Sharing a crib

Our twins are now in a crib and not in the PNP. It has been interesting to say the least. Our DD started rolling first and would often end up on her brother and that would wake him and he would cry, we would reposition and then they would go back to sleep. We have tried putting them with their head at opposite ends as well as width wise in the crib. Now they both move and it seems that one will wake the other sometimes, however, they always move toward each other and we find them sound asleep most of the time. Any suggestions? Do they just get used to being together? When we were using some CIO we had them separate and it seemed like they slept worse. But now they are both moving all over and have gone from sleeping 8-9 hours straight to waking at 6 hours or earlier to eat. I am wondering if they are bothering each other. I am not sure if seperating them is the right thing to do..... thoughts?

 

Our LOs shared a crib (if they were not in our bed - we did a mix of co-sleeping and crib) until they were 1 year old but we had phases of lots of movement and waking one another but this was usually over after a few days. If you have the space for a second crib (we did not before we moved) I think it sounds like it might be time to separate them; if you do, I suggest keeping the cribs right next to one another so they can hear the other baby and do not feel alone.
If you want to keep them together: We positioned ours with their heads in opposite corners of the crib, each lying diagonally. They did not seem to mind so much if their legs touched and often ended up snuggled up together later in the night. The difficult times for disturbing the other's sleep were going to sleep and early mornings when their sleep was not so deep. While they were younger we had a rolled up towel as a separator between them, but I think your babies would probably roll over that now.

 

once ours started rolling over in their swaddles we had to quit swaddling and we moved them into their own cribs. Since they really recommend nothing else in cribs, like blankets etc, I didn't see how I could stick a 2nd baby in the crib for fear that they rolled up on each other and were worse than having a blanket or sleep positioner etc. I'm pretty sure the recommend not even having sleep positioners in the cribs anymore either.

anyway, all in all we separated by 6 months. Some moms I know have kids sharing for a long time. good luck!

 

Mine still share a crib and sometimes I go in there and one is sleeping on the other. I am going to have to separate because one annoys the other. Maddie wants to stay up and play and Allie is ready for bed. Maddie steals pacis (we are getting rid of those though) or will just annoy Allie in general. It's annoying. I don't have an real advice. I would just try to separate for a few days and see how everyone does. If they sleep better great. If not, then move them back together.