Sleep
Thanks for the input/tips I received about the schedules/sleeping! I always love to hear what works for other mamas!
What I decided to do was cut back to 2 naps a day. Here is what my schedule looks like lately. And this is what I aspire to, because it sure doesn't work like clockwork every day!!
twins wake up 6-6:30am, bottle
solids 7:30-8am
nap go down between 9-9:30am.
up 10-10:30, bottle
solids noonish
nap go down 1:30-2.
up 2:30-3-ish, bottle
solids 4:30ish
baths, books, bottle 5:45
bed 6:15pm, usually asleep by 6:30
We've just started transitioning to 4 bottles a day versus 5. So I now give them 4 (7oz.) bottles a day. They are not used to going that long between bottles so some days I have to give them their bottle before their second nap. And I just started adding an extra serving of solids. We'll see if it's too much.
So many people are surprised by how early we put them to bed, but we followed their lead early on and they were always ready to go to bed early. My husband gets home from work at 5pm. So we spend some family time together, put them down, and then have a nice quiet dinner together. It's actually pretty nice. Gives me some ME time in the evenings which I desperately need.
Bryce is now teething, so he's been uncharacteristically waking up sometimes a couple times in the night wanting to be soothed. I'm guessing this teething thing is probably going to throw a monkey wrench into our schedule pretty soon. Just when you get it figured out, right?! ;-)