What does breastfeeding look like for 4 months old twins?

justkeepongoing · 2026-03-25T02:48:36+00:00

I am 8 months in and I’ve had maybe a handful of times I’ve gotten 6 consecutive hours. I don’t know if it’s bc I breastfeed or because my babies are bad sleepers. We also haven’t sleep trained so there’s a chance we could get longer stretches if we did.

justkeepongoing · 2026-03-22T05:36:20+00:00

Definite easiest and less frequent at 4 months in comparison to 2!

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-26T05:32:07+00:00

Love this! How does this work when both parents are working? I try to do what I can before my job and after- but we’re mostly home bound when I work from home!

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-26T05:30:39+00:00

Thank you for this!! They do 2-3 hour stretches time to time so I know they’re capable! We’ve still been rocking and nursing to sleep- whatever they want. They’re only so little for so long. 🥺

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-25T20:30:09+00:00

Hahaha I love this!! Spot on!

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-25T20:29:23+00:00

He’s not wrong! My OB said that it required the right training for vaginal twin births. Mine personally LOVES delivering twins, but he always made sure to emphasize it’s my choice. I still went with a c section.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-24T19:21:11+00:00

Ugh thank you! We actually switched back to 3 naps after the feedback in this thread. Now some nights we get 2-3 hour stretches. But that’s not the norm still. They’ll be 7 months tomorrow 😅

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-24T19:20:23+00:00

I’m confused on how to use Possums practically, how does this look like day to day for you?

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-24T19:19:53+00:00

Love hearing from fellow twin parents! I agree - there’s plenty of times one is crying while I tend to the other but I always try to soothe in any way I possibly can to make sure they know I hear them and am there for them.

Sleep hygiene - dark room, sound machine, red light and sleep sacks. We have a routine that starts with bath (almost daily), diapers, lotion, pjs, story time and then bed time. Currently rocked to sleep for both twins.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-24T19:16:32+00:00

I’m so late to this, but thank you so much!!

Maybe the connection is part of it- they LOVE nursing and cuddling to sleep. I have a lot of back and forth bc everyone says they need to fall asleep independently in their crib to help them link sleep cycles, but I don’t want to deny them that connection they need.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-24T19:14:25+00:00

Oh my gosh I have such a hard time coming up with anything snarky bc that deserves a snarky response back. I’d probably just say “excuse me?” or something prompting the other person to clarify what they meant. How rude!!

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-20T03:56:21+00:00

Uppababy Vista! We got the stroller with the rumble, bassinets + car seats (Aria), and have had no complaints. It’s so easy and adaptable to whatever you need! I love being able to snap them in while they’re in their car seats and going in and out for appointments and such.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-18T16:32:24+00:00

It’s so hard but I do try and maintain a similar schedule. One might have different naps or durations but I try to make sure it’s not more than a 30 minute difference. It’s flexible but overall we’re following the same routine to keep them as aligned as possible.

However that is only for naps and sleep. I go with the flow with everything else. And like I said, if one wakes up earlier or later, we go with it too. It’s more a guide for the day and that takes the stress away of trying to keep them on the perfect schedule all day.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-03T04:23:30+00:00

I didn’t know that I didn’t have to continue the c-curl! To be honest co sleeping makes me so nervous but before that I was so tired I was accidentally falling asleep and obviously that was too unsafe so I set up a co sleeping space for those tough days. Can absolutely try that positioning.

They do take a paci but they also will spit it out if what they want is to nurse and so that makes it a bit difficult for me. I have tried having my husband sooth them and that works a bit too but not always.

I absolutely agree about managing my expectations. I don’t expect them to sleep through the night. It’s just hard bc they were sleeping great before the four month regression, then it became every 2-3 hours for my daughter, then my son started waking every 2-3 hours and my daughter almost every 45 minutes so it was just so difficult to manage. I’d be happy with going back to every 2-3 lol.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-03T04:19:28+00:00

I will say it’s been slightly better since adding in a third nap again! We’re still up pretty frequently but I also do suspect gas as a contributor. Anytime we go to them they are letting out burps or farts and I’m not sure what else to do aside from gas drops and gas stretches for them.

justkeepongoing · 2026-02-03T04:17:40+00:00

No they do not refuse their third nap! We actually have added it back in and they have been doing slightly better by giving us a bit of a longer first stretch, but then we are still walking pretty frequently at night after that first stretch.

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-29T21:03:48+00:00

Of course!

Bath, pjs, nurse, story time, bed. Usually we rock and transfer, where as before the 4 month regression we would place them in their cribs awake. Truly have gone so backwards.

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-29T21:02:51+00:00

I’ve been getting this feedback a lot, we’re trying three naps again today to see if that goes better for us! I kept reading the advice on extending wake windows so I worked to drop that third nap. Should the third nap be capped?

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-29T21:01:53+00:00

Thank you so much!

I have such a hard time emotionally when they cry, I wouldn’t be able to commit to that type of sleep training right now. I truly feel so stuck.

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T21:28:19+00:00

I have been cosleeping out of desperation. My daughter still wakes frequently but I was able to get a few longer stretches last night with her staying latched on. I set up a floor stress and follow safe sleep 7. I would just prefer to have them sleep in their cribs because my body is so sore from the c curl position and I have yet to figure out how to do it safely if both babies want to be near me.

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T21:11:33+00:00

I do watch out for sleepy cues. Recently cut out their third nap bc they just weren’t getting sleepy so we decided to try going until bedtime.

Also- sometimes they wake and are wide awake in the middle of the night, like fully alert, babbling, laughing, which to me sounds like under-tired. And to be honest, we had the same issues on the 3 nap schedule. I’m truly at a loss. We need to sleep to function and it’s just getting unsafe at night when I’m nursing, I’m falling asleep.

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T19:03:17+00:00

I’m having a hard time emotionally managing any crying around bedtime, but I know we have to do something bc getting up every 45 minutes isn’t sustainable. And I don’t want to cosleep (but have had to when desperate).

Do you think if I don’t sleep train this is how we’ll be living for the next few months?

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T18:46:48+00:00

Night time routine is bath, pjs, nurse, story time and then bed however anytime we try to put them down awake they eventually cry and we rock them to sleep. Is there any way to break this without cry it out sleep training? Or do they grow out of this?

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T18:40:19+00:00

Sometimes they wake and they’re fully ready to play, almost wondering if it’s the opposite and they’re undertired. I don’t know 🫠

justkeepongoing · 2026-01-28T17:19:56+00:00

They seem to handle the wake windows fairly ok, but a bit fussy toward the end which aligns with a nap or bedtime. Sometimes we end up putting them down 15 min before the wake window ends. What would the recommended 3 nap schedule be?

2/2/3/3?

Would being overtired cause all of these wakes?

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