Comments on: Sleep Deprivation with Twins is Torture http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/ Having and raising twins from a Dad's perspective Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Joe http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Joe Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:45:55 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-339 @Aniqah - I understand how these months of little sleep can really drain you emotionally and physically. Here are some things you might try: 1. Take turns every other night with your husband caring for your sons. This will let each of you get some rest. 2. Ask for help from a friend or family member that can come stay with you for a few days and help with the overnight routine. 3. I highly recommend the book "The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy" - this helped us get our kids on a good sleeping schedule: http://t.co/QezNWy9 Best of luck to you! @Aniqah – I understand how these months of little sleep can really drain you emotionally and physically. Here are some things you might try:
1. Take turns every other night with your husband caring for your sons. This will let each of you get some rest.
2. Ask for help from a friend or family member that can come stay with you for a few days and help with the overnight routine.
3. I highly recommend the book “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy” – this helped us get our kids on a good sleeping schedule: http://t.co/QezNWy9

Best of luck to you!

]]> By: Aniqah http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Aniqah Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:12:27 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-337 Hi My twin sons are 9 months old and i am yet to get more than 4 hours sleep at a time. I'm at breaking point and so is my marriage! any advice will be glady accepted. thanks Hi

My twin sons are 9 months old and i am yet to get more than 4 hours sleep at a time. I’m at breaking point and so is my marriage!

any advice will be glady accepted.

thanks

]]> By: Joe http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Joe Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:42:47 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-315 @Chris - teething is a challenging time. It seemed to arrive for us, like you, just when we were getting used to a certain schedule. Unfortunately, that seems to be the pattern: as soon as we adjust to a schedule with the kiddos, something changes and we have a new schedule. @Chris – teething is a challenging time. It seemed to arrive for us, like you, just when we were getting used to a certain schedule. Unfortunately, that seems to be the pattern: as soon as we adjust to a schedule with the kiddos, something changes and we have a new schedule.

]]> By: Chris http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Chris Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:11:44 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-314 Hi there our twins did great the first 6 months but now teething and they wake up a few times at night but go back to sleep but now they are awake at 6-7am , I really miss our 9-9 sleeping periods, hopefully they will soon start going longer in the morning ! Hi there our twins did great the first 6 months but now teething and they wake up a few times at night but go back to sleep but now they are awake at 6-7am , I really miss our 9-9 sleeping periods, hopefully they will soon start going longer in the morning !

]]> By: Joe - DadsGuideToTwins.com http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Joe - DadsGuideToTwins.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:28 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-92 Tom, Thanks for sharing your experience. Time in the NICU will definitely vary the schedules. I'm glad you're getting 7 hours of sleep now, that's pretty good! Tom,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Time in the NICU will definitely vary the schedules.

I’m glad you’re getting 7 hours of sleep now, that’s pretty good!

]]> By: Tom http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/sleep-deprivation-is-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Tom Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:08:24 +0000 http://www.dadsguidetotwins.com/?p=157#comment-91 I have to agree. Our twins are now 15 weeks old, and we get lucky enough to have 7-ish hours of sleep out of both of them some nights. It is fantastic. I had no paternity leave, because they were in the NICU for 5 weeks for Carden, 6 weeks for Landon (they were 10 weeks early). I took off 2 total days the week of the birth, but that was it. Somehow hung in there... I have to agree. Our twins are now 15 weeks old, and we get lucky enough to have 7-ish hours of sleep out of both of them some nights. It is fantastic.

I had no paternity leave, because they were in the NICU for 5 weeks for Carden, 6 weeks for Landon (they were 10 weeks early). I took off 2 total days the week of the birth, but that was it. Somehow hung in there…

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