Any concept for maintain a well-mannered sleep routine?
My quadruplets are almost 2 months old. They've been home for almost a month now, and we still don't enjoy a sleep routine. My 3 year old son is also becoming a pain with sleep though. I suppose it's because he is jealous, but it's becoming ridiculous. I will put Mikey (my 3 year old down) and the babies will be in their cribs and Mikey will start screaming and rouse up all 4 babies. I even moved Mikey into a different room to avoid the situation and he left his room and went into the nursery to intentionally wake up them up. I now have a gate on his door but, similar to right now, my husband has to keep putting him posterior in his bed because he stands at the gate and screams. And I put the babies down 5 minutes ago and they're already fussing. They drink at all different times, and Kaitlyn, the smallest of the bunch, needs medication that I have to wake up her up at 12:00 to give her, damn nurses put her on some weird schedule, and when I do that, I stir up the rest of the babies, and usually, Beckett will have eaten like 30 minutes formerly. So we do have a start of a routine, but it's getting a little out of hand. Last dark Isla woke up at 8:00, 9:49, 10:32, 12:57, 3:48, 4:02, 5:06 and then for good at 6:18, while Julian woke up once at 12:00, when I gave Kaitlyn her meds. Isla woke up Kaitlyn and Beckett as okay everytime she got up. I took Isla to the doctors today to make sure she wasn't sick, and she's fine, she just is a desperate sleeper, but only sometimes. So do you have any ideas. I am so stressed nearly it, and nothing seems to solve the problem. Please help us, we entail some sleep! And by the way, I try to take naps everytime the babies do and my oldest sons abet out with Mikey, but after only a few minutes, either they can't feel Mikey anymore or 2 or 3 of the babies wake up. Thanks for helping!
Answers: Okay, so to begin, limit the time they doze during the day. Like you said, you don't get much sleep when they do anyway, so what's the difference. Try about 2-4 hours a daytime. Keep them busy, buy interactive toys, put them on their play mats, ask your older sons to play with them and involve Mikey. Let Mikey hold the babies, next to your supervision of course, let him feed them, burp them, read (pretend to) to them. Just take him involved. Also separate some "Mikey and Mommy Time". Invite a neighbor, or your mother, MIL, anyone to help with the babies and ask your older sons to backing and spend some time alone with Mikey in his room or something. Watch some tv, bake some cookies, color, read a book, or even filch him out. Just some alone time with you will do him a lot of good. At dark set a bed time routine. For example; after dinner, take a bath and get his pajamas on. Then read him a book or two and sit near him for a bit. Try giving him some warm milk as well. Then put him in bed, and describe him it's for good. Then tell him you love him etc. and shut his door, and the gate. Try putting a dark light in his room though. Make sure that you and your husband switch it up every week or so, so you both get some time beside him, but make sure you have one week, your husband gets the subsequent, so he doesn't feel abandoned. Now onto the babies. Move Kaitlyn into your room or another spare room. Until she is off her medication, she will involve to be in a different room so she does not wake the others. Isla probably woke up so much because she felt unsettled or discomfited, she may have been gassy or even over stimulated. I would also suggest that if Julian consistantly sleeps through the night this path, wake him up for feedings at least twice because I am guessing he is small and needs adjectives the food he can get. To get them all on indistinguishable feeding schedule start to wake them up. Say they munch through every 2 hours; feed them at 10:00 and put them down to bed. Then at 12:00 give Kaitlyn her meds and feed them adjectives again. At about 2:00, maybe even 3:00, now this time, if they draw from up, give them another bottle. They should be good until about 6:00, when you'll probably be up for upright. You just have to be consistent. After a while they will all ensnare on that this is when we eat, and this is when I sleep. Don't worry, it will get better! I would also suggest order some hands free bottles or bottle holders to make your feedings easier! Also ask your mother and/or mother in canon for help! I'm sure they'll be willing to come over and lend a helping hand! Good luck!
try feed them RIGHT before you try to put them to bed.
keep them up for longer hours in the afternoon...this will help them sleep better at night
when you actually do put them to bed, lay them on thier stomachs, not thier backs- its help them sleep more soundly.
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Answers: Okay, so to begin, limit the time they doze during the day. Like you said, you don't get much sleep when they do anyway, so what's the difference. Try about 2-4 hours a daytime. Keep them busy, buy interactive toys, put them on their play mats, ask your older sons to play with them and involve Mikey. Let Mikey hold the babies, next to your supervision of course, let him feed them, burp them, read (pretend to) to them. Just take him involved. Also separate some "Mikey and Mommy Time". Invite a neighbor, or your mother, MIL, anyone to help with the babies and ask your older sons to backing and spend some time alone with Mikey in his room or something. Watch some tv, bake some cookies, color, read a book, or even filch him out. Just some alone time with you will do him a lot of good. At dark set a bed time routine. For example; after dinner, take a bath and get his pajamas on. Then read him a book or two and sit near him for a bit. Try giving him some warm milk as well. Then put him in bed, and describe him it's for good. Then tell him you love him etc. and shut his door, and the gate. Try putting a dark light in his room though. Make sure that you and your husband switch it up every week or so, so you both get some time beside him, but make sure you have one week, your husband gets the subsequent, so he doesn't feel abandoned. Now onto the babies. Move Kaitlyn into your room or another spare room. Until she is off her medication, she will involve to be in a different room so she does not wake the others. Isla probably woke up so much because she felt unsettled or discomfited, she may have been gassy or even over stimulated. I would also suggest that if Julian consistantly sleeps through the night this path, wake him up for feedings at least twice because I am guessing he is small and needs adjectives the food he can get. To get them all on indistinguishable feeding schedule start to wake them up. Say they munch through every 2 hours; feed them at 10:00 and put them down to bed. Then at 12:00 give Kaitlyn her meds and feed them adjectives again. At about 2:00, maybe even 3:00, now this time, if they draw from up, give them another bottle. They should be good until about 6:00, when you'll probably be up for upright. You just have to be consistent. After a while they will all ensnare on that this is when we eat, and this is when I sleep. Don't worry, it will get better! I would also suggest order some hands free bottles or bottle holders to make your feedings easier! Also ask your mother and/or mother in canon for help! I'm sure they'll be willing to come over and lend a helping hand! Good luck!
try feed them RIGHT before you try to put them to bed.
keep them up for longer hours in the afternoon...this will help them sleep better at night
when you actually do put them to bed, lay them on thier stomachs, not thier backs- its help them sleep more soundly.
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