One "talking" LOUDLY...both in same room??

OK, my little DD likes to talk and coo in the mornings. I would like to leave her on her own for 5-10 minutes in the morning, but have been scared to let her "talk" because her brother is still sleeping. She is SO FREAKING LOUD that it would wake a bear up. She keeps waking him up if I let it go for only a minute. What should I do? Right now, we only have space for them to share a room.

Any ideas?

Thank you!!

jen

 

OK, my little DD likes to talk and coo in the mornings. I would like to leave her on her own for 5-10 minutes in the morning, but have been scared to let her "talk" because her brother is still sleeping. She is SO FREAKING LOUD that it would wake a bear up. She keeps waking him up if I let it go for only a minute. What should I do? Right now, we only have space for them to share a room.

Any ideas?

Thank you!!

jen

 

Well, you could get her up and put her someplace for a while like a bouncer or swing. Sean was/is my loud cooer, he always woke up James, but J would wake up happy so I didn't mind that S woke him up. Sometimes J would coo along with S, it was cute!

 

I would just take her out and put her on a floor mat or something. That's what we do but normally its at nap times, one of my twins likes to sleep a little longer than the other one.

 

But, what about in the morning? I want her to learn to stay in her crib a little longer...sometimes the talking starts at 5 am!

Or, would you still move her to another place. Thanks again

 

At 3 months, i always took the one who woke early out into the family room in a swing and let them talk away out there by themselves. Things were crazy for me though at 3 months. My boys were sleeping in their car seats still so i did not have the worry about wanting them to learn to stay in their crib.

Now though, if one wakes at 5 either talking or whining, i leave them there until i get up at 6 (that is the earliest i will get them from their crib). Usually, the talking/whining will not wake the other up. Now that they are semi sleep trained, i want them to be able to stay in their crib in the morning without crying until it is time for me to get them.

 

That is a GREAT suggestion. Thanks so much. I will just take her out and let her talk away. I probably will not acknowlege her too much because I am afraid that is teaching her bad habits. But, it is so darn cute when she does it - I just smile and smile when I hear her...then, of course, panic, when I remember my little guy is trying to sleep. HA
Ah, being the mother of twins...ha ha

 

I would leave her. He will get used to him. Marcus used to talk and even yell at his brother from his crib, and Jonathan would sleep right through it.

 

I let them wake each other up in the am, I would rather they start the day out at the same time or else the whole day gets messed up and they're eating and naping at different times which drives me crazy. Mine don't wake each other up unless they are near waking anyway, so if one is noisy in the middle of the night the other won't wake up but in the am one might wake the other up about half an hour earlier but not more than that. Also, I agree with pp, they do get used to each other over time which really makes everything easier (naps as well). Good luck.

 

I would leave her in there. The girls got used to hearing each other and the only way they would wake up when the other was "talking" was if they were ready to get up.

 

Thanks Everyone!! OK, my DS is going to have to get use to "noise therapy" ha ha