My girls still sleep a lot!

I read that babies should be sleeping 15 hours a day at 3 months. My girls definitely sleep at least 17. Most of the time, they sleep 19. I'm not complaining or anything! I'm just curious about other twins sleep patterns. My girls are very opinionated little girls and like to wake up, eat, play, cry, and then be swaddled and bounced or be put in their swings. Sometimes I feel like I should be keeping them awake longer, but maybe thats just setting them up for a complete meltdown! Just looking for some feedback

 

Some kids just like to sleep more (or need more sleep). My mom told me that I would sleep 18-20hrs a day the first 3 months. My boys didn't do that, but they did sleep a lot too. In a few months, you'll look back at this and laugh! Definitely enjoy this time!

 

Mine did. It was great! They are still champion sleepers at 2, almost 3 years old.
Our routine sounds exactly like yours: eat, play, sleep, repeat. From 0-6 months, they couldn't stay awake for more than 1.5 hours at a time. I just made sure that when they were up, they were stimulated (played with them, moved them from bouncer to floor to other bouncer etc., showed them a toy, talked to them) then put them in a swing when it was naptime. We just repeated this all day until bath and bedtime. This routine eventually developed into a 3-nap, then 2-nap day, and then finally dropped to one nap at about 16 months.
I was really good about maintaining the routine (no exceptions unless we were traveling on an airplane) and the pay-back was very good sleepers with reliable nap times to this day.
Enjoy!

 

Enjoy it while it lasts! I bet they will soon be staying awake for longer periods of time.

 

Some babies do just naturally sleep more than others. I agree with Aimee, enjoy it while it lasts! It won't be long before you will be wishing they would sleep more.

 

Yup enjoy it! Mine always sleep on the longer end of things...They sleep about 13 hours at night and take 2 1-1.5 hour naps a day!! However they are mobile...and by mobile I mean they don't stop moving til its time to go to sleep! LOL! Enjoy it, pretty soon they will be non stop!

 

Yes, mine did too. And now they are almost 3 and I wish they would sleep :lol:

 

Mine are still sleeping a lot. They sleep 10-12 hours a night(with some squeaky wake ups from time to time) and during the day they take 2 naps (maybe 3 if they woke up earlier or didn't nap well) that sum about 4-5 hours. I don't think your LOs sleep too much. I don't remember how much mine were sleeping that age, but it was a lot. Just let them sleep as much as they want. Sleep is like food for babies, they grow from it.

 

I think it is a blessing when they are good sleepers! Especially when they are so little.
My boys sleep a lot, too.
Enjoy this as it shall pass and you'll be wondering what happened...lol

 

My boys are like this. They only stay awake for 2 hours max. Today they did 5 hours in naps after sleeping 12 hours last night (with a 6am wake up). I am ok with it because I know they have a lot of growing to do and they are developmentally on schedule (at least I think so). If they weren't meeting small milestones (like giggling), I would worry. I love them but I know sleep is important to them right now (it is the time when they process everything from the day) and I also know from experience that this period is too short and soon I will be chasing after both of them.

 

My boys are great sleepers too...they are almost a year and they sleep about 12hrs at night and have two 2.5hr naps! I remember asking the same question, wanting them to be up more so I could interact with them...now they are B-U-S-Y!!!!

Enjoy!!
reb

 

My bub's do that too! They are up for about an hour and then back down. The amount of time they sleep each nap varies.. they're usually shorter whenever I'm trying to do something LOL Murphy's Law