u/MounjaroQueenie

Expected the worst, kept expectations very low lol. Assumed they’d hate the heat, hate the water, not be able to sleep due to noise fireworks etc

Honestly had a great time! Babies LOVED the water, were total champs with the schedule being thrown, and slept like a rock. They’re also still exhausted and 2.5 hours into their nap right now!

Definitely had some melt downs (oh and a 25 min stop at a gas station where both their outfits were just thrown out lol) but they both took a contact nap under an umbrella on the beach that literally made it all worth it. Core memories made for me and dad, 10/10 would do again!

Also something I heard over and over again was “accept the help!” and it’s seriously great advice. It was a family trip and if someone offered to feed a baby? Yes please! Want me to sit and play with them so you and hubby can take a walk? Absolutely!

I have 5 month old twins that are very good sleepers (don’t hate me, I’m sorry). They are regularly sleeping straight from 730-6 but at least once a night someone will wake up needing a paci. They sleep in the bedroom with us in cribs. I get very worried about one twin waking up the other, so I immediately get up to assist and give them the paci.

If I had one baby, I would allow themselves the opportunity to try to settle on their own. Am I going to create a habit where they need me to settle themselves if they wake up? Curious what others did in this situation

TW: positive

Disclaimer -
While this board is FULL of so much advice, solidarity, knowledge, experience etc there came a point in my pregnancy that I was absolutely terrified my life was over due to this sub. I actually had to step away for a time because I was so panicked and regretful. I understand people need a place to (rightfully) vent and people are more likely to post hard times than good times, so I’m not bashing this board at all and I’m very thankful for it.

Anyways. My twins are almost 4 months old. This has absolutely been the greatest 4 months of my entire life. My husband and I often say to each other that we wish we could just live these 4 months on repeat for the rest of our lives.

We still have time for ourselves, we are able to cook homemade meals, our house is clean, we swim almost daily, we go on family walks daily, we both get 6+ hours of sleep a night. I only mention these things because it is things I thought were over forever.

I understand we got lucky with relatively “easy” babies and good sleepers, and I totally empathize for those miserable in the trenches, I just want to give some hope to others that it isn’t always that way. I know things will get more challenging in different ways once they’re mobile, but I’ve learned to stop anticipating hard times and just enjoy the moment.

Babies are 12 weeks and rolling so no more bassinet. AAP recommends room sharing until 6 months. Do I drag both cribs across the house into our bedroom?

It says room sharing drops SIDS risk from .04 to .02%

I kind of want our room back and I honestly think we would all sleep better but feel guilty when I know that statistic does exist.

Says twins sharing the room doesn’t count as room sharing.

Idk what to do