co-sleeping 22 months and so frustrated

[pife]

I co-sleep with my 22 month twin boys and lately I can't get 4 straight hours sleep anymore. They wake up, they want to nurse, they try to sleep on top of me, they get upset if I turn over so they get my back... I also co-sleep with them at nap time (thankfully on one nap a day but it can go from 1 1/2 - 3hrs). The best way I can describe it is total burn out. On top of it is pressure form my parents to get them into their own beds and wean them. Needless to say I don't share how I am feeling right now with them! Thanks for letting me complain!

[Nightswimming]

It is so tough I know. I am only sleeping with one 19 month old and I cannot imagine doing it with 2. I keep telling myself that this stage will not last forever (even though it seems like it will right now).

My friend has a 7 year old, 5 year old and almost 2 year old. She said that at some point her older kids stopped being squirmy sleepers and now sleep really well. I am looking forward to the day my son stops being a squirmy sleeper!

Good luck. Complain on here all you want.

[Nightswimming]

Also, just to put it in a different perspective. I would love to have a 3-4 hour stretch of sleep. Right now I think my 19 month old is waking up every hour or so at night for some reason. It has been this way for a week (before that he would maybe do a 2-3 hour stretch 1-2 times a night). And he keeps wanting to get up for good at 5:15am.

That being said I cannot even imagine co-sleeping with 2 toddlers at the same time.

It will not be this way forever!

[pife]

Thanks. I had just started to get 3-4 hr stretches which I really needed to get back too, and then we went back to every 2 hrs. Mine were doing the on the hr at that age too and had teeth coming in. I am trying to see my way to getting them out of my bed but it is not easy.

[Maluhia]

Do you have partner support to help you get some space?

[pife]

I have a great DH who has been nothing but supportive. In bed we have one between me and the wall and another between me and DH. The one by DH will sometimes go over to him but some nights it is like he is trying to get back into my tummy while the other one is trying to sleep on my head :-) I can wrap my head around transitioning one but just can't seem to do it with two.