Waking each other up

My twins are now 10 weeks old (4 wks old adjusted age). I nurse one and get him/her back to sleep, then nurse the 2nd. But when I put the 2nd baby down, he/she gunts and groans and wakes up twin 1....how do you stop this? It's so frustrating! Does it last forever or is it just a newborn stage?
I tried putting one in a bassinet and one in a playpen/crib (still in my room) but it didn't work. Last night it took me 1.5 hrs to get them back to sleep bc they kept waking each other! I don't want to move one out of the room yet... but maybe that's my only option?
Just curious to see how long this stage lasts.......

 

Try getting a white noise machine. I think that might help.

 

I agree with white noise machine. I went through the same thing you are and it can be tough and gets a little frustrating especially when you are exhausted. My DD always grunted for a good 20 minutes after I put her down. I always hoped she was the first to wake to eat to give me time to feed her and then feed DS in hopes her grunting was over by the time I was finished with DS. That went on for the first few months. I eventually just put them in different cribs, but in the same room. I put a white noise machine in there. It was just something I grabbed out of the basement that makes a loud humming noise.
Good luck and hopefully you can get this figured out soon.

 

I also agree with the white noise machine. I tried having the boys sleep without it a few weeks ago and they started waking eachother up again. It helps to drown out the little noises that their twin makes.

 

Yup, white noise!

To kill two birds with one stone, get a humidifier (we found one from the American Red Cross that was made specifically for nurseries) and run it all night long, during naps, etc. It has helped our boys a lot in keeping from waking each other too easily (although it does happen occasionally), and was really good for their breathing over the dry winter months. Now that it is Spring, we are still using it!

Also,I remember the strange grunting noises of newborns....our boys sounded like miniature elephants! It goes away, just don't remember when exactly Maybe by 3 mos?

 

We always fed them together, dh got the fast/easy eater when he had to work in the morning but he always fed one while I fed the other. Feeding them at the same time gets everyone back to sleep faster. If you aren't able to tandem nurse yet, maybe you could alternate who gets a bottle every other feeding at night? That way they go back in the crib at the same time and are BOTH grunting. The white noise was a lifesaver too.