Bassinet for twins question

↑ Mirabelle

Tue, Jan 11 2011, 9:53 am

DefyGravity wrote:

Update: after all my questions about what crib to use, the twins prefer sleeping in their car seats. We've been using the mini crib as a changing table.

Do they have reflux?
My twins liked sleeping in the car seat also, especially the twin who had reflux, but the doctor me that she didnt want them sleeping all the time in the car seats, so I got a positioner for the crib.

mommy7

Mon, Jan 31 2011, 6:45 pm

I completely mistrust the pack-n-play bassinet options. Something very wiggly about them. And they sag in the middle. Or the sheets bunch up. Uh-uh, not for twins.

First I used 2 small bassinets (one mine, one borrowed). That worked great, especially since our room was short on space. When they started picking their heads up high enough to see over--and then attempt to grab the sides to lift up even higher--so that ended at about 2 1/2 months.

Then I put my twins in the regular Pack-n-play. The sheets fit tightly, they had plenty of room to move around without bumping into each other, and their older siblings couldn't grab them.

My twins slept together in the pack-n-play until one started swimming on top of the other one. (4-5 months?) By that time they were ready for separate cribs in their own rooms. (One ours, one borrowed, both full size thank GOODNESS because one climbed out of her pack-n-play and fell on her head and the other one thinks he's a trampoline artist).

I used a co-sleeper for a single baby, but I bet it would work wonderfully for 2 small ones. The co-sleeper bassinet is MUCH sturdier than most pack-n-play bassinets.

tripletlyblessed

Tue, Feb 22 2011, 12:30 am

I put my triplets into a regular pack and play and when they outgrew it into a regular crib together.They were there until just about two when dd3 chose to sleep alone. The other two stayed together for almost another year.

Jacoby

Tue, Feb 22 2011, 6:11 am

Tripletly blessed-
Can you please explain/ clarify? Did you really keep 3 babies in the same crib until age 2? Or did you mean 2 months?! Because I totally can't imagine that! I'd love for my twins to sleep together but even from 2 months they've been waking each other at night so its just not worth it.
How did you manage that?