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Hi All,

My wife and I are at a loose end. We have 5 month old twin boys (born 1 month premie). There have been some nights since they were 3-4 months where they would sleep 6-7 hours stretches with maybe only 1 pacifying required…….but since about 2 weeks ago, they are up nearly every hour throughout the whole night.

My wife is really discouraged (as am I) because we don't know what to do and feel like everything we try fails. They sleep ok during the day depending on the day……usually a 2 hour morning nap, 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap (usually suspect) and then the cat nap like 30-40 mins for their third nap late afternoon.

We still swaddle them (have been since birth) and don't know if that has anything to do with it. We did try Cry It Out but it went on longer than was acceptable (hours) so don't want to try that method again. We put them down sleepy but awake etc etc but nothing works. Their bedtime is around 8-8:30pm which by the sounds of this website may be too late?????

Just wondering if any parents of multiples or any sleep experts have suggestions……the biggest issue is their frequent waking without settling down, and the other issue is getting them to fall asleep easily at bedtime. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.