napping

Hi there,
My twin boys are two months old and I'm struggling to get them to nap at the same time. It seems like right when one falls asleep, the other one is wide awake. Then when he gets tired, the first one is waking up. It's hard for me to catch some shut-eye because of this. Does anyone have any suggestions, or is this just perfectly normal for the twins to be doing?
My toddler takes a nap during the day and I'd really like the twins to do the same thing at the same time so I can have some alone time without any of them being awake. How can I get my boys to nap at the same time, and most importantly--to nap when it's my daughter's nap time?
Any pointers or tips would be welcomed!! Thanks.

 

Hi,

I think it's perfectly normal since they're different people with different internal clocks. That said, my twins started napping at the same time around three months when we got on somewhat of a schedule. They would eat at the same time and then I'd put them down for a nap 1.5 hours after they got up. They didn't always fall asleep at exactly the same time, or wake up at exactly the same time, but usually within 10 minutes of each other. If the second baby didn't wake up within 20 minutes I'd wake her to keep them on a similar schedule.

 

Yes, they can nap at the same time! Eventually....it's probably a little wishful thinking at two months though. But the key is consistency, so like the PP said, you can put them down at the same time, and all that, and eventually, it should work out. We didn't get on a strict nap schedule, in cribs, until 6 months, but I'm sure others have been successful sooner.

Good luck and I hope you get some well-deserved rest!

 

We had no kind of nap schedule until about 5 months, and since then, they have always gone down at the same time. It will happen!

 

It may be a while before it clicks, since your babies are young. But what works for me is to feed them at the same time and put them down for naps at the same time.

Hope they start synchronizing those naps soon! It is really hard to be on-call ALL the time! :hug99:

 

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We had no kind of nap schedule until about 5 months, and since then, they have always gone down at the same time. It will happen!


Same here. Although, I used to wake them up to eat at the same time early on. I know people say never wake a sleeping baby, BUT I didn't want to be feeding all day. Because of that, mine did nap together pretty frequently, just for different amounts of time so I really didn't get too much of a break.

 

My girls have almost always napped at the same time. We feed them at the same time, then we play/roll/watch big sis, etc (at two months, seemed like it only lasted about 5 minutes but now about 1.5 hours). Then one goes in her swing with a paci and a lovie, and passes out. I rock the other for about 5 minutes in the glider and she's out. Then I switch who I snuggle with in the afternoon. If one wakes earlier than she should, I've found they have "a bubble" and will go back to sleep after a burp.

At two months, it was pretty much eat, play, sleep until it's time to eat again at the same time. I hope this helps.

KS

 

Yes, they can nap at the same time and it'll be the best thing that ever happened to you. Imagine being able to go to the bathroom or put on the kettle for a cup of tea (or take care of the house, sterilize bottles, or care for your other kids)! You may not be able to get them to sleep for exactly the same length of time, but you can pretty much control the time they go down for a nap (on a good day!) by synchronizing their wake-up time in the morning. Also, I know it sounds mean, but if one baby woke from a nap before the other and I couldn't get him back to sleep I would unswaddle his brother no more than 20 minutes later so he would get the hint to wake up too. In an ideal world they would be napping if and when they needed to...but you have TWINS and you need to get into somewhat of a groove for your sanity! At least this was my feeling.