Twins' Bedroom Ruckus

I have to second Shellie's suggestion. My daughters, who are currently 7 and 5, have always shared a room, and for the last few months share a double bed. Because they can often get a little silly and loud instead of quieting down (even when one or both is exhausted), I often have to separate them. One goes to sleep in her bed, and the other in mine. I move the one to her own bed when I go to bed, and she sleeps through it every time. It works well for us, but the big one is getting to be quite heavy and long-legged when she's the one I have to relocate! :-)

Good luck with your wonderful little bundles of energy!

C.,

I have children close in age sleeping in the same room and I stagger their bedtimes. Put the one that falls asleep the quickest down first, then put the second one down once the first is asleep. You will have to remind twin #2 to be very quiet and not wake twin #1.

If they both take a long time to fall asleep on their own, you may be able to have them fall asleep in seperate rooms, one in their own room and the more sound sleeper of the two in your room, then transfer that twin to their own room after falling asleep.

Thankfully this stage won't last forever, although it seems like it. My boys are 5 and 7 now and we can finally put them in there together awake and have them fall asleep at the same time.

Good luck,
S.

Well my first thought is that they are not tired enough to go to bed, but if they are I would suggest saying to them that when you put them to bed you put a timer in the room and say.. you have 1/2 hour to settle down for bed, once the timer goes off then the room has to be quiet until it is time for the rest of the house to get up in the morning. Since you say they get up early i would suggest either putting them to bed later or cut out naps in the afternoon. Make sure they have plenty of exercise especially since it is so nice outside. Take them outside in the fresh air and let them run and play in the early eveniing and then a nice nutritrious snack before bed. It may take a little while for them to get used to the new routine but it will be best for the whole family.

my boys were not twins but were only 15 months apart. so just like twins lol. I would suggest getting them up early in the morning. and if they get a nap have it no later than like 11 or noon. have them back up by 1ish. bedtime around 8 or 830. they should be good and tired. also start a sticker chart. make sure they know the stickers are for following the rules (not being good/bad) so sticker for bath, sticker for brushing teeth, sticker for getting into bed. and make the reward something they really like/want. good luck

I am with you...My almost 3 yr old twin boys would stay up all night if we let them I think! If you find something that works let us all know. So far, I have just been monitoring them and telling them to settle down. On Saturday mornings we offer them a reward for staying in bed until mommy and daddy get up. So far they haven't gotten a reward for that yet! They can stay in bed until about a quarter to 7 then they can't stand it anymore. Sometimes I wonder if we got someone elses kids...my husband and I like to sleep and apparently our kids don't! Good Luck!

N.

Your question made me smile. It brightened my day picturing two happy kids full of life. I realize the need to get them to sleep, but really you are so blessed to have healthy happy kids.

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You are not alone! I'm in this exact situation too. I have twin girls that are 4 1/2 years old. I don't have any advice at this time as I too am trying to figure out what to do. I agree with taking away the afternoon nap may help. I don't know about your twins, my twins definitely need a nap. They become almost impossible to control if they don't take a nap and get very crabby. I just keep being consistant and pray this is a phase they will outgrow.

My first thought is how long, if at all, are they napping during the day. Perhaps it is time to take the nap out so they are appropriately tired at bedtime. Nearly all my kids have shared a room with another sibling over the years, but it think that you are in a little bit of a special situation since twins have a special connection that "regular" siblings do not. I used to leave the door open and sit by the door in the hallway (reading or knitting) so I could monitor the kids for about 30 minutes (usually 30 minutes of quiet time will lead to sleep for a tired kid). The one thing that I found works the best for all of my kids is being on a schedule. Bedtime is ALWAYS at the same time and same with getting up in the morning - even on the weekends.

Good luck!