinets in our bedroom and after 6 months will put them in own bed in there room. ( but they will share the room)
but this is not because of the SIDs I just cannot fir one crib in our bedroom too wide and bassinets are narrow so it woudl be more comfortable for us.

I am sure I will put them in the bassinet play yard downstair together for there daytime nap. Or might will use stroller where each of them will have own bassinet.

 

Mine will have to sleep together for some time. I purchased two cribs, only one fit in the room with us properly though! I will put the other up but I want to be able to keep an eye on them at night!

 

Mine have been sleeping in the same crib and bassinet since they were born. Our kids are swaddled though, so there isn't much room for moving yet. I guess we will have to see how well they still like the swaddling thing in a couple of months! I'm sure as they get bigger, we'll have to get a divider, but I haven't had an issue with them sleeping in the same bed at all.

 

My girls slept together for 2 months until they went to their own cribs.
In fact in the hospital after my c-section the nurses would swaddle them together :wub: :wub: it was sooo sweet. They loved it.
Once we got home they slept in the bassinet part of a pack in play together (we had one in the family room & one in our room) side by side, swaddled.
When they started moving around too much (Kiddopatomus swaddle sacks are the BEST!!) we decided to separate them. The slept great together & in our case better apart.

 

My aunt who has twins was telling me that she always used the same bassinet and crib till they were really moving around, and that even from a day old when they relatively didn't move much if she put them at different ends of the crib or bassinet and walked away they would always end up nudging themselves back together.......Granted this was many years ago before SIDS became such a huge problem.

I myself am perinoid and have already bought two of the movement monitors I used with my son, so I plan to use seperate cribs.

 

Mine have been sleeping together since birth - the doctor at the hospital said to just use common sense - that there wasn't enough research done on twins and SIDS to be too concerned. As long as we followed the standard SIDS guidelines he said not to worry about it.

They were swaddled for the first five months, so space was never an issue. They slept parallel to one another in the crib.

Now that they're seven months, they do whatever they feel like. Most mornings I wake up to find them perpendicular to one another. This morning, one girl has her head at one corner (when I look down at them, her head's in the top left corner), the other one is cattycorner to her, if that makes sense. No way they can kick each other in that position.

We have finally decided to get that second crib come next payday, because they're starting to kick each other awake on accident. I just hope they'll be ready to sleep on their own!

 

We placed our girls together in a crib until they could roll over. We swaddled them separately and had them each in their own position sleeper. It worked great for us and lasted for about two months. Our pedi was aware and said it was fine as long as we kept a close eye on them. We were up with them every three hours, so I'm not sure how much closer of an eye we could've kept on them. Opinions on SIDS and co-sleeping will vary from pedi to pedi and hospital to hospital.

 

We plan on twins co-sleeping in their cribs until they roll over. We will be up every three hours to feed and change them, so I know they will be fine.

 

I am so glad I asked! I had no idea that there was an issue with SIDS and twins sleeping together. Now I have to think really hard about what I am going to do. Our plan is to have one crib in our room, which is where they will sleep for the first month or two. And then we will move that crib to their room where the other crib is already set up. I guess I will talk to my pediatrician and see what she recommends too.

I had a dream last night that we had them sleeping side by side - in their car seats!! :lol: This was my first real dream about the girls, so it was kind of exciting to see them. Even if it was only in my dreams

 

Our twins slept together for the first 8 months, until we found them all tangled in each others arms and legs! At first, they slept the width of the crib, side by side. Once they got too long for that, we put one at each end of the crib so they were foot to foot each with their head at their end of the crib. We were careful not to have any loose bedding or toys in the crib. It was really nice to see them sleeping in their crib together!

 

Ours slept together for the first four months till DS started kicking wildly in his sleep and we were afraid he may kick his sister.
our slept next to each other in a crib that was in our room about a foot apart. at that point they are swaddled tight and dont move very much so they had plenty of room.

 

I am planning on sleeping mine in a pack and play for the first month or so in our room, or longer if they can handle it. I'm putting a very thin piece of plywood so it can hold more weight...