Sleep Training My Twins
I’ll never forget pulling into a random parking lot to cry desperate tears and text my friend Jana. I was 5 weeks postpartum and have never experienced such sleep deprivation in my entire life. Me being tired was an understatement - I was a hot mess. Jana had given me her Moms On Call book (0-6 months) before the twins were born but I had not started using it. I can even remember her response to my text asking her when her twin babies started to sleep in chunks, “my heart aches for you I remember how hard it was. It gets better, but seriously try the scheduling tips in the book”. That was the first night that I took it seriously and did as the book said. That night it was still the same, waking up every half hour to 15 minutes. My babies were nowhere on the same schedule so even if one was sleeping the other was awake and that was why it was crucial to start scheduling them. It wasn’t until the first week using Moms On Call where I started to notice a difference. Hallelujah, I got a solid two hours! It’s so funny to me now to even type that. Who is happy about just two hours straight of sleep a night?! But I have to tell you those first two-three months were brutal. It's hard for me to even type some of this because I don't want to complain. I know I am blessed with two amazing babies but during this time it was hard for me to even think clearly because of the exhaustion. After Oliver and Olivia went down for the night I would lay in bed and pray to God to get one hour straight before having to wake up to feed or re-swaddle a baby. Pictured above is the second book of the series I am on now. I thought about wiping it down but this is too funny. It has coffee cup rings on it! I spent so many morning's and afternoons re-reading this book every time I was doubting myself. At this point, Oliver and Olivia were sleeping though the night but I was rearranging their schedule, trying new foods and so on. What is hilarious is the first book (Baby Basic Care) that I borrowed from Jana, literally had tear stains on some of the [...]