4 month old Schedule

TWINS SCHEDULE

AS OF 10/3/12

Twins 4 months old

·         6 am - change diapers, clean Presley’s ears and give Noah his Iron (.033ml), feed each baby a 4 oz bottle. Put back to bed until 9am.

·         9am -  change diapers, dress each baby for the day, feed each a 4oz bottle, play time until 10:30

·         10:30 – 11:30 – lay down for hour nap. If they will sleep a little longer let them. It will make the 12 feeding easier. I would love this nap to be 11-12 but they are usually falling asleep by 10:30. You can wake one at 11:45 change, feed and then wake the other. So you don’t have two fussy hungry babies at 12.

·         12 – change/feed time

·         12:30- 2 – play time

·         2-3 – Nap time

·         3pm – change/feed time

·         3:15ish – 4:15ish – play time

·         4:15ish – 5:15 – nap time. This nap is a huge help to me, gives me time to get organized after coming home from work and get dinner started.

·         6pm – change feed

·         6-8:30 – play time

·         8:30 – baths, pjs, clean Presley’s ears, bottle, story, bed!

The naps are scheduled around feeding times to make these times easier to deal with since you are feeding one baby while the other is sleeping. The 6pm is a little different because usually both my husband and I are home so we can both feed one baby. The 8pm is a little different because no nap before bed! But if they are getting a little fussy/tired we just start their bath a little earlier than 8:30 and give them their bottle after then lay them down for the evening.

What is “play time”?

-          This is just time frames when I would ideally like the twins to be awake. Since they are still wee little babies (plus add in their adjust age) this doesn’t always work out. So if you think they really need a nap first try to put them in their swing and let them sleep. If they are still fussy lay them down for a nap. But usually a pacifier and the swing will do the trick.

What to do with them during “awake” time?

-          Cuddle, hold, love time

-          Tummy time on play mat

-          Story/books time

-          Bumbo time –sit them in their bumbo seats they love to look around. They can usually only do 10-15 minutes at a time before they start to get fussy. I think their head gets heavy!

-          Music class– play music for them in their bumbos seats, sing, clap their hands and kick their feet. THEY LOVE THIS!!!

-          Play gym time – just lay them under the play gym

-          Floor time – let them roll around on the floor, you can also lay with them, do baby yoga… stretch their arms and legs, baby massage, they love having their feet and head rubbed.

-          High chair time – nice to put them in it when you eat. But also great (some people may not agree but when you have twins you keep your arms free and your baby happy in as many different ways as much as possible.) to incorporate more play time. Our high chair have three positions so it sits them upright but supports their head (different than the bumbo) lay toys, rattles, etc on table and show them to babies. Or have story time. They love it.

-          They can swing when they get tired of the above. As they get older I am trying to eliminate the swing time because they fall asleep. BUT THEY LOVE their swings especially the mobile. You can put them in the swing and turn on the mobile and not the swing since this will keep them stimulated but will not put them to sleep.

Note: This schedule works well. But everyday can still be different as they are little babies and some days they just aren’t having it! As parents of twins we also try to be flexible since schedules and flexibility are the keep to being happy, our sanity, and still having a life. What is NOT flexible is the feeding time they have to eat every 3 hours or we have a bad day! We are flexible with nap times as they will not always sleep for a nap or stay awake during play time. On weekends they are out and about with us and are sometimes napping in the car or stroller. We are lucky that they sleep through the night every single night! Naps are important but if they still have a good amount of awake time they still will sleep at night!

Twins pictured below are NOT my twins. Just a picture of twins sleeping peacefully.





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