Help with Bedtime - Saint Peters,MO

Congrats! That is awesome that you BF for so long! If I were you I would try getting them a cold sippy cup of milk. Are they both in the same bedroom? If so, I would put them in their cribs awake and read stories in their room. or you could all sit on the floor in their room. I would start a new bedtime routine...like with the milk give them a snack for them to hold while you are reading books.(on the floor) wouldn't give food in the crib. But that might have them busy eating while you are reading. If it's just a cup I would start to put them down in the crib awake so they get used to (and learn) to fall asleep on their own.
Good luck, I know my daughter didn't sleep thru the night until I quit BF her at 14 months.

You definitely want to start a bedtime routine for them - whatever works best. It could be a bath and book or just a book. If you are gonna quit nursing I would give them milk at that time while you are reading them a book and then they'll be ready to go to sleep - not too sure if you really need to give them a snack before bedtime. I have two kids and just gave them milk before bed up until they were around 2 - 21/2 yrs old. It will take some time for them to get used to the new routine so don't give up - especially if they are used to falling asleep while nursing - but it will happen! Good luck.

First, kudos to you on raising twin boys while your hubby travels for work.

Secondly, I just have to ask...what is the point of organic toaster pastries???

WOW, breastfeeding twins for over a year! How wonderful you are!! : )
I thought it was hard with just my one. haha.
I nursed my 26 mnth old until 24 mnths, he was very hard to wean. However if you don't mind switching them to a bottle or sippy cup instead of you, that's what worked for me. I know, probably not the best way to wean but it's not always easy weaning B/F babies so I did what worked best for the both of us. So now every night I give my 2 yr old either a soft spout sippy cup or bottle with warm milk or I use the V8 strawberry banana juice. It's 100% juice with NO added sugar at all, it's all fruits and veggies and he LOVES the flavor. I'll usually do fruit before bed time, my kids have always been big banana lovers so I'll do a banana during bath time most of the time which is fulfilling and very healthy of course so that works. I also do cantaloupe or strawberries. At their age, those are great soft food fruits for them and would add a little fullness to their tummies.

Good luck to you, sounds like you're doing a great job!

My daughter has twin boys who are 18 mo. She breast fed and went to bottle and then sippy cup so at night they get the sippy cup with milk but usually they don't drink much of it. That's all she gives them and then she lays them in bed and puts a quiet music CD on and they go right to sleep. I did the same with my kids as far as just laying them down and they'd go to sleep. I say some of my kids I did this. One I rocked and that was nice for both of us but not so good for a routine as hard to manage if people came over or anything and I was rocking upstairs. I would not start any routine you don't want to continue or have a problem breaking. The twins did cry for a bit in the beginning when a bit younger at being put down and going to sleep but they soon did it and are just so good right now about bedtime. They give you a hug and lay down and that's it. They sleep all night with not being hungry. But they are not big eaters either. Don't give them anything for a snack with sugar in it, even good sugar like fruit as it can be bad for the teeth unless you will brush afterwards before bedtime.

When my son was 12 months old, I was still rocking him to sleep and having an awful time every night (it would take forever). I got a lot of great advice on bedtime routines from the book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution." I highly recommend taking a look at that. It helped us establish the kind of consistent routine that got my silly boy to settle down. I gave both of my kids milk at bedtime in a sippy until they were around three or three and a half years old, and it was the right snack for them. They didn't have too many servings per day, so they were wanting it, and it did help them stay down all night. Then we brushed teeth afterward.

Good luck!