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• monNom1

  My two bits of advice for any new dad's, but especially dad's of multiples: SLEEP TRAINING

  We got our girls on the sleep training routine at about 2months old, and after about three nights, they were sleeping 12hrs through the night. Every night. It's been over a year. They never wake up!

  We used the babywise system, as that was what was recommended to us. Dunno if there are others but the basic idea is don't let baby oversleep during the day, and cram them full of food so they don't wake-up hungry in the middle of the night.

  Second bit of advice: when people offer to help, get them to make you a meal that you can freeze and heat up easily. Lack of sleep and proper nutrition are the biggest factors in how you're going to handle the extra stress. Good meals ready to eat makes things go just that much smoother.

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  • Funny for me that you post this now. I was 'discussing' this with my partner at 3am this morning, as we've had a few days problem getting lil'un to sleepNairn
  • Lil'un's 6 months and for 3 months had been fine.. just these last few days've not been good. I think we need to be firmer getting her to bed earlier.Nairn
  • At 6 months things start happening. She could be waking up because of teething or more active dreaming. Or growth spurt fluctuations.monospaced
  • You can also look into the “dream feed,” which worked wonders for us starting at about 5 months.monospaced

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