When to start baby into sleep routine

[mylittletwins]

I have 2.5 month old twin boys and i was curious to know when do you start getting them into a routine and getting them to sleep through the night and how do i start this off

[tahliachloeboyd]

Hi mylitletwins,

I would get them into a routine asap. I have a 3.5 month old and he has just started sleeping through the night but only if he wears a full jump suit. Weird i know!
Im not sure if you are all for control crying, i gave it a go for the first time and it took me a while but it worked for me.
Every time DS would cry while in his cot i would go back in and put the dummy back in and blankets back on, and just repeated this till he went to sleep. Mind you it may take a while but be persistent and it will pay off.
You could set your routine at night e.g. bottle, bath, bed and stick with that same routine each night and your DS'S will know that after bath time its sleep time. I know it will be harder with twins but all the best.
Katrina

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[draught]

I don't have twins so can't speak from that perspective, but wtih routines my experience is that babies under 6 months don't cope well with them - you need to be flexible and take your cues from them - makes for a lot less stress in the household. If you are trying to get them to sleep at a certain time and they aren't ready they won't be happy and neither will you.

I have used controlled crying with my girls but not until much later - it is not recommended (when it is recommended which is not all the time) until they are at least 6 months old.

As for sleeping through - there is no magic age for sleeping through, they are not "meant" to do it and until they are at least 6 months old waking in the night is normal as they get hungry. One of my daughters starting sleeping from 10pm until 6am at the 8 week mark, so you can get lucky - but you can't make them do it.

All I can suggest is giving it a bit more time - they will settle into their own routine and you will be able to predict good times for going out etc. They will also start to sleep more at night and once they are past the 6 month mark there are all sorts of different techniques to help you get more sleep at night.

I do agree with the other posts about establishing a bedtime routine of bath story feed sleep (or whatever works for you) I just don't think you can get a routine for sleeping by the clock yet if you know what I mean?!

[Crazy Monkey]

I didn't follow any real routine with DS... I sort of went with the flow on what he wanted but I did get him into a sort of sleep routine of feed, bath and bed... It wasn't until he was about 5 months that he slept through... Well 'slept through' being 5 hours..

Good luck

[Miss Tazar]

Hi
My bub is 13 weeks old and we are establishing a 'routine' and we started a week ago. By routine I mean we do things in the same order - feed - play - sleep.
But, I let her determine how long she sleeps and plays for, so I don't watch the clock and put her down at 7pm every night etc...
I put her down once I see her tired signs (grizzly, arms jerking, rubbing eyes, yawns etc..) and then I let her sleep until she is ready to get up, give her a feed and then it is play/tummy time until she is tired again.
This has helped me heaps, and bub seems to go down easier with this 'routine'. She is sleeping more but that is because I have learnt her tired signs, it only took me 3 months (slow learner that I am!:rolleyes: )
I have no idea if this would work with twins, but maybe one of the bubhub mums out their with twins can offer soem help?
Good luck :o

[mylittletwins]

Thankyou to everyone for their advice, its amazing with twins how different they can be from each other, this makes it all the more interesting. I got alot of good points so i am going to use them

Thanks again