When did you move to separate cribs?

My boys are 3.5 months and one has started to roll on his stomach. He takes up a lot of room in the crib and they don't fit well side by side anymore as they're getting long. When did you move to separate cribs? It makes me sad to move them apart for some reason. They often end up close and occasionally wake each other up, but I think they like it overall. Where there any troubles? Also if they roll to their tummy during sleep should I just leave them or flip them back? Thanks!

 

I moved my two to separate cribs and separate rooms at 6 months old. They were getting too big to share the one crib and the room we were using for a nursery could not hold two cribs, so we went the whole hog with the transition. My DD had a rough two nights when DS left the room and went into his own but then she was fine. He had no problem going in his own room.

 

I flipped them back over when they first started rolling, cause it would only be once or twice a night. Then, when they were doing it constantly, I just left them that way. I mean, you can't stay up all night flipping them or you will feel like :headbang: .

 

We moved them to separate cribs when they were around 7 months old (when we stopped swaddling).

 

We tried putting our boys in a crib together and they did okay, but they also did fine separate. So, we had them in separate bassinets - but the bassinets were right next to each other. At 4 months old they went into separate cribs, but in the same room. So, they could hear each other. No advice on flipping over, they didn't sleep on their bellies until they were about 6 months old, and we left them because they slept better. We were nervous at first, but then got used to it.

 

We separated just after 6 months when we stopped swaddling. Once we were no longer swaddling they could flip to their stomachs. I fought it for a few nights and then just let it be. They just like their tummies!

 

Our boys never shared a crib. They went from bassinets to a crib with divider, then to their own cribs. I wish they could have their own rooms, but that isn't an option for us (fortunately the room they have is big enough for two cribs).

If they are rolling themselves over, I would leave them. I panicked when ours started doing that and would always check to be sure they can breathe, etc. for the first couple of weeks. As long as you have tight-fitting sheets and nothing extra in the crib (stuffed animals, etc.), I would leave them however they end up and don't flip them over, which will probably wake them up. If they are already up, then put them on their back for sure.

 

We did it at 4 months when they started sleeping in their own room. They'd also begun turning over around then, so we knew it wouldn't be safe for them to share anymore.

 

I separated when I found one girl on top of the other at naptime...that was the last time they slept together.

 

Around 4 months. They were starting to wake each other up. Now they sleep right next to us and love to roll next to each other and sleep. It's so cute!

 

At six months we put them in separate cribs and in the nursery. They did just fine. Before that it was a lot of pulling them apart because they were all over the place!

 

We did it at 3 months (just the last couple weeks). They are doing fine. Still not rolling, but we still have them swaddled too, and they don't do tummy time often (they never seem to tolerate it). I seem to get an extra hour in the morning from the other one that hasn't woken up yet, so it is helpful to me in the morning. I am not forcing a specific wake up time for them both yet. They go to bed at 8pm and then still get a bottle at 11 or so and they usually sleep from 11:30 until between 6-9 AM so far (one usually wakes between 6-7 and the other between 8-9.

 

Miss O had reflux and we had to incline her mattress, so they were in the same crib for only the first month I guess.

 

Not till 14 months when they were too big to sleep together in the crib. We moved one to a pack in play till toddler beds at 2 yrs old.

 

*sigh* I always wish I kept my boys in the same crib. LOL! I know of other twin moms who at 20 months still have their twins in the same crib. And I know of another one who had them together until after two. It's what works for you. If they sleep well together overall-great. If you find that they are waking each other up, etc, then it might be time to move them.

 

We still have our 15 month old twins in the same crib. They start the night there and move into our bed when they wake up at night and need some cuddling. So, we do some cosleeping - that may make a difference for our decision to keep them together and for their tolerance for closeness and movement while sleeping. They love being together, often suggle up together and hardly ever disturb oneanother up. I have literally seen one of them get up crying and walk over the other one without waking the other one up.

Th only time they were separate was in the hospital because the bassinets were tiny. The only time I thought we would have to separate them at home was around 7 or 8 months, but we did not have any room in our old flat where we could fit 2 cribs and we did not want them in separate rooms so we had a couple of rough nights and then everyone settled down again. If separating them is not convenient or not what you want to do, I would watch them for a few nights and see how things develop.

 

We moved ours to separate cribs at 4 months when they started squiggling and rolling over.

 

We seperated them about 4 months when we stopped swaddling them and they began rolling into one another and smacking one another