Sleeping Arrangements

[Kat's Mommy]

I think I'm going to have to start to look at new sleeping arrangements, and need some ideas.

The twins will be 3 months this week. They sleep in one crib, and we only have one crib. DS moves around quite a bit in his sleep. DD doesn't move a lot in her sleep. On some nights, one will wake up the other with grunting, groaning or crying. Then, I've got two crying babies in the middle of the night. I usually sleep on the twin bed in their room.

I've tried to co-sleep with one, but that in itself is difficult. I usually use the bed to nurse them back to sleep.

DH is co-sleeping with our eldest, so I can't change those dynamics...

The bedroom is quite small, otherwise I'd put the pack n play crib in there. And, I don't want to separate them into two rooms because then I'd just go batty trying to go from one room to the other.

The only solution I can come up with is, move one baby out of the crib and place him on the bed with railings. And, I sleep on the floor...but, I really don't want to sleep on the floor

Ideas?

[Llyra]

http://www.doubleblessings.com/servlet/Detail?no=113

What about something like this?

I don't know, though. It seems like they'll outgrow it pretty quickly. Do you have any idea what you plan to do down the line? It seems like if you don't plan to cosleep, that you'll need two cribs eventually. But something like a divider might buy you a little more time...

[verycozy]

We went through a phase where one of the babies had to sleep in the bassinet in the bathroom (with the fan on as white noise), while I slept a few feet away in the bed with the other baby, because otherwise they woke one another up.

Could you put the pack-n-play in the hall outside their bedroom? Also, a white noise machine near the crib might make it harder for them to hear one another, so they could sleep through the grunting/crying.

Good luck!

[hergrace]

If the issue is noise, I would try white noise. Otherwise, you are probably looking at having them in two rooms.

If the one baby were waking the other due to movement, then I would focus on separating them somehow. Two pack n plays might fit where a crib and a pack n play wouldn't.

[twinmama2010]

we have the same issues with a small bedroom- but my girls are 2 months old. they have been sleeping in their car seats because they won't go down anywhere else!

but- we just purchased 2 of these:
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...t_adv_XSG10001

It's called the fisher price newborn rock n play...its small and separates the two babies so they aren't right on eachother punching and grunting etc. You could put one on each side of the bed? Or- both on your side of the bed.