Feeding at Same Time?

Just wondering if everyone wakes the other baby up at the same time (even if they are in a deeper sleep) to feed them both together?... Do you then put them down at the same time?? What if one needs a longer sleep that the other?... What if one needs another feed sooner than the other - do you wake them both - and then maybe the other twin doesn't feed so well as they are not really ready???

Just hoping to get some idea on how everyone feeds....

Thanks so much
Nicky

 

For the first 3 months I always fed them at the same time, if one woke up to feed I got the other one up to feed, which worked great in the beginning because they would almost always eat. But once they hit 3mnths, my dd would get upset when we woke her up to eat, so now we let them wake whenever they wake for the first time at night, and at the second feeding we will feed them together. As sometimes my dd skips the first feeding.
During the day we always feed them together. We put them to bed at the same time at night, it hasn't been an issue as they seem to both need to sleep around the same time.
I always wake them at the same time at the beginning of the day, but during the day if one is napping longer than the other I do let them sleep a little longer, but not too much as otherwise they get off schedule and they don't sleep at the same time. Hope that makes sense!

 

I find the boys at the same time about 90% of the time. The only time I will feed one seperate is if I don't feel like I nursing at the same time. (I enjoy nursing them one at a time better). So, if I am real tired from the day, I will wake one up 15 minutes early, feed him, then feed the other baby - then I am only 15 minutes off. I try to put them down at the same time as well. If one is not as tired, he normally gets sleepy when I start their nap time routine.

I am still learning it all as well, but for right now it is working out for us.

 

During the day they ahve always eaten at the same time as I would wake the sleeping one if needs be. At 2 mo I stopped waking the sleeping one at night. THe first 2 weeks were rough but then my DD would go 8 hours and DS would go 6. But during the day life would be too hard to keep them on seperate scheudle. I did it ocassionaly and I couldn't live like that.

 

QUOTE(isis @ Jun 3 2008, 07:22 PM) [snapback]808309[/snapback]
For the first 3 months I always fed them at the same time, if one woke up to feed I got the other one up to feed, which worked great in the beginning because they would almost always eat. But once they hit 3mnths, my dd would get upset when we woke her up to eat, so now we let them wake whenever they wake for the first time at night, and at the second feeding we will feed them together. As sometimes my dd skips the first feeding.
During the day we always feed them together. We put them to bed at the same time at night, it hasn't been an issue as they seem to both need to sleep around the same time.
I always wake them at the same time at the beginning of the day, but during the day if one is napping longer than the other I do let them sleep a little longer, but not too much as otherwise they get off schedule and they don't sleep at the same time. Hope that makes sense!

We did the same thing!!

 

I usually feed at the same time. Last night I didn't though b/c Sofia was sleeping so nicely. So I fed Maya and then an hour later I fed Sofia. Tonight I won't be waking Sofia at 1 am to eat. I want to see if she will STTN. Maya is still too little so I have to wake her.

 

During the night for the first few months I always woke them both to eat at the same time. Now I only get the one up who is crying...the other one I don't get up (I started doing this around 3 months).
During the day I like to hold them while they eat so I will get the one up who is awake, feed him/her, and then wake the other one up (usually a 15 minute difference). This way I am able to have some alone time with one, and they still stay on the same schedule. I did this even when they were smaller.

 

QUOTE(isis @ Jun 3 2008, 07:22 PM) [snapback]808309[/snapback]
During the day we always feed them together. We put them to bed at the same time at night, it hasn't been an issue as they seem to both need to sleep around the same time.
I always wake them at the same time at the beginning of the day, but during the day if one is napping longer than the other I do let them sleep a little longer, but not too much as otherwise they get off schedule and they don't sleep at the same time. Hope that makes sense!



We did this too! I deleted the first 3 months because mine were always on the same schedule as far as eating/sleeping but they did it on their own. There were times when they were off schedule (and still happens here and there) but those are the days you just roll with the punches.

 

Yes I tried to keep them on the same schedule for eating. At night we'd feed the girl that woke up first and then get her settled back into bed and then wake the other to feed them. I rarely fed them at the same exact time because it was easier for me to feed back-to-back. I wasn't BF'ing though so it might be different if you are. GL!

 

We kept them on the same schedule at the beginning, then let them sleep a little more on their own during the day for a while, and then went back to putting them down at the same time for nanps and night time, and feeding mainly at the same time.

 

I ditto Isis. That's what I did. I didn't want to create a night waking habit. If one DC wanted to sleep, I let them. They'll wake and let you know if they want to eat. Now they mostly STTN (12 hours). If the occasionally wake to eat, I feed them, but that is very rare now.

 

Our two have the same bed time and wake time, but only eat 2 out of 5 feeds at the same time.

When they were small (they're 4.5 months (3 months adjusted) right now), we fed every four hours, but Alexis will now only eat when she's hungry and can go 5 hours or more during the day, whereas DS JJ can only last 3-3.5 hours. So JJ gets 4 feeds during the day and Alexis only gets 3. They both wake up once during the night (after about 8 hours of sleep) to eat... we do wake the other one up at that one to eat, and I wake them both up at the same time for the day (thus only two feeds are at the same time).

I wish they ate at the same time, but Alexis refuses to eat unless she's hungry (and I've tried giving her less at each feed, but it doesn't work.. 3 or 5 oz, she can go 5 hours!)

HTHs

Alechia