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ROUTINE?
My twins are 6 weeks tomorrow(born at 32 weeks) and we've been home from NeoNatal for a week and a half now.
Am I being totally unrealistic or is it possible to get them into a routine this early? They seem to sleep lots in the day and feed all night!
My husband's back at work so I tend to feed one twin, then the other, then go downstairs to express, then it all starts again. Any tips would be much appreciated.
thank you!
Am I being totally unrealistic or is it possible to get them into a routine this early? They seem to sleep lots in the day and feed all night!
My husband's back at work so I tend to feed one twin, then the other, then go downstairs to express, then it all starts again. Any tips would be much appreciated.
thank you!
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My boys were in NICU for 10 days and came home on a rough 3hr feeding routine. At 8 weeks-ish (I think) we started a bedtime routine. This was a saviour for me as im home alone with them most of the time. I would start their routine when hubby got home at about 9.30pm. We would bathe them and dress them and they would have their last feed at 11pm (I must have started this quite early as I was still bf and only did this for 8 weeks). The last feed would be in our room, in the dark, and we would put them to bed swaddled. They would still feed 3hrly for a while but this increased. During the day I did let them feed when they wanted for a while later than this but we then started a morning routine and took the day in stages.
HTH and feel free to ask anything else. My boys are now 10 months and while some things are much much easier, others come along to challenge you (and I relish a challenge! lol)
Gemma, Ryan and Alfie 10 months (on Friday!)
Congrats on getting them home xxx
My little girl slept through with a dream feed from 11 weeks, it did take ds longer, 19 weeks. I really think starting the bedtime routine early helped a lot. I also remember feeling pretty frazzled when they were around 6 weeks but it does get easier xx