Really need some sleep....

Okay so the twins were doing reallly good until the last 3 nights!! Emma is still doing good. She eats and then goes back to sleep. Eli on the other hand is fine until we lay him down and then he starts screaming. We have tried the swing, the carseat, the bouncy chair......they will work for a little while and then he starts screaming again. I am going crazy!! My hubby returns to work in the morning and I am going to be doing this alone since he works 24 hour shifts!! I just need to figure out how to get him to sleep so I can get some sleep. I just don't know why he is having a hard time sleeping all of a sudden.

 

Im up here with you. My Ava is good like your Emma but her brother John does the same thing. The last two nights, I have just put him in his crib and let him cry for about 30 seconds(they will be 3 months old next week), then I would go back in and put my hand on his chest and tell him to go to sleep. Then Id leave again and do the same thing as he cried. I did pick him up briefly and gave him another ounce which definitely helped to get him more in sleep mode. Initially he did not want the extra ounce before I put him down the first time. So maybe yours is still hungry and coming back with a little more milk may help. and then try going in to soothe as needed...I probably did it 10 times and he is now asleep finally...

 

oops...just read that they are only a month old? so it may not work this early...of course, no harm trying. I would still try the extra milk, swaddle, and pacifier at this age. If needed would pick him up and rock him in room and put him back down...Hang in there-I know its rough those first 6 weeks...it does get better. Mine are finally sleeping from 8pm-130am and then another long stretch until 6 or 630 am.

 

I agree with the swaddle, extra milk, and soothers. Good luck and I hope he starts sleeping again for you very soon :hug:

 

Same here. Try extra milk or a pacifier. It might work. If this didn't work, and considering the age of your babies it could be colic maybe!

Good luck :hug:

 

Thanks for the replies! We have tried all of the above! It just seems he is fighting sleep all of a sudden. Hopefully tonight will be better since I am on my own tonight. I am hoping to get a few naps in today just in case!

 

Good luck tonight! I know the first few nights on my own after my husband returned to work were really difficult, but I eventually found a routine that worked for me. I hope he sleeps better for you! :hug:

 

My DH left for a deployment when my preemies were 2 months old (so about the same age as yours) and at night I would put their carseats on DH's side of the bed. When they would start stirring, I'd rock them and hold a paci in until they fell back to sleep. It took a lot less energy from me even though it happened pretty frequently. Things will get better soon! It's probably a growth spurt. :grouphug:

 

OMG I cannot imagine! My DH is only gone for 24 hours at a time(he is a firefighter). I am going to try rocking him tonight and hope he sleeps better!

 

Also try running water. That sound was what seemed to soothe my little girl at that age. I would either start the dishwasher and stand in the kitchen or just turn the faucet on wide open.

 

at about 5 wks is when I started swaddling again... that was our dream! there were many a night when we were doing all 5 of the Happiest Baby on the Block things... Swaddling, Sucking (paci), Swinging, Shushing (white noise or shushing in their ear - or BOTH), sideline position... it really worked, but there were still nights when we were doing all 5 things each with a baby... crazy!

if you don't have white noise going, I'd do that... get a real white noise cd, it has specific highs & lows that help... HBOTB author has a cd, we now still use the track #5 the rain sound... there are machines you can get too.

by week 8 we were betting about 8 hrs sleep at night... mainly we followed HBOTB routine... I also read The Baby Whisperer and she talks about feeding them more often during the day (I think...) so that you can have less night feedings... like feeding every 2 hrs during the day instead of every 3 hrs... 3hrs x 8 feedings = 24 hrs.... BUT 8 feedings every 2 hrs is only 7a, 9,11,1,3,5,7,9p... theoretically sleeping from 9p to 7a... that's a little extreme for 4 wk olds... but the theory is that they will get more ounces in and get their 24 hr needs during the day time hours... at least "tanking up" in the evening, doing a 6p, 8p, 10p feeding instead of just a 6p and 10p or something.

good luck. I've mentioned a lot of things... sorry I was rambling!