I have not long posted on the topic, but i think its best if i re-post as the problems have now taken a better shape since then.
We are 3 month old twin girls (3 months today actually), formula fed only (170 ml max), on EASY since week 4-ish, on 3 hs feed.
Now the problem is that neither will nap longer than 30 mins during the day, to precision its 30 mins every time for both of them. They will fall asleep on their own (most of the time with pacifier) but up after 30 mins and are unable to fall asleep again (on rare occasions if i insist with going back in and giving the pacifier which they will spit out but then ask for it, they might go back to sleep for another max half hour). My main problem is that being that there is 2 of them I find it hard to know when to go in, as sometimes at the slightest noise the first waker makes, the other one is also woken up,so im probably rushing in way too early, but i have no idea how to do this without waking the other one up too. Our wind down routine for naps is drawing the curtain, laying them in the cot, singing a lullaby, pacifier in if necessary and leave the room. (max 10 mins)
In addition I have just read Tracy's sleep interview and now i feel like I am not doing anything right! It all sounds sooo complicated!
Now for the night time, I usually change their nappies first just before 7 pm (they hve dry skin so need to moisturise them from top to toe which takes a long time), then feeding, a story, prayer, in to the cot a lullaby and out of the room. Then dream feed at 11 pm, but they still wake up between 3 and 4 am and take a whole feed, and then we start the day at 7 am. What do i do to get them to sleep through the night?
Due to this hectic sleep patterns, A times are all over the place, but usually the most they can stay awake for is 1 h, 1 h and 15 mins. But quite often because they have already been awake before feeding, I have to put them down right after feed and nappy change, but agian still only sleep for 30 mins.
Now that they are 3 months old, I would like to try pu/pd as shh/pat does not work for us at all, but again same problem, being twins how do i tackle pu/pd if they both wake at the same time, and how quickly or late do i go in to do pu/pd??
I forgot to mention, the only time they will sleep longer is when i take them outside with the pushchair. They will as usual wake up after 30 mins but within 15 mins they are sleeping again, and will wake up as soon as we are home and not in the rocking motion anymore. I take them outside every day for aprox 1h, 1.5h.
I really do want to get this sleeping isuue sorted, as every day come the afternoon they are soo fussy and tired and by the time the night time routine comes about each will scream their heads off while i'm with the other and it gets me down soo much, every night i feel like im really not up to facing another day, and instead of enjoying my girls I spend my time stressing and worrying and being uptight and i really want to be a happy mummy for them!
Any advce will be soo appreciated!
