When did yours stop

Both of my girls have the ability to STTN, because they do sometimes, but it is really random. A couple of months ago, Callie STTN for 3 weeks, but has not since. A month ago, Carrie STTN for about 2 week, but has only 1 time since. Callie did start sitting up last week and cut her first tooth, so I guess that has something to do with it. I totally know that they go through spurts on this and sometimes backtrack, but they act like they are dying to BF when they wake up. They will not stop crying until they get "it". I guess I just feel that at 7 1/2 months, they should be able to go 9 hours without eating, but at the same time, they act so hungry when they wake up, I am scared to let them CIO since I have no way of knowing if they are truely hungry.

It is just getting very old to work full time and never get a full night's sleep. (at least when I was on maternity leave, I could make up for it with naps) So, I wanted to get an idea from others on here at what age you were able to get your BF twins to STTN at the same time - consistently.

 

Hi Jen,
My girls aren't as old as your babies, and they do not sleep through the night, but this is what I have done for the past month, which has helped tremendously with my sleep. Before then I thought I was going to lose it, I was so sleep deprived. I used to feed them both tandem every time they ate, so if one woke up, I woke the other and fed them both. I figured by doing this, I would get up less often. About a month ago, I started noticing it was always one baby who was up, hmmm, so one night I took her into bed with me, nursed her, and was able to sleep while she ate. When the next baby woke up, I picked up the one in bed with me, moved her back to her crib, and got the other one and brought her to bed with me. Repeat all night long. The thing is, by doing it this way, I was awake for all of 3 minutes, instead of close to 40 minutes. I don't know if this will help you at all, but it has made my life so much better, as well as my disposition.

I understand how you feel about CIO. I can't do it, and everyone keeps telling me it is time. Oh well, they aren't their babies. I hope you get sleep soon! I know how hard it is to work full time. I've been known to take little cat naps while I'm pumping at work.

 

Ditto pp! My DH doesn't like having our waker in bed, but I don't care. I need sleep too.

 

My girls were sporatically sttn for almost 2 months when I did CIO 2 weeks ago (8mo old). It only took ONE night!

My girls are starving when they wake up in the morning, 12hrs after their last feeding. Once they see me they whine till they get the boobie.

If you think they can do it, they probably can. Good luck!!

 

With Catherine, at 9 months I started sending my DH in during the night b/c the pedi said she no longer "needed" to eat at night. It only took a few nights for her to STTN. With Elizabeth I was lazy and waited until closer to her 1st bday before I got mean about it! I think there can be a legitimate need to eat during the night until 9 months though. I probably wouldn't feed them more than once during the night though at 7/8 months.

 

My singleton is about the same age as your twins and doesn't STTN. But, she sleeps with me and I think she just knows I'm there.
Our ped. said she should be getting most of her calories during the day and that it was ok to stop feeding her at night. But, I'm a wiimp!
DH and I are working on a plan. Basically, I'm not going to nurse her between 11pm and 3am, he will have to deal with her during that time. Then I will continue to increase the time between feedimgs.
Do your babies ever take a bottle? Another idea is for them to have a bottle late (around 11), so you know how much they took and can feel comfortable letting them go without feeding them until morning.

Good luck and keep us posted!

 

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Hi Jen,
My girls aren't as old as your babies, and they do not sleep through the night, but this is what I have done for the past month, which has helped tremendously with my sleep. Before then I thought I was going to lose it, I was so sleep deprived. I used to feed them both tandem every time they ate, so if one woke up, I woke the other and fed them both. I figured by doing this, I would get up less often. About a month ago, I started noticing it was always one baby who was up, hmmm, so one night I took her into bed with me, nursed her, and was able to sleep while she ate. When the next baby woke up, I picked up the one in bed with me, moved her back to her crib, and got the other one and brought her to bed with me. Repeat all night long. The thing is, by doing it this way, I was awake for all of 3 minutes, instead of close to 40 minutes. I don't know if this will help you at all, but it has made my life so much better, as well as my disposition.

I understand how you feel about CIO. I can't do it, and everyone keeps telling me it is time. Oh well, they aren't their babies. I hope you get sleep soon! I know how hard it is to work full time. I've been known to take little cat naps while I'm pumping at work.


I can't answer the question because mine are not STTN yet, but I just thought I would say that I do the same as Wendy (twin muffin) only I have their crib attached to my bed so I don't have to get out of bed at all. pic

I think you have a great attitude in that you know that babies have ups and downs in their sleep patterns. The first year is full of changes.

As far as needing to eat... they say babies don't need to eat after 9 mns. But I think as their mother you are the only person that can make the call on what to do when they wake up. If you think they are hungry, don't worry about how old they are. And hunger is not the only reason to nurse a baby in the night. It can soothe, comfort and if they are in pain, it is a natural anesthetic.

You can pick a time: from 10-3 no bfing and soothe another way or after 3 hours, I will bf again, but not before.

Just trust your instincts.

 

How often are they waking? That will help guide my answer