Note to self, orange is not the best backdrop color to complement most baby girl clothing. I thought pink outfits were sketchy, but I put RED outfits on them today… didn’t fly. So we had several wardrobe changes… what else am I supposed to do with my free time?!
There haven’t been any major developmental milestones to speak of thus far. Still no rolling or reaching for objects… but that’s to be expected since they were 5 weeks premature. However, since the two month marker (when the doc let us quit waking them up to feed) the girls have slept all night. And by all night, I mean 10 straight hours. Both of them. That’s a milestone, right? But it probably won’t last forever, I know.
The girls have begun traveling in the crib, and it makes me nervous that they’re going to get their faces right up to each other and not be able to breath. We’ve begun trying to figure out how to put another crib in that tiny room, or if it’s even necessary. They sleep so much better together… but keeping them alive is the ideal scenario. Twin mommies? Advice?
I know that this is a super old post, but it sure seems that you and your husband could craft some kind of bunk bed crib situation. 🙂
I remember something of the sort from the church nursery when I was a kid. The cribs were totally enclosed and double stack (built into the wall) and the “bars” in the front rolled up a track up into the top of the crib/cage. Does that make sense?
Congrats on your TWINS!! They are beautiful!! I am mom to twin girls as well. I kept them in the same crib for about the 1st 3 months. It made it easy to pick them up too, just scoop them together….but, just like Patty’s comment, they started disturbing each others sleep so put them in different cribs but had them end to end so they could see each other.
They are now 21 and senior nursing students at Penn State University. Enjoy them while they are little…time goes by so quickly.
I love that “O” face!!
My twinkies slept together until about 3 months of age..I never worried about smothering, but that’s about the time they started disturbing each others’ sleep–waking up with limbs entangled and what not. Never affected their sleep, but I wanted to break it up before they got too used to being together. I moved them into separate cribs without any issues. In fact, when they were 6 months old, I moved them into separate bedrooms! My daughter is very chatty and a bit of a night owl, and my son is asleep as his head hits the mattress–we soon discovered she was keeping him awake! And since we knew they would have their own rooms eventually, being that they are the opposite sex, we decided to let the little guy sleep in peace:) I know your girls’ room is smallish–although you’ve used every inch of it so well!–but you’re very creative, and I can’t wait to see what kind of solution you come up with:)
After you get another crib, try separating them at nap time first and see how they do. I can’t remember the exact age I put my twin girls into their own cribs for the first time, but they didn’t have any problems adjusting to being without each other in the crib. Probably sooner rather than later is better, since they’re so young and will adapt easier and before they start waking at night for other reasons, such as teething.
They sleep so much better together because that’s what they are used to. Once they spend some time sleeping apart they should do just as well. If possible I would put another crib in there just for safety. The doc said no blankets, stuffed animals, toys etc. in the crib until at least over a year because of suffocation or enstranglement….and I’m guessing having another baby in the same crib would count as a danger.
Hi Babies!!–Nicole