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My twins are not sleeping during the night

Marianthi - posted on 06/30/2010 ( 4 moms have responded )

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I have a huge problem. I have twins a boy and a girl at 18 months old. I haven't slept all this time, I sleep maybe one day the other one the same. They tend to wake up the time I go to bed, or around 2:30 in the night and staying awake for around 2-3 hours. I try to feed them, or sometimes that I believe that it's their teeth to give some sirup, but nothing happens. I am exhausted, both me and my hushband. Do you have any ideas. Please help me...

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Kyla - posted on 07/05/2010

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TRY LOW MUSIC BATHS AND FEEDING JUST BEFORE

Monica - posted on 07/03/2010

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Try black out curtains or shades so their room(s) are in total darkness.

Also limit their day time naps to just a couple of hours a day. By now, they should be down to one nap. Also, bedtime and wake up time should be the same time each day.

Tina - posted on 07/03/2010

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Hi, you must be exhausted. If you aren't doing it already you might want to try putting in place a routine so the babies know what to expect from their day - especially at bedtime and during the night. Look at their daytime sleeps - do you need to drop one? A bedtime regime of dinner/bath/story/bed will give them a special time with you and will help them learn what is expected from them. During the night make sure they don't have any toys in the cot to play with and only pick them up if they need a new nappy or medicine. Otherwise tuck them in, gently tell them to go back to sleep and leave the room. If they are safe in their cots there is nothing to worry about. Only go back in if they start to get excited - tuck them in, tell them to go to sleep and leave the room again. You might need to stay outside the door to step in with a gentle but firm shhhhhhhh.... and to lie them back down again and tuck them in. If you are firm, don't make eye contact and don't speak or laugh - which can be hard!, be quick to respond and they will get the message you are not playing games. You'll find that after being laid back down a few times they will stop getting back up... which is the first step to going back to sleep! It won't be a quick fix but after about a week you should be getting some more sleep. We had to do this with the daytime sleeps and it worked for our two. Good luck.

Angelique - posted on 06/30/2010

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This might sound harsh, my boys are 18 months today.... If nothing is wrong and they safe in their cots (nothing to harm them) and you and your hurband has done everything you can ... IGNORE THEM.

They know you come everytime they up and thats why they are doing it. With my two, after checking nappies and maybe giving teething stuff and we know they not sick we ignore them. They will soon realize that you not gonna come unless something is wrong and they will stop. Also make sure they have eaten enough and also try bathing them a tad later. Know that these little things called children are very clever!!! They need to know what you as parent expect from them and the only way to do that is to teach them. We let my two play outside for about 2 hours, an hour before dinner and that makes them really tired. Dont let them watch tv before bed time. Its up to you to put them in a sleeping routine and its going to be hard the first week but things will get better.

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