Why Is Every Night Different?

Hi, My twin girls are 4 years old now. One of them is 2 sizes bigger than the other. I started noticing it around 8 months. She eats more than the other. However, they both slept through the night, so I coudlnt help ya there :)

It could just that one is growing faster than the other?

My son was always a good sleeper. Sleeping through the night in his own bed by 6 months. Around 8 months he started waking up alot at night, then I read that there is a tendancy for babies to do that because they are going through a growth spurt and they start to need to eat more during the day. I started feeding him 3 times a day and 1 snack like a handfull of cheerios and he started sleeping better. Then about a week ago at almost 9 months he started waking every 2 hours until I brought him to bed and a couple days later his first 2 teeth broke through right ontop of eachother and he has been back to sleeping through the night again. Good luck. :) ~V

Hi J. -

Even though your girls are twins, they are still quite different, seperate little individuals (as I am sure you know!) that are at a developmental age where they are starting to be aware of their needs as seperate from everyone elses. Just because they CAN sleep through the night doesnt mean they WILL. More and more they will start to exert their want's and needs regarldess of what you or anyone else does - they are girls, afterall.
All you can do is be consistant. Make them aware that there is a schedule, and that you are the schedule keeper - feed them at the same time every night before bed, and if you know they dont need the nutrition of a bottle at night, when they wake up, give them a bottle of water as opposed to milk, or just rock them until they go back to sleep. There are several times in their infant/toddler lives when their sleeping schedules can go through drastic, but normal, transitional changes: this is one of those times. Once their bodies get used to knowing that they dont need milk at night, the sleeping will take care of itself as long as you keep the routine.
Good luck!

K.

Have you tried the Miracle Blanket? I'm a mom-to-be and I'm getting all kinds of advice and suggestions (as I'm sure you understand)...but I have had SEVERAL moms say that I absolutely have to have the Miracle Blanket, its a swaddling blanket and so many women have said that it makes all the difference in getting their small ones to sleep through the night. I figure with so many different women giving the same product name, it might be worth looking into. I don't know if you are in Hawaii or not, but if you are they sell it at Kapiolani Medical Center or at Kahala Kids in the Kahala Mall for like $30. If you aren't on island, they have a website you can look it up and find a store near you that sells it. You might give it a shot!

It is very likely that they are experiencing seperation axity. Have you knowticed lately, if you leave the room dothey fuss more? This should only be a phase. If they are formula fed, they do not need additional calories at night. I would offer a bottle of water and very little stimulation. I would not pick her up or anything else stimulating, that includes talking. Before you know it, they will both be sleeping thru the night again.