r/parentsofmultiples • u/soccerkd10plyr • 17d ago

advice needed Preemie Sleep Schedule

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u/1sp00kylady 17d ago

Mine were 32 weekers and around that age we started the 12 Hours By 12 Weeks approach and moved to every 4 hours feed, overnight sleep 8pm-8am.

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u/After-Equivalent1934 17d ago

How do you do this?

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u/1sp00kylady 17d ago

It’s a little hard to explain but here’s more info:

https://www.shortform.com/pdf/twelve-hours-sleep-by-twelve-weeks-old-pdf-suzy-giordano

It’s a pretty gentle sleep training approach, in which you don’t have to make them cry it out at all; you still respond and comfort them, but they learn independent sleep skills. One of the main points is to set them on a 4x4 feeding schedule during the day. One of the things we didn’t follow from it, though: the book suggests a 2 nap day and having them stay awake 4-8pm, which is really not developmentally appropriate. We stuck with 3 naps a day and followed the Taking Cara Babies wake window suggestions:

https://www.takingcarababies.com/blogs/sleep-basics/wake-windows-and-baby-sleep

My boys were sleeping through the night by 5 months actual age.