Establishing Daytime nap and feeding routine

Hi Twin mommas

...So my twins are now 4mos old and have a nighttime sleep routine, but during daytime it's chaos, one will sleep for 15 min then eat 3-4 oz of formula, then another twin will wake up and so on and on...until I'm seriously will consider jumping off our 8th story window...LOL They drive me bananas!

Do you have any suggestions how to establish a feeding and daytime nap routine? Maybe you can share an example of a schedule you follow.

And any tips and tricks are welcome!

Thanks!

 

Bravo to getting a night time sleep routine down! Woohoo! So, from my experience, the daytime routine should start to fall into place. What exactly does your schedule look like during the day? Rough estimates of eating/sleeping/playing?

 

I started with waking them up at the same time (7am). Then they tended to get tired at the same time so down for a nap and up again at the same time. And repeat. And repeat...

 

I should elaborate, huh?!? LOL! I got distracted...who would have thought!?!?!

I agree with Michelle-wake them at the same time for starters. If one wakes at 7, and the other doesn't until 8 or whatever-wake them BOTH at the SAME time. Then, feed them BOTH at the SAME time. I don't know where I heard it, probably TS, but treat them like ONE baby. They go down at the same time, they wake at the same time, diaper changes at the same time, and feedings at the same time. It will make life so much easier! Now, don't get me wrong, there were times that didn't go so well. One would need more sleep, or wouldn't be up for eating, etc...but that really was rare in the scheme of things. Once you get them both on the same page, things will really fall into place and dare I say it....get easier. :hug:

Good luck!

 

Ditto on the same feed and nap schedule!!! It will save your sanity.

I set up an area in my living room where I could comfortably feed them together on my own. During the day, I leave it set up.

I put them down for naps together, and do not go in if they wake up before an hour, as quite often they were in light sleep, and would drop back off to sleep if I didn't rush in. In saying that, my second twin had great difficulty in lengthening her nap without my help at about 4 months, I did graduating CIO - I separated them for naps then. It took a while, but she now sleeps two hours most days. I am more now working on the first twins naps as she has only been sleeping one hour!

Our routine for the last two months has been something like this:

5-6am (early bottle - 6oz)
sleep for an hour or so
7.30 wake, change, play
8.30-9am - feed 4-6oz
9.30is - nap
10.30-11-wake, play
11.30-12pm - lunch feed 4-6oz
12.30-1 - afternoon nap
2.30ish - wake
3pm-milk feed
3.30 - third nap is tired and hasn't slept enough in a nap (although I'm trying to stop this now)
4.30 - puree
5pm - bath/wash
5.30 - milk feed
6pm - sleep for the night

Hope this helps. BTW I found the Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (recommended by a lot of TS Moms) to be the best in getting a routine together - they do a twin version of the book too.