Comments on: Multiple Myth #27

By: Sheena

Sheena — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:40:08 +0000

I have on heavy sleeper (Hannah) and one light sleeper (Hailey) as well. One thing that happens a lot is Hailey is the one who wakes up at night so Hannah just sleeps right through it. I have done the pack-n-play in the living room for Hailey before as well.

By: Giovanna

Giovanna — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:52 +0000

We were the lucky ones…my kids rarely woke each other up.
I think it had a lot to do w/the fact that they were preemies in the hospital for 2 months w/alot of noise and interruptions that they somewhat became use to it.

By: Gena Marshall

Gena Marshall — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:21:57 +0000

Don’t know if you have the room, but what got me through some of the rough nights was a pack n play set up in the hall. When my loud baby woke in the early hours, I’d comfort her as much as I could and put her down in the PNP. Closing the door of their room so my light sleeper had a better chance of staying asleep.

Not an ideal set up, but gets you through!

By: LauraC

LauraC — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:32 +0000

OK I know I already left a comment but I just thought of something else. Alex had a horrible horrible time with his canines and molars. Even with motrin, he would not go back to sleep after he woke up, so we had him sleep with us until he got through it so we could all sleep. After it was all over, he was fine sleeping on his own.

Anyway that worked for us through a rough patch.

By: LauraC

LauraC — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:25:26 +0000

We have one light sleeper (Alex) , one heavy sleeper (Nate), and one room for them. Unfortunately if they are going to room together, it would be helpful to suck it up and let them CIO together. I know it’s hard but it’s a short period of time. Even as they get older, there are so many instances where they are going to wake up.

Even after sleep training 18 months ago, we’ve had interrupted sleep during molars, canines, vomiting illnesses, fevers, nightmares, and random wakeups. When Nate is the one waking up, it’s nice to know we can tell Alex - go back to sleep - and not have to pick him up.

But this is all moot if they are truly in need (teething). We pick them up and soothe them.

Even if we don’t have a solution, we’ve all been there! After the fall time change, my boys cried an hour every night at bedtime no matter what we did.

By: Andrea Melberg Thompson

Andrea Melberg Thompson — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:59:31 +0000

We keep a pack n play in our bedroom. In situations like this, we bring the SLEEPING twin into our room/pack n play and hopefully keep them sleeping into the pack n play. Crying twins stays crying in their own room and crib, to Cry it Out.