One crib or two?

I have a single child so I have one crib. I am now having twins and am not sure if I need to go out and buy another crib. The one I have I bought 6 years ago so I am thinking it may be tough to find one like it. From what I have read on here, many of you have twins in the same crib, so I want to get some feedback on the pros and cons of that. My sister has a crib that I could use if I have to, but it is a totally different wood color than mine, so I just hate to put my girlies in mismatched cribs.

My main fear is one has a diaper to leak while the other one is sleeping, which would result in moving both babies to change the bed.

Your thoughts?

 

My twins were in the same crib until they were 6 months old.

 

my girls shared a co sleeper, then a crib until they were about 6 months old. At that point, they were really disturbing each others sleep so I put them into their own cribs...

 

Mine are in the same crib and they are 11 weeks. It has worked wonderfully so far. I couldn't imagine them not sleeping together. Mine don't wake each other up. I guess they are used to each other.
good luck
missy

 

Mine used the same crib only until 6 weeks. DD was a screamer and started waking DS up. Even so, around 4 months DS started rolling ALL over the place so we would have had to split them up at that point anyway.

 

We only use 1 crib. We have 2, but the second one is down in the basement. We have only had once wear we had a leaky diaper. We got them both out and the one that was asleep just slept through everything. They roll all over and kick each other and scream, but they don't seem to phase each other. My girls sleep so much better when they are in the same bed, they cuddle up next to each other to fall asleep. It really is a decision you have to make for yourself though. You could try having them in 1 crib out and if it doesn't work then separate them. I don't want to separate mine at all because I think they are so cute sleeping together. :wub: I'm dreading the day when they HAVE to be separated. A lot of times (not every time) they learn to sleep through each others cries and what not.

Good luck.

Congrats on the twins. When are you due?

 

We have 2 cribs. At first, the babies always shared one crib. Now they share the crib only at nighttime, and we separate them for naps during the day because they would keep each other awake as they fuss a little winding down for sleep.

So it's definitely convenient to have two, at least at some point...

 

Mine have never been able to share a crib. When they were tiny and could have shared a crib, my DS was a horrible sleeper and would scream and wake DD up. Now that they are older, they can't share a crib because they would roll all over each other. Both of my babies are very restless sleepers.

 

I also had a 2 year old when my twins were born and I had the same question. Well I went for sharing a crib, and it worked for a while because I could wrap them both up and put them next to each other in the co-sleeper. Once they were bigger (about 3 1/2 months) I could not keep them together any more. They started to roll over!!! Which in turn would wake up each other up! I ended up getting a crib off of craigslist and they are doing great next to each other in separate cribs.

 

Our girls shared till they were 8 months. Now they are in 2 cribs - that don't match. It bothered me at first but I hate how their room looks with 2 cribs anyway. We are putting an addition on the house and they will be moving into a bigger room.

If I had to do it again I think I would have bought matching cribs. You could look into selling your single crib and buying 2 matching cribs. Do you have a local twins club that has yearly tag sales? If so you could keep them in 1 till you can get 2 at a sale.

 

My girls shared their crib until about 13 months... then they began wrestling with each other and I was worried that something might happen to them in the middle of the night without me knowing, so I seperated them. I always had the two cribs set up in the room, but almost always only used the one. The only time I might have separated them was if they were sick, but other than that, they really enjoyed being together! Now they are 21 months, and in separate cribs - but the cribs are side by side in their room.

 

The NICU told us that it would be safer if they did NOT share a crib, so mine have always had their own cribs (and their own bassinets for the first month or so), of course I always put them together and still do when they are awake and for an occasional nap here and there but they don't sleep as well when they are together as my son babbles alot and my daughter kicks her feet to self soothe herself so it just didn't work out for them to share a crib. Of course I have to take pics now and again of them sleeping together all snuggled up b/c it is so cute! I wanted to have a boy crib set (bumper and blankets and stuff) and my girly one for ms. molly, they actually act like it's a treat when I put them on the other ones bed it's like a whole new world for them. My son wets through alot b/c he is a tummy sleeper and I always have to change his sheet savers and stuff so there is another con to having two cribs b/c if you have to change stuff in the night that would be a pain to have to pick up a sleeping baby b/c the bed is wet. If you can borrow one, Who really cares if they don't match at least you'll save a few bucks, you can just spruce it up with a cute bed set and your probably the only one who will care about it anyway. We bought two matching sleigh cribs at Target that were pretty cheap considering that also change into toddler beds when we need to.

 

I think a lot of it depends on your twins. We bought 2 cribs, but I had plans of them sleeping together some which never happened. In the beginning their crying seemed to wake the other up especially at night. Then I noticed when ever I put them together in one crib, one twin wanted to snuggle and the other would start screaming. Therefore they sleep in separate cribs. They can sleep through the other one crying now, but I would worry they would wake each other with all the squirming now. They are both rolling over a little and there really doesn't seem like much room for two babies in one crib. My old babysitter had twins and she removed a side from 2 cribs and attached the cribs together. Her twins slept "together" until they moved to big beds at 2 years old.

 

We definitely needed 2 cribs. My DS is a grunter and kept his sister up from day one. They are mismatched cribs in one room since I borrowed one off of a friend. I just could not seeing spending the money on a crib. The babies don't realize it. I figure it is more important to spend money on their big girl/ big boy room when they get bigger and excited over it. Good luck on your decision.

 

By 4 months my guys moved around too much and kept walking each other so we moved them then. They have cribs right next to each other though.

 

My two shared a crib until around 14-15 months. They absolutely loved it but it finally came to a point where H would wake up and then wake A up or A would aggravate H and she couldn't fall asleep at night. The transition was a little difficult for them but it went smoothly overall. You could use sleep positioners if you're afraid of them rolling onto one another but those didn't work so great for us. Yeah, there were mornings I'd go in and H's feet would be on A's head, but they weren't hurting each other at all. I think it's a choice you have to make for your own situation. If you're comfortable with it, then go for it!