Separate but Equal Cribs

It was a sad day for me; we made the decision to permanently separate the boys into their own cribs. During my visit upstate at my parent’s house, my mother would have Kieran sleep in her room, while Rowan slept in the room with me. It was easier to divide up the night feedings and not have my mother travel to my room every time she heard a whimper. Low and behold Kieran slept from 7pm till 4 am. My mother claims she didn’t hear a peep out of him. Rowan on the other hand would wake up and grunt from midnight till 2 am. He was looking for Kieran to grunt back at him, their nightly ritual. By 2 am he had had enough and would begin to cry. With this new info Patrick and I reluctantly decided to separate them, and see how they slept. Kieran still sleeps through till 4 am (which is a blessing) and Rowan wakes up at midnight to grunt a little at which time Kieran will grunt back. Rowan then wakes at 2 am to eat, but hey that is a lot better than both of them waking every 2-3 hours. I would have such anxiety about tandem feeding in the wee hours of the morning.

We also realized that the boys love the mobile from the pack and play. It keeps them laughing and cooing for a good period of time. since the crib separation, we needed two mobiles, thank god my mother in law was so nice to give us the one from her pack and play. Now we can run both at the same time, with only one playing the music making both babies happy:)