Hello Everyone,
Just wondering what solutions you have all found with the sleeping of your twins.
Our twin boys are now 6 months old. One of the twins has always been a very physical & noisey sleeper, the other twin is sensitive to light and noise. Hence, we have been separating them from each other to sleep. My concern is finding them enough of that important time together. I try and make up for the sleeping arrangement while they are awake, but am not sure this quite does it.
We have a two bedroom house, so the lighter sleeper is in our room.

Do any of you have a similar situation? What have you found to work? OR are we over sensitive to them both sleeping as long as they need to, and this is something that just works itself out if we let it?

Thanks, Anne

Hi -

I am the mother of 14 month old twins and we had similar issues. They share
a room and I was always worried about one waking the other up, we had
horrible sleep issues until they were 8 months old and someone gave me the
book "Solve your child's sleep problems". After going through sleep training
with them we quickly learned that they just get used to each other. Now they
sleep 12 hours a night and if one wakes up crying the other just sleeps
through it. They have separate cribs and have just gotten used to each
others habits. One of my daughters even thumps her legs against the mattress
until she falls asleep and the other just falls asleep to it.

Hopes this helps! It is hard but you just have to stick it out!

Thanks,
Carrie
Mother of Cameron 13 months, Devan 13 months, and Samantha 3.5 yrs

Thank you, Carrie.
That is helpful. OUR Devan (yes, one of our boys is named Devan, with an 'a') is the one who cries out and thumps his legs. Our Derek is the light sleeper.
I know of one other mother of twins who told me just what you have, and that they accommodate to each other's sleeping patterns. Amazing. I will look for that book. This is great news.
Thanks.
Anne

My twins are 7 now and still great sleepers! My girls had very different sleep habits so I read Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. I highly recommend it!
Elissa
619-203-9802

Anne -

The book is authored by Richard Ferber M.D., it was actually another mother
of twins that gave me the book when she overheard me talking about their
sleeping issues. The sleep training is hard for the 1st week or two because
you let them "cry it out", but I have to say it was worth the pain because
now I am a better mother to them since I get a good night sleep!

Funny about the name, my Devan is actually a girl and so is my Cameron.

Good Luck and take care

Hi Anne- we have 19 month boy/girl twins, and my daughter is the bad sleeper. My son sleeps through anything, so luckily having them in the same room has worked out. I'm sure your lighter sleeper will get used to the noisy one. It's so hard! I have found the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins to be very helpful. Good luck!
Anne

Thanks everyone for your replies! I'm having sleep issues also with my twins who are 14 mos old. We're temp living with my parents and we were having to share the room with both boys. They just kept waking eachother up, so we eventually moved the better sleeper in with my 2 1/2 yr old. Letting them cry it out is really hard because it wakes up everyone in the house. I will def check into the books that were mentioned!

I also want to thank you all for your responses. The support really helped. I had one of the books, and just got Ferber's book, as this is the approach that our Pediatrician mentioned. We have done a modified approach, so far... and will move along as possible. They are now 8 months old, and doing a little better. Thanks!