thread: please help me settle these boys

  1. #1

    Feb 2008
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    please help me settle these boys

    the twins have been so unsettled the last few days and nights, if they arent crying then im feeding. I need suggestions on how to settle them, i need a break.

  2. #2

    Mar 2008
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    Hi MrsS

    Im not suggesting I have any ideas on how to handle twins and I just firstly want to give you a BIG wooohoooo, you are doing great! Have you heard of Harvey Karps: The Happiest Baby on the Block?? I found his techniques to be reasonably good, although I came across them too late for my DD she was passed the age your boys are. He uses music/ noise, shushing, rocking/ swinging and swaddling. Just a thought. I also think that 6 weeks may be one of those 'wonder week' developmental stages. Hang in there hun, this shall pass

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    Dec 2008
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    Just wanted to offer big hugs hun . Hang in there, it will pass I'm sure. When DS was 6 weeks he had that wonder week like Lily Dust is saying, but he came good in a few days. Hope it's the same for you. You just have double the load but also double the blessing! GL hun!

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    6 weeks is a huge wonderweek. All my kids were monsters around the 6 week mark. And I only had singles. So I take my hat off to you. Do your boys like bathtime? All of my kids have loved bathtime. No matter how unsettled a bath would always calm them, and they'd tend to have a good sleep after one as well.

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  5. #5

    Feb 2008
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    thanks hopefully "wonder week" passes soon lol, ill try a bath atm all is quiet ones in his swing the others getting fed but i have to dish dinner up in a min so might have to try a bath after dinner

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    Oct 2008
    Newport, VIC
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    I remember writing the same post when my DS1 was the same age. It was like he woke up and wasn't happy about it.

    I have no advice for you. I just rode it out and did the minimum to get through the week.

    Hugs.

  7. #7
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    Oct 2006
    Adelaide, SA
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    DS was the same a couple of weeks ago I can only imagine how hard it would be with 2! Hang in there it does pass!

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    Ditto to the others! You are doing a great job hun, just don't take it personally (I did, I thought DS#1 simply hated me which was why he was so unsettled, LOL). I agree with the happy baby theory, swaddle, suckle, sound, sling (wear baby, bit hard with two though), side sleep (contraversial with SIDS I know). Whatever it takes hun to get you through the week.

    *hugs*