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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My twins are 3 months old (2 months adjusted) and until this week they’ve been going to bed at 8:30pm or so (whole bath routine, bottle, etc) and sleeping until 2:30AM-ish and then again until 6:30AM-ish. We are trying to move that first 6 hour window a bit so that my husband and I can sleep the 6 hour stretch overnight, so we are trying to give them a bottle at 11pm and then have them go until like 4 or 5AM. My question is whether the bedtime routine of a bath and a story etc should happen at 11PM or if we should do it at closer to 7PM and a dream feed at 11PM? We tried that exact thing the last two nights and they were both still up at 3AM to eat, so it seems like we are just interrupting their big stretch for the dream feed and not getting anywhere but that seems like what is advised based on what I’m reading.. so should we stick with it and see if the 3AM starts pushing later, or just bump the whole bedtime routine to 11PM? I’m exhausted and frustrated so any guidance is appreciated re what worked for you!! [/quote]

Stick with the dream feed at 11pm, keep the bedtime routine earlier in the evening, and give it some time to even out. Two nights is nothing.

Also - make sure that you're feeding at least every three hours from 8am-8pm. [/quote]

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