Two Cribs or One

I have already brought one crib.

I wanted to know if anyone recommends one or crib for twins.

I wanted to say that my daughter was colic for about 10 months so I am scare if the twins are born I dont want to go through ten months of colic when sleeping together would be better.

Thanks

 

I'm playing this one by ear. I only have one crib as well. My house is really small and we plan on moving by the end of the year. We found out about the twins too late to do anything about it now. (I was 19 weeks and doctor had me on moderate bedrest shortly after). So we can only fit one crib in the babies' room. We have a pack and play and if worse comes to worse I can separate them that way, but I'm hoping they will do well together. Though I'm going to try and have them each sleep on one end of the crib to prevent them from rolling on eachother or blocking the other one from breathing or something. . The actual recommendation from whoever decides those things.... says it's not recommended for safety purposes that you let twins sleep together...but I know so many twins that do and did... I'm going to give it a try.

 

My twins shared a crib for the first 6 months, and actually for the first 3, they rarely slept in their crib. Emma was in the swing a lot and Jake was beside me in bed.

 

I've been wondering this myself. We are planning on buying 1 crib that they will sleep in, in our room right next to me. When they turn 6 months or so, or whenever they move to their nursery, we will probably separate them at that time or shortly after. I think if you use those back positioner sleep aid thingies and separate them far enough apart there shouldn't be any problems with rolling, sids etc at least for the first few months, or at least that's what I'm thinking/hoping. By then our youngest should have outgrown her crib and we will then have 2 cribs available.

Thanks for bringing this up as it's something I've been debating myself.

 

We purchased two cribs for the boys. At first, I think they will share one...but down the road, we will separate them. We already had another crib for our daughter (21 months), but it converts to a toddler bed and then a full sized bed, so we will keep that one for her. Also, by buying the two cribs at once, we got a matching set. I never imagined we would have 3 cribs in the house all at once.

 

We purchased two cribs for the boys. At first, I think they will share one...but down the road, we will separate them. We already had another crib for our daughter (21 months), but it converts to a toddler bed and then a full sized bed, so we will keep that one for her. Also, by buying the two cribs at once, we got a matching set. I never imagined we would have 3 cribs in the house all at once.

 

My two shared a crib for about 6 months, then we put together the other one. I inherited 3 of them from a co-worker who had triplets, so when we move shortly, I'm going to try to find another person to donate them to.

 

We have two and our girls have slept in their own cribs since about two weeks after coming home from the hospital. They had to sleep on an incline and there was not room to put both of them and let them sleep comfortably with the mattress inclined. Plus, we have one that's a spitter and I have to change her sheets constantly, so it's nice to only take one baby out of the bed and not have to disturb the sleeping baby in the other bed.

 

I am a believer of 2. Two different individuals, different needs, different wishes, different temperament. Mine slept in different bassinets, then in different cribs, now in different rooms and even go to different schools on different days (back together in same class in September). Of course, they're twins, they spend a lot of time together, they have a special bond but they also have individual needs and differences and those need to be addressed to in my opinion.

 

We had 2 cribs for ours. They slept together for the first 4 months and then we put them each in their own crib.

 

The boys shared a crib for the first eight months, then we separated them.

 

a lot of people will say that it's not essential for the twins to be separated for some time since they are used to sharing space and cuddling. i myself look at it this way, it will be needed eventually whether it be a few months or longer they will need separation just because they are too big to share sleeping spaces. so we bought 2 of the same crib just so we didn;t have to deal with another added financial stressor once they get here. but it;s a personal decision.

 

This is what my mother has told me about when we were babies. My sister and I started out in 2 cribs. There was an night stand in between the 2 cribs. We would cry and cry and cry because we wanted to be near each other. Finally they just moved the stand and put the cribs side by side. They would come in at night and find us hlding hands through the bars and then once we got bigger we would actually climb over the crib and sleep together in the same one. So I guess it all depends on how they feel about each other. Our parents gave us the opprotunity for individuality and our own cribs and apparently we chose to be together. So I guess it all depends.

 

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Finally they just moved the stand and put the cribs side by side. They would come in at night and find us hlding hands through the bars and then once we got bigger we would actually climb over the crib and sleep together in the same one. So I guess it all depends on how they feel about each other. Our parents gave us the opprotunity for individuality and our own cribs and apparently we chose to be together. So I guess it all depends.


this is pretty much what we have done. the boys cribs make an L shape and touch eacother so are hoping this will be close enough. we do want them to have a sense of indendence from eachother.

but you never know what type of twins they'll be, huggers, hand holders, affectionate, rough, until they come out.

 

My boys are currently sleeping in the same crib. However, at almost 2 months old, I feel that 1 crib is beginning to be tight for them.

we have opted for one crib in the beginning, because I have read a book on twins that advised at birth and early few months to put them together in the same crib leaving thus their state as when they were together in the womb.

 

We did two cribs here, and mine have rarely slept in the same bed. They do share a room. We have had the same arragement since birth--two cribs/beds and same room. It is a personal decision, but some have planned on two and ended up only using one. Whereas many have planned on one, but went to two, and many times sooner than they would have thought.

 

For us it's a financial decision. We can't afford a second crib right away, our house is only two bedroom, and we won't be moving anytime soon.

We will have one crib for them to start with in our dining room soon to be nursery. As we can we'll change our room to the nursery and move to the smaller bedroom. We have to finish our remodeling as time and money allows. Can't have everything!

 

We're starting with one--we have a portable crib also for separating if necessary later. I'm all for keeping them together if possible, depending on their personalities. I actually want a cosleeper for the first 6 months or so and a bigger bed for me and dh, so they start out together in the cosleeper and (if they aren't tandem nursing) when one wakes to nurse, she comes in bed with me and then I switch them when the other wakes. I'm big on family bonding (and getting my sleep!!), although we don't cosleep forever--just until they spread out the night time nursing. Because of necessity, my 6yo and 3yo dds are now sharing a full sized bed--I see nothing wrong with that. All our girls will eventually share a room--same with boys.....

 

Hi, My first set of twins slept in the top section of a pack-n-play for the first month in our room. I was recovering from the c-section so they had to stay on the first floor with me. Then I moved them up to their room and they slept in the same crib until they were 6 months old - the actually preferred it. I had to move them to seperate cribs when they started rolling and crawling.

I plan on doing the same with this next set.

you'd be surprised how much they'll get used to each other and soothe each other. I'd go upstairs because I heard crying and the other little guy would be sound asleep - right next to him! Amazing!

Good luck!

To really answer your question, get the second crib now and set it up. you won't want to deal with it while caring for twins! We put two boppy's in the second crib and would position them in them for night feedings, propped up with their bottles. That way one of us could sleep!