Where will your twins sleep when you bring them home?

I am looking at pack and plays but can't deciede if I need a regular one or the twin one?

Where are you planning on having your babies sleep?
Thanks,
sorry if this has already been discussed - you can link it if so.

Thanks,
stacy

 

When we brought them home we had one crib set up in our room for them to share.

 

I just ordered an arms reach full sized co-sleeper for my twins.

 

I also bought the full size ARMS REACH COSLEEPER.... once they outgrow that, they will transition to a crib.

 

Thought I would add that we used a Arms Reach CoSleeper. I noticed couple posts above mentioned them. Overall, we really like it and the girls were both able to sleep in it together for 4 months. Then we bought one crib and one baby slept in each. Since they were hardly moving at all when sleeping in the co-sleeper, my daughter was fine until we moved them out of our room at 6 months at which time we bought a second crib. When you take out the top portion it can be used like a pack and play.

Only slight con was that it wasn't the fastest to put together and take apart but we did use it quite a number of times when visiting relatives. My husband got to be a pro after the third time.

It was nice having them right next to me....I remember half asleep reaching over and putting pacis back in. It was very nice not to have to stand up. I also liked being able to just look over and make sure they were doing fine. What I did NOT know before having the girls was how much "noise" a little baby can make while sleeping!! lol

 

I have both cribs set up already with those back or side cushions for them to sleep with, their changing saying co sleeping isnt good, with risks of sids and such so I'm just going to seperate them in the beginning and swaddle them.

 

My girls shared a regular size PNP until they were both rolling over and then we moved them into their own cribs (this was about 3-4 months old). There was plenty of room for the both of them. Plus we swaddled so that helped keep them contained as well.

 

We got an Arms Reach (full size) off eBay, too. It has double the weight limit of the bassinet portion of reg PNP's. After that we plan to put them in one crib and then eventually two.

Eve

 

full size arms reach co-sleeper here too. It was great and very convenient!!

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ May 6 2009, 02:14 AM) [snapback]1302058[/snapback]
When we brought them home we had one crib set up in our room for them to share.


diddo

 

Ours slept in a regular PNP in our room and then around 5 months we moved them to their own cribs in their room.

 

our bedroom very narrow so I cannto put crib in it but I willput 2 bassinets and at night they will sleep there ( this is the second floor)
on the first floor during the day they either will sleep in there bassinet in the stroller or in pnp ( I have reguar one form my son)

 

We were discussing this last night. We were given a bassinet last year, but that won't be big enough for two. We'll either:

1. Buy another bassinet
2. Put them in a playpen, which will eventually go downstairs (leaving the hand-me-down playpen for my home office)
3. Put one of the cribs in with us and then move it when the time comes

I think we'll probably go for the second option, but time (and what gifts we get) will tell...

 

[SIZE=12pt]We have a crib (they will share) set up in our room for nightime and another crib (they will share it too) set up in their room for daytime naps [/SIZE]

 

My last 3 kids have slept in the Arm's Reach co-sleeper so that's what we're planning on using for the twins until they outgrow it. We'll then switch them over to cribs in their own room.

 

Mine will sleep in a regular PNP in our room until we are ready to move them to a crib in their own room and eventually their own cribs.

 

the boys will sleep in separate cribs in their own room from day 1 when they come home from the hospital. When my son was born, we never had him in our room with us because I knew the habit would be difficult to break. It bothered me for a week or two to have him across the hall, and a good bit of work to put pacifiers back in their mouths and soothe them, but it was important for us in helping to develop his schedule early on. We just relied on the monitors to help us realize he was awake. I think i'm the only mom who's posted thus far who didn't have their babies in the room with them or doesn't plan on it with this pregnany. I must be the minority!

 

We got the twin pack n play for our shower and DH set it up last night. It's the size of a full pack n play, and rather large but no bigger than a crib would be, I suspect! For downstairs we'll have a regular pack n play for naps... I've read some reviews that they tend to roll towards each other in the pack n plays so we'll swaddle and use sleep wedges/positioners and just play around with it til we get it right!

 

QUOTE(shlbifish @ May 6 2009, 05:45 PM) [snapback]1303069[/snapback]
We got the twin pack n play for our shower and DH set it up last night. It's the size of a full pack n play, and rather large but no bigger than a crib would be, I suspect! For downstairs we'll have a regular pack n play for naps... I've read some reviews that they tend to roll towards each other in the pack n plays so we'll swaddle and use sleep wedges/positioners and just play around with it til we get it right!



What do you think about the twin pack and play. Is it just as nice at a regular pack and play. It didn't look like it had too many features, except it is just bigger.

Do you girls plan to change your babies on a changing table or in a pack and play type area?
Thanks

 

Do you girls plan to change your babies on a changing table or in a pack and play type area?
Thanks
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This I haven't really decided on yet. I want them in the room with me for BF convenience at night so I think I might just change them in the PNP area at night as well. During the day I will most likely use the changing table which is what I do with my DS.

 

QUOTE(Double Vision @ May 6 2009, 11:52 AM) [snapback]1303081[/snapback]
What do you think about the twin pack and play. Is it just as nice at a regular pack and play. It didn't look like it had too many features, except it is just bigger.

Do you girls plan to change your babies on a changing table or in a pack and play type area?
Thanks


Hi, well so far so good I think. I read the 68 reviews on Babies R Us website and many of the people liked it so I'm going to take their word for it! It doesn't have any features like toys or anything but it seems like it will work!

As for where we'll change them, we changed our DS on the bed for maybe a month before we said NO WAY, our backs were hurting toooooooo much from hunching over so our plan is to get a changing table (cheap) for upstairs and downstairs so that's what we're doing!

 

We will be putting both of their cribs in our room for a few months until we feel safe for them to go to their nursery across the house. We hae 2 Babi Italia cribs. I am a paraniod freak, so when researching cribs and co-sleepers, PNP, etc on consumer reports, I found out that (non regular) cribs are not subject to the same safety testing and ratings as your normal cribs. While I can be almost certain nothing could happen in a co-sleeper or a PP, I'm not one to chance it. Out of MY fear(which is probably over the top, but oh well).

They could also be in a crib together and swaddled up and be fine, but agian...I would just feel better if they had their own crib...that's how it would have to be a few months down the line anyway.

Besides. I have the room in my bedroom...so why not?

 

I probably wasn't the best at getting what I was trying to say in regards to sleeping in something other than a crib, so I just cut and pasted from their website...

While you may consider a bassinet, cradle, or co-sleeper at first (some common alternatives for your baby's first four months or so), your child is safest in a crib. Cribs are the only beds for babies that are required to meet certain standards issued by the federal government. There are no federally mandated standards for bassinets, cradles, or co-sleepers.

Bassinet manufacturers can voluntarily comply with ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) standards for bassinets (indicated by a Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association or JPMA certification logo on the package), but they are not required to do so. JPMA certification on a bassinet can offer a layer of protection that uncertified models cannot, but a JPMA label in no guarantee of safety.

In the absence of any safety standards for co-sleepers, the ASTM International has recently agreed to develop co-sleeper or "bedside" sleeper standards after being lobbied by Consumers Union. In the meantime, co-sleepers on the market are not required to meet any standards. Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, recommends against the use and purchase of co-sleepers until an adequate safety standard is developed.

 

QUOTE(Double Vision @ May 6 2009, 01:52 PM) [snapback]1303081[/snapback]
Do you girls plan to change your babies on a changing table or in a pack and play type area?
Thanks


I have a dresser with a changing pad on top in my youngest daughter's room for daytime changes. She's a light sleeper, so for nights I bought a portable changing pad and I just plan on changing the boys on my bed.

 

We will have them in our room for a while.

 

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after reading this thread I gave more thought to it and am liking the idea of the twin PNP b/c I can have that at the foot of my bed and both babies will have their own space, yet still be side by side. Then when they grow out, I will have two regular PNP's (have one already) so I think that would be good flexibility. I read some mixed reviews, but mostly the complaints were on portability which would not be an issue. DD slept in a PNP bassinet from about month 2-5 and it worked great so I think these will suffice.

 

We have a PNP in our bedroom(at night) and living room(daytime) that they will share until their weight is too much for the PNP, which I think is around 15lbs. Then we will move them to their room and in separate cribs.

 

I have a regular Pack -n-play and I'm putting both of them in there until about 2 months and then in the same crib in their room until they are hitting each other when they sleep

 

Thanks so much, lots of great info in here. I went to Babies R Us tonight and checked out the pack and plays, did not see the large cosleeper so going to look into that more too.

I appreaciate all your responses.
Thanks!

 

We left the two pack'n plays at grandma's and grandpa's house for when we visit.. We got two bassinets from WalMart (80some dollars for TWO! Very nice ones, I think) and they will be sleeping in our room till they outgrow the bassinets. We just recently scored a second crib so we do have two in their room and they'll be moved there when they outgrow the bassinets. Call me paranoid, but I like having them close by... with my first, I was always reaching in and checking to make sure she was OK and breathing. This time, we got those monitors that you set under the babies that will beep at you if they stop breathing or something. Hopefully that will give me some peace of mind!

As for changing table.. they have one in their room and their bedroom is right across from ours so it isn't a big thing to go and change them there. We do have a main downstairs floor so I think we'll move the changing table downstairs once I feel more mobile and have recovered from the delivery and we'll get a pad for the top of their dresser so there will be a changing spot in their room and downstairs where I will hang out with my eldest daughter most of the day.

I know about the whole best laid plans and such so mostly we'll just see what happens and be flexible to make things work for us!

 

I had my heart set on using the arm's reach co-sleeper for YEARS as I dreamed about being a mom. Then when I found out I was having twins I was even more certain. Unfortunately, they have been recently banned in Canada. So they aren't sold here and if Canadians buy them online, customs will turn it around at the border. I was so disappointed when I heard this. It's not because they're not safe, it's just as Pitbullz said, they aren't regulated and don't quite fit in the "crib" category. I still wish I could get one because I think it's safer than the alternative of falling asleep with the baby in bed after breastfeeding.

Interestingly, you can still buy bassinets in Canada but these are unregulated too but I guess the government feels comfortable that they fit into that unregulated category rather than the full-size co-sleeper that is not quite a crib and not quite a bassinet. I think too there was a scare because another brand of co-sleeper (Simplicity) has caused at least 4 deaths in North America, one of which was in Canada. But if you look at the picture of the thing, it has a ridiculous strangle bar built in. So horrific for the families involved.
http://blog.syracuse.com/family/2008/08/be...involved_i.html
So the recommendations in Canada are that a baby should always *sleep* in his/her crib....not a bassinet, not a pack n'play, not an adult or child's bed, not on the floor, not in the car seat, not in a bouncy or anywhere else. I don't think it's very realistic but I guess it is the best way to ensure safety.

I still think the arm's reach co-sleeper is the safest choice for my family and I still might smuggle one in. I just think I'm more likely to fall asleep in bed breastfeeding or trip with a baby in the middle of the night walking over to the crib because I'm clumsy - both of which would be much more dangerous.

So for now, I am planning on having one crib in the room (I can only fit one in our bedroom). I plan to co-sleep them (even though this too is not recommended; early this year the Am. Acad of Peds said that twins should not co-sleep together, although they said this with no evidence that it is dangerous). I plan to swaddle the babies and keep them apart in the crib. Then around three months or so I will move them each to their own crib in their nursery down the hall.

 

QUOTE(traceyp @ May 8 2009, 08:06 AM) [snapback]1305469[/snapback]
I had my heart set on using the arm's reach co-sleeper for YEARS as I dreamed about being a mom. Then when I found out I was having twins I was even more certain. Unfortunately, they have been recently banned in Canada. So they aren't sold here and if Canadians buy them online, customs will turn it around at the border. I was so disappointed when I heard this. It's not because they're not safe, it's just as Pitbullz said, they aren't regulated and don't quite fit in the "crib" category. I still wish I could get one because I think it's safer than the alternative of falling asleep with the baby in bed after breastfeeding.

Interestingly, you can still buy bassinets in Canada but these are unregulated too but I guess the government feels comfortable that they fit into that unregulated category rather than the full-size co-sleeper that is not quite a crib and not quite a bassinet. I think too there was a scare because another brand of co-sleeper (Simplicity) has caused at least 4 deaths in North America, one of which was in Canada. But if you look at the picture of the thing, it has a ridiculous strangle bar built in. So horrific for the families involved.
http://blog.syracuse.com/family/2008/08/be...involved_i.html
So the recommendations in Canada are that a baby should always *sleep* in his/her crib....not a bassinet, not a pack n'play, not an adult or child's bed, not on the floor, not in the car seat, not in a bouncy or anywhere else. I don't think it's very realistic but I guess it is the best way to ensure safety.

I still think the arm's reach co-sleeper is the safest choice for my family and I still might smuggle one in. I just think I'm more likely to fall asleep in bed breastfeeding or trip with a baby in the middle of the night walking over to the crib because I'm clumsy - both of which would be much more dangerous.

So for now, I am planning on having one crib in the room (I can only fit one in our bedroom). I plan to co-sleep them (even though this too is not recommended; early this year the Am. Acad of Peds said that twins should not co-sleep together, although they said this with no evidence that it is dangerous). I plan to swaddle the babies and keep them apart in the crib. Then around three months or so I will move them each to their own crib in their nursery down the hall.


Ha...I can see the headlines now..."Mommy arrestes for smuggling Co-Sleeper Across the Border"...LOL

No, I see what you mean. Like I said. I am sure they work fine and are probably 99% as safe or just as close to regular sized cribs, it's just my "own paranoia" knowing that they don't have to meet the same safety requirements as full sized cribs.

I might have to change my tune, but I have such a large bedroom, I can fit 2 full sized cribs a and a changing table in there along with all of our other stuff, then move them across the house after they get to be a few months old.

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ May 5 2009, 09:14 PM) [snapback]1302058[/snapback]
When we brought them home we had one crib set up in our room for them to share.


That is exactly what we are doing.