They are waking each other up!

I have 6 week old twins who, for the most part, have been sleeping alot in separate rooms of the house in bouncer chairs/swings etc during our "getting to know you" phase, but now I'm starting to think about getting them geared up for a routine and sleeping in their room/cribs....my biggest challenge at this point is that they wake each other up and like movement (yep, I created that monster).

So, my question is: is there any sort of magic formula (ha ha) for getting them to not wake each other up or maybe a better question is...how do I cope with this challenge? We don't have enough bedrooms in our house for them to always sleep seperately so that isn't an option. Since they are only 6 weeks, I hate to let them cry too much and I'm only one person and I can't soothe both.

My guess is that we are going to have to just let it happen and eventually, they will get use to each other right??? I'm sure we are going to have to endure alot of screaming and sleepless nights (again) to get them use to this.

Please say it isn't so?? Anything else I can do??

 

You will be amazed at what they can sleep through. I would just go ahead and put them together. Mine have always shared a room and to this day they still sleep through the majority of each other's cries.

 

Mine have always been together & they do just learn to sleep through the other's noises. I would just put them together & give it a bit of time.

 

One of my LOs can scream his head off and the other one won't wake up...I guess they just learn to tune it out.

 

We went through growing pains with this. At about 5 mos they started waking each other all the time - it had never been an issue before. I spent about 6 weeks napping them in separate rooms. Now they are back together without a problem. Just think they are deeper sleepers now. Mine are much older - my guess at 6 weeks is that they will get used to each other pretty quickly...I would give it at least 1-2 weeks before giving up.

 

I agree, just put them together. Occasionally they may wake the other up, but 99% of the time, they can sleep through a complete crying fit with no problems. It always amazes me, but they never seem to bother the other.

 

They do get used to each other
AND
it would be crazy if they were in different sleep schedules... so by waking each other up, they also end up
getting the same amount of sleep and at the same time :clapping:

 

Mine have been in the same room too from the beginning and they don't wake each other up anymore. In the beginning they'd get startled hearing the other one but usually went back to sleep. Now they don't even budge. Good Luck!

 

My two were in the same room till about five months when we put DS in our room (in his crib). DD would cry and fight sleep and it would wake DS up. And we also wouldn't let her cry so we'd jump up to get her. With DH and I both working 40+ hrs/wk, we didn't feel like we'd be able to mess with trying to get them to sleep together.

Now they're almost a year old, and I'd like to try and transition them back into the same room. We'll probably start with naps.

Hang in there! I'd try keeping them together and see how it goes.

 

Mine are still sharing a crib and yes, they do learn how to sleep through each other's cries! I would put them together especially at night, and it won't take them long to sleep through the other's cries. Plus, as someone mentioned, it's actually good when they wake each other up to eat and such, because it helps to get their internal clocks set together.

 

my boys will happily snooze through the other one crying, but a single hiccup is enough to wake the other.

 

Yep, put them together and they will learn to sleep through each others cries. Mine still share a room and one can be screaming and the other is sound asleep.