Hiatus Update 2.0
The good:
The twins are finally going to sleep on their own within about 20 minutes or less.
They go to sleep by 7 and don’t (usually) wake up until their first feeding at 10pm or later. (This is decent since their last feeding is usually at 6, but they really should be going until 11 or even midnight)
Naps are fairly consistent
They are more independent in their daytime playtime.
The not so good:
Still have to hover around to make sure naps are at least an hour long. (there’s still a tendency to wake after 30 minutes even if they are falling asleep on their own more often)
They still wake up three times a night.
Still trying to extend the first stretch of the night to 11 or midnight.
Still trying to wean them down to two feedings a night instead of three (I know at least one of these feedings is just for comfort. I just need to toughen up and make them go back to sleep without it until they just sleep through it)
Still dealing with 4-5am wakefulness. I can get them back to sleep for a bit but it’s still a struggle to keep them asleep until 6am (or later) wake up time.
Summary:
I’ve managed to find a little time here and there throughout the day to play since they can amuse themselves much better. Right after putting them to bed would seem like a good time to work on the backlog but there’s usually quite a bit of clean up to do, lol. And once that’s done I’m usually ready for bed myself! I’ve been playing a little bit of Knights and klocki. I’ll probably work on the casual and simple puzzle games like these first with the current “free time” I have. Looking for the time to redeem all the keys of the games I want so I can gauge the true extent of my backlog. Also trying to find some time to make GAs with all the keys I don’t want.
I’ll conquer my backlog yet! Keep on assassinating my friends!
Still waking up three times a night? How old are they again? I’m pretty sure ours were sleeping though the night by this time…I guess we were lucky. Not what you want to hear. I could check with my wife to see when we dropped the second nap.
They’re 7 months now. Maybe some of it’s luck. I think part of it is because I’m mostly on my own with them too. My husband has about 3 hours with us during the day on weekdays and currently they nap during part of this time since they’re still on 3 naps. Since they still don’t take the bottle very well I’m on my own with feedings overnight even on the weekend when hubby is home. When I say wakings, I mean they wake to feed. I do still get the occasional waking between feedings but those have largely disappeared (other than the early morning wakefulness)
Second nap? Do you mean the second feeding? I’m sure I can get them to two feeding since that’s where they should be at this point. It’s just that I used comfort nursing to get them back to sleep for a while so I’m a bit behind on the night weaning process. Trust me, three is an improvement from just one month ago. I have had a few nights with just two feedings so we’ll get there soon I think. I think part of it is also that I need to give them a few minutes to settle themselves down on their own when they wake at night. I’ve just been so quick to respond to their cries at night despite all the crying I endured to get them to go to bed, lol. Now that bedtime is pretty good, I think I should have the energy to “fix” the nights (that is, endure a bit more crying) so that they sleep through the night with only one or two feedings.
Thanks for the support :) Hopefully my next update will have lots of good news and a few completed games!
Following-up with some more thoughts/info via Steam chat.