[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 6/23/2012

Sat Jun 23 02:17:05 PDT 2012

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 6/22/2012
9:15 am - 6/23/2012

1. Altered sleep schedules in Europe (j_pawlikowski)
2. Sleep book recommendations (preferably with twin... (kaluzoo)
3. Re: [sfpom_general] Sleep book recommendations... (elizabethmurray)
4. Comment: Sleep book recommendations (preferably... (HollyBuchanan)
5. Comment: Sleep book recommendations (preferably... (erin_loback)
6. Sidewalk Sale tomorrow - Sat 6/23 (miriamg)
7. Comment: Kaiser SF OB doc (sfteach)
8. Comment: Kaiser SF OB doc (amywink)
9. Comment: Noe Valley twins (j_pawlikowski)

1. Altered sleep schedules in Europe
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j_pawlikowski - 6/22/2012 3:45 pm

 Traveling to Europe for 2 weeks with 6 month old twins.
 Any tips regarding sleep schedules or anything else
 for that matter. Currently the girls sleep from
 9pm-6am, and since we are flying on a red-eye, I
 anticipate that they should sleep most of the way....I
 hope! But what happens when we arrive in the evening
 in Europe when they have already had a entire nights
 sleep...aren't they going to be wide awake? Can I
 somehow prepare them for this altered sleep schedule?
 Any advice or helpful hints wuold be greatly
 appreciated. 
 -Janine

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2. Sleep book recommendations (preferably with twin specific
info)
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kaluzoo - 6/22/2012 9:39 am

 * Apologies if there is already another thread on this
 ...couldn't find one. * Does anyone have
 recommendations for sleep methods / books that offer
 some specific advice on twins?Thanks,Sarah

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 3. elizabethmurray says...
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 6/22/2012 9:52 am

 I used the book The Baby Sleep Solution by Suzy
 Giordano (the old title was 12 Hours Sleep by 12 Weeks
 Old) starting when my twins were 3 months old. Her 4th
 & 5th children were twins and the inspiration for the
 sleep program she came up with. The main criticism I've
 heard is from the parents of singletons that don't like
 the rigidity of the schedule. Most parents of multiples
 are already on a schedule before sleep training ever
 starts, so it's not a stretch for us. It's a quick read
 (she's very repetitive) and very easy to implement. The
 key is feeding more during the day so that they can
 make it through the night. She teaches you how to
 stretch the time between feedings while adding to the
 amount they eat at each feeding, spread out over
 several days. We never had to resort to "cry it out"
 which great because we weren't comfortable with going
 that route- but the book has advice on using it if you
 think it will work with your babies. All in all it took
 about two weeks to get my guys on the daytime schedule
 and to drop the night feed.I highly recommend the book.
 I found it very easy to follow and it really worked.
 They turned three in March and with the exception of a
 handful of nights when they've been sick they have
 consistently slept for 12+ hours every night since

 then.http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Sleep-Solution-Proven-Program/dp/0399532919
 Email author: e_murray at yahoo.com
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 4. HollyBuchanan says...
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 6/22/2012 3:31 pm

 Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins. I read it with a
 highlighter pen and flagged multiple sections that I
 referenced repeatedly. Our other secret was the "dream
 feed" - we'd scoop them up around 10pm and feed them a
 bottle (they usually drank it in their sleep and went
 right back down) and this helped them get all the way
 through the night. Also, we never separated the twins
 into different rooms, no matter how loud one cried. 
 Now they're 2yrs and they're 100% used to each other's
 noise/crying. Sometimes in the morning I'll go in and
 1 twin is wailing crying and the other is still
 snoring! Good luck. Sleep training has it's
 challenges and isn't always intuitive. Trust the
 process, it will all work out in the end. : )
 Email author: h.buch at hotmail.com
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 5. erin_loback says...
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 6/22/2012 9:20 pm

 I second Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins by Marc
 Weissbluth, and I also SWEAR by the dream feed.My
 sister just had a singleton who is now 11 weeks old and
 sleeping 10.5 hours straight at night -- she has used
 Moms on Call (website and DVD, don't know if there is a
 book). Based on what she has told me about it, it seems
 like it would work really well with twins.
 Email author: erin_loback at yahoo.com
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6. Sidewalk Sale tomorrow - Sat 6/23
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miriamg - 6/22/2012 8:19 am

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