7 month old boy/girl twins and schedule (or lack of)

Kelly - posted on 04/15/2012

You're not alone! My twins are not on the same schedule at all. Yes it might be more convienent but they are two different people. One of my girls doesn't sleep as much as the other. One gets hungry sooner than the other. At our house we have "loose" schedules. They have kind of fallen into their own routine on their own. I never wanted to push them into doing things at certain times because it was easier for me- I wanted them to follow their own body rhythms.

Mandy - posted on 12/22/2011

When we had our twin boys they spent two weeks in the NICU so the hospital got them on a feeding schedule of every three hours. We continued that when we brought them home. When one woke up to eat I would wake the other and feed him too, forcing them on the same schedule (they are 16 1/2 months now). If one wakes before the other I'll wake the other or if the second gets to sleep longer than the first I'll force the one who woke earlier to stay up until the second is ready for a nap so that they go down at the same time. I've been doing this for a while now. For me it is easier to force them on the same schedule than to let them get off (which has happened & it makes the day worse to be off schedule than to make then stay on the same sleep schedule.) I demand fed our oldest & decided that a schedule would be best with the twins (demand feeding was tiring with one and would have been a nightmare with two at least for me). I don't know if that helps or not but that is what has worked for me. Good Luck!

Ianina - posted on 12/13/2011

Mines are on a partial schedule too. Sofia likes to sleep longer and Isa wokes up to eat at night. I never wake up the sleeping twin unless they went to nap really close to bed time. Mines also eat on demand and nap/play on demand.

AMANDA - posted on 12/13/2011

i have 7month old boy/girl twins and they are only on a partial schedule.. they get up anywhere from 4-630am for a feeding then go back down to bed until8-9am they get up and eat play then at about 1130-noonish they take a 20-30 minute nap. after their nap they get up have lunch play some more and then around 2-5pm they go down for a longer nap of 2-3 hours and they go to bed at 8-10 pm..

they were on a much better "schedule" but with them teething right now the so called schedule went out the door.. i try to do errands around their nap times but like you some days they require more sleep and are the most unhappy if you wake them up..

for me i just let them nap when they want and they eat on demand.. it is easier and they seem happier.. i dont work and i also have my husband and mother in law that live here so between the 3 of us we can work around the babies.

i would say just do like youre doing and play it by ear. the one problem if you have babies on a strict schedule is if you have an emergency or something that means you have to break the schedule the babies tend to be very very pisse off and crabby. good luck and know you are not alone in this daily battle =)

Celeste - posted on 12/13/2011

Not everyone LOL I didn't have my boys on a schedule at that age.It just took too much work and what we were doing was working fine. As they got a bit older, they did start falling into their own "schedules" and I tweaked it to try to get it synchronized. Some days it worked, some days it didn't.



I'm not a huge fan of schedules, but I did/do things around the same time. Only thing I didn't really schedule is their feedings ( I nursed on demand) when they were babies (they're 5 now).