It has been one of those nights. The boys went to sleep without problem but as soon as my husband and I crawled into bed, they began to cry. While I understand all of the theories about letting them “cry it out” I find myself doing the opposite. My boys do not seem to be waking because they just need us, they wake screaming or crying out as if a bad dream as woken them. They wake scared and clingy. For that and so many other reasons I cannot just leave them alone in their cribs to cry.
While my husband primarily, (but more recently me as well) scoop them up and in the hopes of getting some sleep bring the crying twin to our bed. What ends up happening is that the toddler in our bed keep us from sleeping at all. They toss, they turn, they roll, they pinch, they unknowingly flap their little hands on your face and they push to be as close to us as possible. Like all parents we long to keep them safe and protected and want them to feel loved and secure. But, I know this needs to stop. We need to find a better way.
I’ve read the books, searched online for suggestions and talked to friends. But, in the end I wonder if this is just a phase and they’ll get over it soon. I sure hope so. I know one thing for sure; tomorrow is going to be a looong tiring day at work!
Awake at 4:30am
I’m going to vote for phase. They will eventually grow out of it, they really will! Just do what you have to do to get through this time. Ugh. No sleep sucks, but it will pass, I promise!
Thanks Nicole. I sure hope it passes soon. I am seriously contemplating moving them to beds (instead of cribs) in the hopes that will help. But, from what I know of twins it probably will create more nightly chaos!