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Hi all.

Well the twins are now nearing 11 weeks old and are settling in nicely but we do have one problem still - night waking.

They were on 3 hourly feeds and that has now moved on to 4 hourly so we are on 7am 11am 3pm 7pm - then we let them sleep usually until about 12.30 - 1.30am where they then get fed again, they also keep waking at 4am ish which is now only a soothe / water is offered, no milk...

My question is should we wake them at 10/11pm for the feed or should we carry on letting them sleep until they wake in the early hours???

Hello guys thanks for your thoughts and advice.

We also tried the dream feed as apposed to waking them a few weeks ago. That worked in as much as they didnt wake up but they still proceeded to wake at 1ish and then 4ish!! So we binned that idea and let them wake naturally at whenever o clock!

Oliver has slept for 9.5 hours one night so I know he is cabable of doing it and equally Maisy has gone for 7.5 hours BUT its not consistent.

Last night for example Bath and bottle and in bed by 7 settled and asleep by 7.45 - but Maisy (who is a slow feeder) had not finished one bottle all day she only takes about 3 oz per feed which I know is not enough but dont know what to do about it?? (any suggestions!?) she woke at 11 which is early they usually go until 12.30 at the earliest, but obviously she was hungry - or so I thought she took 2oz and was zonked again! Oliver then woke at 2am and took a full 6oz and settled back in bed, Maisy then woke at 4am and would not settle didnt want the water that was offered and I ended up making up 3oz which she took and went back to sleep. Oliver (who would normally wake at around 4ish went on until 6am but wouldnt settle so I ended up giving him and Maisy who had also woken by then their 7am feed at 6.30 which is fine... Does this sound normal then??

I think I am so used to lack of sleep now it has become a way of life and Jannie your right about waiting for them to wake (in the end) In a weird way I will miss getting up!! But DF who has a stressful job and drives a lot of long distances is getting annoyed now with the constant waking. I will add that now I mainly do the feeds and settling but if both wake and are crying he has no choice but to help. We are going to move them into the nursery and into their own cots next weekend, so they will nearly 3 months then and see if this makes any difference (probably just for me - I will end up sleeping on the floor in there!)

Do you think I should call the HV re Maisy's feeding issues???

Hi Lola yes long time indeed, I'm glad things are going so well for you and your sons - I remember when they were born - so early the little mites and yet now 6 months on (where does time go??) they are thriving. Its good to hear x

Everything is going great here. My two have just started really interacting, they would give us the odd smile and vacant stare for a while but now they are looking at us animated and happy and smiling giggling etc it is so lovely to see. They also spend a lot of time looking at each other and Maisy is forever trying to grab her brothers hand!! Some days its a struggle when Im on my own and not going out, dual feeding is getting trickier as they wriggle around so much!! But all in all they are great and I couldnt imagine life without them now xxxx

Hi Jannie

We moved them onto faster flowing teats at 7 weeks!!! I think Maisy is just a lazy girl and can't be bothered half the time. Funnily enough she has had a good couple of days and is taking more milk so like you said its swings and roundabouts!!


So did you start solids at 16 weeks then? Was it just baby rice or porridge or did you go for it?

Last nights update - Maisy woke at 12.30 Olly at 1 then Olly again at 4 and he basically wouldnt really settle until 6when he fell back to sleep properly and then I had to wake him for breakfast!! Maisy woke at 6 when her bro dropped off!!! I made her wait half an hour and then fed her..... so it goes on.......