Hey everyone! I'm going to give you some pointers that have really helped me a lot when it has came to introducing solids to my girls and helping them sleep longer through the night. I have seen a lot of moms not introducing there twins to solids till about 8 to 9 months of age because they do not seem interested or they do not know how to use the spoon yet. Have no fear!
When introducing solids your babies may not like the the cereal (mine constantly gagged when I would try to give it to them) so try something else. I tried something sweet my first time like a fruit, (I used bananas) then use a syringe (like you would use for medication) fill it all the way up and slowly squirt it into there mouth. I usually put about 0.5 ml in there mouth at a time. I did this for about two months, during this time they were able to learn mechanically how to get them food to the back of there mouth without the irritation of having to figure out the spoon. This REALLY helped with introducing foods and they really loved the variety of foods they were able to try. At about 4 months they did there sleep regression and wanted to completely change the sleep routine that I had going for them so I will share with you my new schedule (I use schedule lightly because lets be honest babies have there own schedule lol) has been that has helped them sleep between 6 to 8 hours.
Let's start with bedtime. Bedtime for my girls starts at between 7:30pm to 8:00pm. This is when we start bath time, get changed into night time diapers and put on new pj's for the night. Then after all that is done we feed them a solid (don't be afraid to experiment moms and dads, there is no manual for children and you know you child best. I am currently using Gerber stage 2 foods and they just turned 6 months. They like these better because of the mixture of foods in them. There current favorites are Vanilla Custard Pudding with Bananas and Apple Berry with Mixed Cereal. They eat about 2 ozs each of solid food) after feeding them the solid we top it off with a bottle ( I usually give them about 2 ozs and then if they want more I give them about 2 ozs more). Then I lay them down and put there binki's in and have white noise going on in the background. Sometimes they go right to sleep sometimes they don't. Sometimes my husband and I have to pat there butts for a little while to get them to go to sleep. It is usually about 9pm to 9:30pm after all of this. If you are wanting an earlier bedtime you can always do that also. They usually switch off on who wakes up first but one will always wake up at about 2am or 3am and the other will wake up about two hours after that just wanting a little bit more food. This sometimes changes depending on how much food they eat throughout the day, this is very important, always make sure they get enough to eat through out the day. Breakfast is usually at about 9am or 9:30am, I feed them a solid again just like I do at bedtime and then finish off with a bottle. Then I feed them bottles through out the day usually every 3 to 4 hours. I hear a lot of parents say 'keep the baby up all day long' I let them take about 2 to 3 naps throughout the day (they usually only sleep for about an hour anyways) and then give them plenty of play time with mommy and daddy, toys or there education show on Roku. This is just my feeding and sleep schedule.
Remember every child is different. What may work for one child may not work for another so feel free to play around and modify to make your own schedule.
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