When did you move your twins to the nursery?

I have 9 weeks old B/G twins. They have been sharing a crib in our bedroom since birth, but I've been napping them in separate cribs (one in their room/one in ours) for the past twi weeks. I know we'd probably all sleep better if they were in their cribs in the nursery, but I just don't feel ready to move them out yet. Our girl will sleep from 7:30-4:30, and our boy is usually up around 1:30-2:00 and again around 4:30-5:00 (they get up for the day between 6:30-7:30. We have a video monitor and a regular monitor, but I'm so afraid that I won't hear them if they need me. Their room is far enough away that I can't hear them over the fan in our bedroom.

Last night my husband laid our girl down for the night in the nursery, and it made me so nervous that I made him sleep in there on the floor. Neither she nor my son slept any better - I think the only one who made out great in this deal was my husband who got to sleep as long as she did without interruptions from her brother!

Anyways, when did everyone make the transition to the nursery? I'm guessing it's not going to be any easier emotionally if I wait, so maybe I should just bite the bullet and move them? Did you wait until they were sleeping through the night? It is convinient to have them in our room because we have the rocker and a changing station set up on our dresser.

Thanks!
Suzi

 

My boys are going to be 6 months and are still in our room but in separate cribs. We have been keeping them in there so I can hear them if they have reflux problems. If your babies sleep without problems them try it. If you arent ready then dont. I think you will find yourself getting up all the time and wont get any sleep. I know I would and will.

 

I moved mine at about 2 months. They made the transition really well. Plus, they started sleeping through the night! My Bonus!!

 

We didn't move our babies into the nursery together until they were over 6 months old. Our Master is on the first floor and the nursery is on the second along with the guest bedroom and office. Jillian was moved up first (about 3 1/2 months) because Brendan kept waking her up, but I slept in the room with her on a twin bed. I moved into the guest bedroom right next door at about 5 months when she started sleeping through the night. Brendan stayed in the Master with my DH until he started sleeping through the night. The first couple of nights that they were in the nursery together, I slept upstairs in the guestroom with the monitor on...I know, I know, but I was paranoid. Then, when I realized that they would be fine, I move downstairs again to the Master. DH and I haven't had any issues with not hearing on the monitor (as a matter of fact, we can hear the babies just fine if they NEED us without the monitor because they have VERY HEALTHY LUNG POWER!!! )

 

Mine were in there from day one sleeping in their car seats in the same crib. They did pretty well as long as they were in the seats.

 

Mine are 4 mo (corrected) and sleep in a crib next to our bed. Partly necessity - we're in a 1 br condo. But even if we had a dozen bedrooms, I wouldn't have it any other way. DH & I love having them right by us at night. It's so easy to check on them whenever we wake up. They sleep well, we sleep well. It just feels right having the babies so close.

So I say, if it works, don't fix it! Why bother putting them in the nursery if you don't want to?

 

The day we brought them home, they shared a crib in their own room with a video monitor. Now, they have separate rooms - the day separated them, my DS slept through the night

 

We moved them from a pnp in our bedroom into separate cribs at 7 weeks. They were getting very wiggly in the pnp and I decided it was time to get some sleep. I too was worried, just like you, about not hearing them. I swear I had the volume on the monitor turned almost to max and had it right near my head for the longest time. I definitely heard them, every little peep. So I learned to turn it down enough so I would only hear the loud protests. Good luck!!

 

The first day we brought them home they slept in the nursery and in the same crib, until 8 weeks old - and then i put them in their seperate cribs. I would like each of them to have their own bedroom, but that won't happen until we move. I did go and check on them a lot - I was and still am a light sleeper.

 

We started them with the first part of the evening in their cribs (say 7 until 10 or 11 when we went to bed and they needed their first feeding) at abour 8 weeks. They were in the same crib in their own room for that part of the night, and then when we did their first feeding we took them to our room, where they slept together in our other crib beside our bed for the rest of the night. At 12 weeks I noticed they were starting to knock into each other a bit so I thought it was time to have them in their own cribs. We moved the second crib into their room and they've been separated, sleeping in their own room every since. They sleep really well, usually from 7 to 7, with just a cheek stroke, re-swaddle or soother re-plug somewhere around 5. I stopped using the monitor around 16 weeks. I was hearing every little sound and running in there to find them both sound asleep - it was making me unneccessarily tired the next morning. So now I just keep my door open and their door open when my husband and I go to bed. I always hear them when they need me - I think my brain has been re-wired to their channel, even in a deep sleep!

I have no regrets about what we did. It's been perfect!

 

Dh and I slept in separate rooms, each with a baby until they were 12 weeks old. They were in their bassinets at the time. At 3 months old, we started putting them in their cribs, in the room by themselves. This worked for us because of what you mentioned, one would wake more often then the other and disturb the other baby. I had the video monitor and put the volume up as much as it would go, and I definately heard them! :icon_biggrin: This worked for us because I was disturbing my dd sleeping. Everytime I would move around, she would wake up. Plus dh had to wake up at 5:30 and the alarm clock woke up ds. I was sad when dd left my bedside, but it was best for us. Also I missed dh! I would say to do what you feel comfortable with. Keep them in your room if you want, or try them out in their own romm for a few nights and then take it from there.

 

My girls were always in the nursery. I had every intention of having them in my room, but the first night from the hospital we put them in the crib together in the nursery, and that is were they stayed. It wasn't really bad since their room was right down the hall from ours. I just turned up the monitor and left open their door. It did take some getting used to, but it worked out well for us.

 

Our girls sleep in the same crib in their own room, and have since we came home.
We have a baby monitor. Between the sound (with volume control) and the light (more LEDs light up the louder the sound is), I have no trouble waking up for them. The first week I kept setting an alarm, but it stressed me out more than it helped, because often the babies woke up earlier than the alarm but I'd jump up to go in, then I'd have to run back to turn the alarm off so it wouldn't wake DH up. Somehow I've adjusted to sleeping less and lighter!

 

2 weeks, Ashley was a VERY noisy baby and I got no sleep, Lauren was a little better. My pedi told me to bite the bullet and do it. She said I needed to sleep some or I wouldn't do them any good. Boy was she right! I had my monitor of course. I think it helped me NOT to pick one or the other up every 15 minutes! They are 3 months old and sleep 6-6 now.

 

I think they were right around 3 months.

 

I can see that I am in the minority here......but, at 21 months my boys are still in our room.

We did/do not see the rush to get them out of our room (not to mention that the other 3 bedrooms in the house have their older 5 brothers in them)

 

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I can see that I am in the minority here......but, at 21 months my boys are still in our room.

We did/do not see the rush to get them out of our room (not to mention that the other 3 bedrooms in the house have their older 5 brothers in them)



Oh no, mine aren't as old as yours, but my ds is in our room still and dd is in big sister's room. We had to do some major renevation to the other room and it just never got done between us working and taking care of kids... but we are almost there! Some sanding of the spackle (did I spell that right?) and some paint and a new carpet, and we will be ready to move the girls there and ds into his own room.

 

My mom, I & the twins went for a little trip when the twins were 8 weeks old. They slept on beds during this time, or in a pack N play, vs in bassinettes like they were used to so we took that opportunity to move them into the nursery and into their own cribs. They looked so tiny in the cribs! Our house is poorly set up so our bedroom is on the top floor (split entry) and the nursery is in the lower level. It meant a lot more trips up & down the stairs for me, but it worked well. So, just about 2 months here.

 

We just moved them at 2 months. They were downstairs in the main room sleeping in swings. We made the transition 1 week ago and it has gone really well. They have even both slept through the night a couple of times since. The nursery is upstairs and our master is downstairs so for now DH and I do shifts. He sleeps in the guest room upstairs next door to their nursery from 10-2 (or whenever the first one wakes up) and I sleep downstairs in them master. When the first wakes he feeds and puts them back down and comes and wakes me up. I am then on duty until 7am. I am hoping we get to sleep with eachother again soon!

Amy

 

ours were in their nursery at 6 weeks...the first night we moved them they slept the longest yet, and so did we! we just turned the monitor on low so that we didn't hear all the wiggling, grunting...but loud enough to hear crying. we have all slept MUCH better now and we are not getting out of bed at every peek to make sure they are okay.

they just turned 8 weeks and have now been sleeping for 6 hours..then up to nurse and back down for 4 more hours! i thought we would never sleep again just weeks ago, but it does happen!

 

Ours were in our room in PNPs until about 6 months. They slept through the time from about 2 1/2 months, but I like having them close to me, and we didn't have another room to put they in at the time. When we moved into our house, the first night they got new room, new beds, and they slept like theve slept there since birth. I think the babies will handle it just fine...sometimes it is ALOT harder on us mommies! I say do what you feel comfortable doing. There is no right/wrong time to move them it is up to you.

 

mine are working on it... they are in the one crib in the nursery part time and in the PnP part time. I hope to move them to seperate cribs after they are in the nursery full time. baby steps since momma would rather them just move into her room. LOL...

 

We had a slightly different arrangement. Until the girls were 3 months old, they slept in the living room (in some combination of PNP, bouncy seat, and swing), and DH and I took turns sleeping on the couch. That way there was someone with them all the time, but the other parent could sleep in the bed and be completely off duty. It worked really well for us (granted, we have a very comfy couch). We moved them to the nursery at 4 months, and it was definitely weird at first. It helped that we have a small house, and I could practically hear them breathe, even without the monitor.

If you're not ready, there's no reason to rush it.

 

My twins have been in their own room and own cribs since birth. I did spend a few nights sleeping on the couch with one in the pnp during the first week or so and I did fall asleep numerous times on the floor in their room while waiting for them to settle down after night feedings.

Their cries at night frequently woke the other in the beginning so I never tried to get them to sleep together. By 6 weeks they were only up once a night for a feeding, by 8 weeks they were sleeping through the night (11-7). Now at 4 1/2 months, they sleep 9 to 8 and rarely wake during the night. I never wanted any of my kids in our room. I'm a very light sleeper plus I didn't want us waking them if we got up early in the morning.

 

My boys are 12 weeks and sleep in basinetts. We never had them sleep together since Collin was in the nicu for a week and once he came home, they did nto do well together. They are sleeping really well at night, but not ready to move them to the cribs. Right now the basinetts are in the living room which is next ot the kitchen. We have a changer in their and it is a lot easier to heat up the bottles and change them. Their room is the farthest from the kitchen and right next to our 3 yr old. He is also a light sleeper. Now that they are not crying in the night it will be easier to move them. I figure in about a month. I am a little worried that they won't sleep as well in the cribs as they do in the basinets.

 

Our boys have been in their nursery from day one. At first I was nervous and would sometimes sleep in there too for a few hours a night, but we have a good monitor and i eventually relaxed. they were in the same crib only about 1.5 mos before we had to separate them (Colby had figured out how to spin himself and kick Kellen in the head). They are just fine in their own cribs.

 

2.5 weeks to the nursery, 2 months in own cribs.