I need some advice about sleeping babies

I'm glad my small tidbit of advice was helpful Gayle. Do you have your
babies in their own cribs or do they sleep together? If Andy is sleeping
alone, maybe he would do better sleeping close by one of his siblings, as he
did in your bed. Another little trick I learned in my multiples prenatal
class is to take a pyjama top you have worn the night before or your shirt
from that day and place it right next to to your baby while they sleep.
There is something very comforting about "mommy smell"

Let us know how he does tonight!

Peggy

--
http://www.babygardengifts.com
"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
. ..
I had him in my bed last night and it seemed to work pretty well. As soon
as he was asleep, I put him back in his bed where he slept the majority of
the night. I'll try it again tonight and see how he does. Also, when I
put
him in his crib, I placed him in a different position than I normally do.
Thank you for the advice.

Gayle
"Peggy" wrote in message
. ..
Gayle,

Have you tried putting Andy in bed with you? Maybe he just needs the
closeness. You all might get more sleep and this way he won't wake up
the
other two. It doesn't sound like teething is the cause, otherwise he
would
probably be in more distress. It sounds as though he just needs to
adjust
to the day/night cycle.

Peggy
http://www.babygardengifts.com

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started
sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4
mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been
waking
up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem.
I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up
early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a
good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He
usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been
10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by
covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get
him
to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your
shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib,
he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his
head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib
so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the
room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only
have
a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room
(although
I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this
way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

I'm glad my small tidbit of advice was helpful Gayle. Do you have your
babies in their own cribs or do they sleep together? If Andy is sleeping
alone, maybe he would do better sleeping close by one of his siblings, as he
did in your bed. Another little trick I learned in my multiples prenatal
class is to take a pyjama top you have worn the night before or your shirt
from that day and place it right next to to your baby while they sleep.
There is something very comforting about "mommy smell"

Let us know how he does tonight!

Peggy

--
http://www.babygardengifts.com
"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
. ..
I had him in my bed last night and it seemed to work pretty well. As soon
as he was asleep, I put him back in his bed where he slept the majority of
the night. I'll try it again tonight and see how he does. Also, when I
put
him in his crib, I placed him in a different position than I normally do.
Thank you for the advice.

Gayle
"Peggy" wrote in message
. ..
Gayle,

Have you tried putting Andy in bed with you? Maybe he just needs the
closeness. You all might get more sleep and this way he won't wake up
the
other two. It doesn't sound like teething is the cause, otherwise he
would
probably be in more distress. It sounds as though he just needs to
adjust
to the day/night cycle.

Peggy
http://www.babygardengifts.com

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started
sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4
mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been
waking
up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem.
I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up
early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a
good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He
usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been
10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by
covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get
him
to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your
shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib,
he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his
head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib
so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the
room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only
have
a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room
(although
I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this
way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

I'm glad my small tidbit of advice was helpful Gayle. Do you have your
babies in their own cribs or do they sleep together? If Andy is sleeping
alone, maybe he would do better sleeping close by one of his siblings, as he
did in your bed. Another little trick I learned in my multiples prenatal
class is to take a pyjama top you have worn the night before or your shirt
from that day and place it right next to to your baby while they sleep.
There is something very comforting about "mommy smell"

Let us know how he does tonight!

Peggy

--
http://www.babygardengifts.com
"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
. ..
I had him in my bed last night and it seemed to work pretty well. As soon
as he was asleep, I put him back in his bed where he slept the majority of
the night. I'll try it again tonight and see how he does. Also, when I
put
him in his crib, I placed him in a different position than I normally do.
Thank you for the advice.

Gayle
"Peggy" wrote in message
. ..
Gayle,

Have you tried putting Andy in bed with you? Maybe he just needs the
closeness. You all might get more sleep and this way he won't wake up
the
other two. It doesn't sound like teething is the cause, otherwise he
would
probably be in more distress. It sounds as though he just needs to
adjust
to the day/night cycle.

Peggy
http://www.babygardengifts.com

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started
sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4
mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been
waking
up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem.
I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up
early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a
good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He
usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been
10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by
covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get
him
to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your
shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib,
he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his
head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib
so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the
room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only
have
a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room
(although
I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this
way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

I think most likely it is teething and in a few weeks he will prob. settle
down (til next time). So if you can I would just go with his flow, getting
him back down as soon as you can and trying orajel or other topical pain
relievers at bedtime or when he wakes -- consult your ped. first of course
about that.

Personally, I am not a fan of baby in bed ... the Mom-smelling shirt is a
better idea (IMHO), but then I coulda just been lucky that none of mine
"needed" this -- even though we did have our fair share of teething nights
where for days or weeks on end my dh paced the bedroom from midnight to 3
a.m. or so with a baby in his arms (ours preferred verticality when they
were teething and with my back I couldn't even share this task, hooray).

--Janet
Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96)
and Holly (4/4/01)

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

I think most likely it is teething and in a few weeks he will prob. settle
down (til next time). So if you can I would just go with his flow, getting
him back down as soon as you can and trying orajel or other topical pain
relievers at bedtime or when he wakes -- consult your ped. first of course
about that.

Personally, I am not a fan of baby in bed ... the Mom-smelling shirt is a
better idea (IMHO), but then I coulda just been lucky that none of mine
"needed" this -- even though we did have our fair share of teething nights
where for days or weeks on end my dh paced the bedroom from midnight to 3
a.m. or so with a baby in his arms (ours preferred verticality when they
were teething and with my back I couldn't even share this task, hooray).

--Janet
Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96)
and Holly (4/4/01)

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

I think most likely it is teething and in a few weeks he will prob. settle
down (til next time). So if you can I would just go with his flow, getting
him back down as soon as you can and trying orajel or other topical pain
relievers at bedtime or when he wakes -- consult your ped. first of course
about that.

Personally, I am not a fan of baby in bed ... the Mom-smelling shirt is a
better idea (IMHO), but then I coulda just been lucky that none of mine
"needed" this -- even though we did have our fair share of teething nights
where for days or weeks on end my dh paced the bedroom from midnight to 3
a.m. or so with a baby in his arms (ours preferred verticality when they
were teething and with my back I couldn't even share this task, hooray).

--Janet
Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96)
and Holly (4/4/01)

"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

Last night, he woke up at 1:30 again for a feeding (so I thought). He only
had a few sucks before he started playing with the nipple. (This is unlike
Andy, this kid eats anything and everything at any time.) I took the bottle
away and tried to quiet him down, it did not work. He started talking. I
took him into my room hoping that putting him to bed with mom & dad would
settle him down. It did briefly, but then he started talking and kicking
more. I ended up taking him downstairs and was down there until 2:30 when
my dh got up and took over (what a man!!) I have no idea what time he ended
up going back to sleep because when I woke up this morning, my dh had gone
to work and Andy was back in bed. I honestly wish I could give him
benedryl because we both need to sleep. :-)

On a side note, he started wheezing last night. In Feb. all 3 of them got
RSV. Andy had it the worst and ended up in the hospital overnight for
observation. With his wheezing, coughing, and runny nose, I was worried
about the RSVagain. I chocked most up to teething, but not the wheezing. I
think I'll give him a breathing treatment today if it is still bad. Any
thoughts?


"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

Last night, he woke up at 1:30 again for a feeding (so I thought). He only
had a few sucks before he started playing with the nipple. (This is unlike
Andy, this kid eats anything and everything at any time.) I took the bottle
away and tried to quiet him down, it did not work. He started talking. I
took him into my room hoping that putting him to bed with mom & dad would
settle him down. It did briefly, but then he started talking and kicking
more. I ended up taking him downstairs and was down there until 2:30 when
my dh got up and took over (what a man!!) I have no idea what time he ended
up going back to sleep because when I woke up this morning, my dh had gone
to work and Andy was back in bed. I honestly wish I could give him
benedryl because we both need to sleep. :-)

On a side note, he started wheezing last night. In Feb. all 3 of them got
RSV. Andy had it the worst and ended up in the hospital overnight for
observation. With his wheezing, coughing, and runny nose, I was worried
about the RSVagain. I chocked most up to teething, but not the wheezing. I
think I'll give him a breathing treatment today if it is still bad. Any
thoughts?


"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/

Last night, he woke up at 1:30 again for a feeding (so I thought). He only
had a few sucks before he started playing with the nipple. (This is unlike
Andy, this kid eats anything and everything at any time.) I took the bottle
away and tried to quiet him down, it did not work. He started talking. I
took him into my room hoping that putting him to bed with mom & dad would
settle him down. It did briefly, but then he started talking and kicking
more. I ended up taking him downstairs and was down there until 2:30 when
my dh got up and took over (what a man!!) I have no idea what time he ended
up going back to sleep because when I woke up this morning, my dh had gone
to work and Andy was back in bed. I honestly wish I could give him
benedryl because we both need to sleep. :-)

On a side note, he started wheezing last night. In Feb. all 3 of them got
RSV. Andy had it the worst and ended up in the hospital overnight for
observation. With his wheezing, coughing, and runny nose, I was worried
about the RSVagain. I chocked most up to teething, but not the wheezing. I
think I'll give him a breathing treatment today if it is still bad. Any
thoughts?


"The Huwe Family" wrote in message
m...
My triplets are 6 mo old already. Hard to believe. They started sleeping
through the night when they were around a month old. When they were 4 mo.
old, my mom went back home. From that moment on, they have been waking up
at different times through the night. This is not really the problem. I
knew they probably needed time to adjust. However, Andy, wakes up early
and
won't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's 5:00, sometimes it's 3:00, but
lately it's been 1-2:00 am and he's up ready to play and it takes a good
hour to get him to go back to sleep. I can't handle this on a regular
basis. Especially when the other two tend to still get up once for a
feeding. It doesn't matter what time we have put him to bed. He usually
falls asleep around 6-7 pm, but there have been times when it has been 10
pm
and he still wakes up at 4. We have tried to darken the room by covering
the window, but it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference.

The past two nights, he would make a bunch of noise, so we'd go get him to
feed him, and as soon as he is in your arms, his head hits your shoulder
and
he is snoring like a freight train. You place him back in his crib, he
starts complaining, and kicking his legs. You pick him back up, his head
hits your shoulder and he starts to snore again. etc. etc. etc.
Personally,
when he is like this, I don't have a problem leaving him in the crib so
that
he learns that when it's dark, it's time to sleep. But he shares the room
with Ben and Elena and I don't want Andy to wake them up. We only have a
2
bedroom home, so it's not an option to put him in another room (although I
am at the point where I wish I could.)

We do believe that he is teething. Would this cause him to act this way?
--
Thanks,
Gayle
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/datriplets/