Cleared!! And better sleep now!

We heard last Thursday that they boys do not have VLCAD! They have a gene that looks "funny" but they're carriers at worst. We have them sleeping in my office with the monitor since then. We're finding they generally go down in the 6:00 hour, wake in the 10:00 hour, again in the 2:00 hour and again in the 4:00 hour. This is not convenient because Andrew has been waking up at 5:00 sharp for the last couple of weeks since the Daylight Savings change.

Last night we tried something new: Bath Time! The twins were bathed in the 7:00 hour before they went to sleep, but didn't really shut down until about 8:30... and slept until 1:00!!! They went back down and woke up again at 4:00 ish. This is very good news. Cutting out one of the feedings is a REALLY big deal. This would have worked out well for us but that Andrew got a cold last night (of course, right?) and woke up crying at 11:30 and again at 2:30. Poor little guy... hope he gets better soon, but in all likelyhood this bug will cycle all the way through the family...

Swaddling

So... Apparently the boys do like to be swaddled! We swaddled them in the hospital and for the first week or so but then came to the conclusion that they didnt like it. Now here we are at 7/4 weeks old ( actual age/due date age) and they've been sleeping like crap. We're kind if at our wits end with their sleep, tried swaddling again and it seems to wor well! Granted, it's just the first nap we've tried but the results are strong. Looking forward to tonight to see his it goes!

We just started really reading up on Wiessbluth this week. We probably should have done this sooner so could have prepared for this time a little better. At least we're starting the drowsy but awake thing early. I think that if we knew more about sleep training with Andrew he would have had his skills earlier. He didn't sleep through the night considtantly until 16 months and wasn't putting himself down until 3 months after that. We simply can't do that with the twins. There aren't enough hours in the day!

Once we reach 9/6 weeks the sleep schedules should start to normalize. Greatly looking forward to that!