Keep daytime naps in sync?

The last couple weeks my 2.5 mo old twins seemed to be napping in the day in sync. I have always feed them in tandem so i like the same nap times too.

In the past few days my normally calm DD has been getting very fussy and crying quickly when she is tired. DS does not do this. One day they were out of sync with each others nap which i didnt really like - no down time for me

So today they were in sync and DS woke up after 45 min of napping. DD was still asleep and i wanted to let her sleep but eventually woke her up within 20 min of DS wakeup. Within 10 min she was screaming and required calming down and eventually fell back asleep. DS stayed up and played

Do you always keep twins naps synced at this age - i.e. when one wakes you wake the other? It seems DD is needing more sleep lately than DS as she is getting more fussy so i think i need to let her sleep more at the expense of me having a synced schedule.

 

My twins are almost the same age as yours (12 wks on Wednesday) and their naps usually overlap but are not totally in sync. Up until a few days ago, one of them consistently slept for longer during the naps than the other. However, when we put the short-napper in the swing instead of in the pack-n-play, she started staying down longer. So you may want to try a different napping location for your DS.

In general, I don't wake them up unless they take an unusually long nap (3+ hrs) and even then they will fall back asleep. They are not yet on a napping schedule, so I can't really predict when they will be napping and when they will be awake, but my philosophy so far is just to let them sleep when they seem to need it. I am also getting better at recognizing when they are tired and getting them down before they get overtired. Then they sleep more and are happier when they are awake. And they have also been sleeping for longer stretches at night, which alleviated my concerns that more sleeping during the day would keep them awake more at night.

 

I always put both of mine down to nap at the same time (of course they wouldn't always fall asleep at the same time) and when one would wake up , I'd wake up the other one within 30 mins. Even at this age, it is good to get them used to taking regular naps at the same time. One of my boys almost always wakes up for before the other, so I let the other sleep a little longer. He just needs more sleep than his brother. We sometimes put the shorter napper in the swing if he woke up and he'd go back to sleep in the swing. Or we put him in the pack'n'play to start with if he was having a fussy day. Daytime sleep is so important for them to be well-rested, so I did whatever I could to get them to nap!! It has paid off.