The triplets mother wants to get them to sleep through the night. They were born 9/14/2003 at 4lbs, 4.1lbs and 2.8lbs. They are now just under 12 pounds and right at 9 pounds as of 12/17. She has a singleton, now 5 y/o who she was able to get to sleep through the night at 13lbs. (Farber or Ferber's suggestion?) The first night, he cried for an hour and a half with the parents going in every 5 minutes to pat him on the back and offer soothing words. The second night he only cried a half hour and the third it was just 5 - 10 minutes. Since then he has slept through the night. This is foreign to me since I had a family bed and they (twins) always slept throughout the night awakening to nurse only. She is hesitant to follow the same instructions because they are triplets. Of course, I want this to continue until their 30, since I lose my job when they sleep through the night! In addition, it would kill me to listen to them crying for so long. I pick them up after a few seconds when they don't settle. Quite often they need more burping.

Any suggestions would be welcome. (They were born @ 32 1/2 weeks, bottle fed with breast milk and formula until a few weeks ago.) Also, they are up to about 190 cc's of formula. The little one, about 150 cc.

MIne started sleeping through the night at 6 mths. Dr did not advise sleeping throught the night without a feeding until they weighed 12 lbs. Sounds like she is doing the babywise sleep training. Lots of parents on this board have used it. We rocked our babies until they were 15 mths and too heavy to tock, then started putting them to bed awake. It took abaout a month for them to get the hang of it. In my opinion the 9 lber needs a night bottle to make it through...

Jennifer, SAHM to ggg

I remember hearing that once they reach 10lbs they are capable of sleeping through the night. What worked for me was the Babywise book. I highly advise reading it and putting it into motion. You can buy the book at www.barnesandnoble.com also i've seen several of them for sale on ebay. My kiddos were born at 32 weeks and started sleeping through the night at 12 weeks. Life gets sooo much better once they sleep through the night, i realize you might be out of a job but oh, how much better for mama . Anyway, very nice of you to post this... you seem like a great nanny!!!

Beth
Dylan-8
Tommy,Karli,Abby- 10/14/02 32w 2d

Beth
Dylan-12
Tommy,Karli,Abby- 5yrs. 32w 2d

Thanks so much for the information. We will definitely check out Baby Wise. Also, thanks for the compliment. I really enjoy it. Mom's going to keep me around for a while even after they get through the night I found out to my surprise. Lucky for me!

Alexis

Mine slept throught the night when they were about 8 1/2 pounds. Two were at 3 months and the other at 4 1/2 months. It took about 3 nights to train them. We started by letting them cry it out for 30 min. before we would feed them, and we would only feed if it was a hard cry-not just fuzzing. Eventually they got it and now sleep 10 hours and they rarely wake up during the night.

I am a HuGE fan of BABYWISE book. My kids were sleeping 10 hoursthrough the night at 12 weeks,and 12 hours through the night at six months! It is a MUST read for all moms, not just triplets! Good Luck!



Karen,Paul
Ethan,Dylan,& Parker
3/24/03
33weeks, 4 days

Karen - blessed wife to Paul,
Proud mom to spontaneous boys
3/24/03
God is soooo good!

hi night nanny- mine were 09/02 babies and i wanted them to be sleeping throught the night by christmas too but it did not happen. it took until about feb. one suggestion- i did a dream feed with mine at about 1030 or 11 pm. that seemed to help them sleep through better. i did read babywise and the baby whisperer - i tried to be a good babywise mom and was mostly successful but not quite as militant as the book suggests which is why i liked the baby whisperer book better. same idea but a gentler approach. i think the premie status of the babies should change your expectations of whent hey should start sleeping through the night. mine were 36 week babies. and most of babywise only addresses full term singletons. i think mine finally started sleeping through when i was too exhausted to getup at night. hummm. good luck terri

terri
mom to ian,wes,amelia (09/02)
leslie 12 years
micaela 9 years