Poll: Do You Keep Your Infant Twins/Multiples on a Schedule?
Monday February 19, 2007
Many parents of multiples find that the secret to sanity is developing a schedule for their twins or multiple babies, allowing them to feed all the babies at the same time and encouraging the babies to all sleep at the same time. Yet, others decry this method, claiming that babies should eat when they're hungry and sleep when they're tired, based on their own needs, whether or not it coincides with their co-multiples' schedule.
What about you? Weign in with this week's Parent's Poll. Do you keep your infant twins/multiples on a schedule?
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What about you? Weign in with this week's Parent's Poll. Do you keep your infant twins/multiples on a schedule?
- Yes! We have a regular, timed routine for eating and sleeping, and we try to keep both/all of the babies on the same schedule.
- Somewhat. We have a general routine that we follow, but we try to stay pretty flexible.
- No! We feed on demand and let the babies fall asleep when they're tired, even if it means they sleep and eat at different times of the day
- Other Please explain by clicking on "comments" and sharing your strategy.
Comments
Our identical twin boys (now 4 years old) were a little premature (34 weeks). After they came home from the NICU, they breastfed and slept on demand and eventually moved onto a very good and regular schedule of eating and sleeping and they did everything at about the same time of the day and night.
Maybe it was because they were identical, but with them, they stayed on the same ’schedule,’ even though they were breastfeeding on demand.
If it weren’t for a regular daily schedule, I’d have a nervous breakdown!