Aw thank you for sharing that! I know it's hard because times when the most is happening is usually when people want to see more! Glad I can help you in some way!

Sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot my password. I would love any assistance you can offer me

Lori Haley yes it is!!

Tiffany Mastro 👏🏻👏🏻

L. Q oh yay that makes me so happy!!

Thank you so much!!

Sarah Crawford yes everyone is SO different, there is no one size fits all!!

Lydia Kessler so glad to hear!

K thanks so much!!

K just wait until you get to the end clips 😂

Isis Pierce so glad!!

of course!

Olga Dovgal Sarah Ockwell Smith has a much more logical approach to sleep training.

tried to get it out soon!

Thanx soooo much! I learned a lot from it and I love your videos!

Brittany Kenedy yes yes!

neema Naomi ya some babies definitely don’t need it!!

I never knew that lol thank you. Am always learning new things from you😬😘

I am SO glad!

amazing!

Robyn we did the same at 4 months but it just didn’t last and none of us were sleeping! Thank you for your comment! 💗

👏🏻👏🏻

Jennifer Ingram wishing you the best of luck!!

@@kendraatkins thank you 🙌❤ xx

Michaela Follin yes I feel you!!

Hey! my little girl is almost 4 months old and when she was 6 weeks old and even before that we also had to hold her and rock her to sleep all the time and then she would also wake up the minute you put her in bed. So then i thought.. something is not adding up here and i went on the internet because i had a gut feeling we needed to do something different. That's when i found an info article from a hospital and they explained that you have to put your baby to bed awake so that they can self soothe and learn themselves to fall asleep. ever since we started doing this (by 6 weeks) she's slept through the night from 9.30 pm till 7.30 am :) Now we're starting to change her schedule a little bit because we've noticed she needs a little more sleep at night (because we need to wake her in the morning) but it's a work in progress ;) (sorry for the long story, wanted to share with you)

best of luck! I filmed an update too so make sure to watch!

Sooooo WOW! Can’t believe I was so scared! Did the bedtime routine, kissed him good night and left the room. He made some noise and fussed a little bit for about 15 minutes and fell asleep.I never had to go back in. He woke up every hour or two as normal, however, he would let out a few noises, never out right crying and then within 5 minutes fell asleep. He still needed a night feed so when he woke at his normal 11pm I went in and fed him and layer him down still awake. He grabbed his lovie turned over and fell right right asleep. I won’t get too optimistic seeing how only the first night. He does seem much better rested this morning!

Philippa Pay thank you for sharing!

Heather Grace ya Owen’s not catching on as quick as the girls did!

Brooklyn Bain isn’t it crazy?! 😭

Eyeballssally well WE are twins! 😊

Kendra Atkins 💓 I’ve been through both my pregnancies with you - you are my inspiration!

I used that too! They have a twin edition!

you are correct!!!! :)) I couldn't find it!

@@kendraatkins Sweet! It’s 40% off,so Merry Christmas to me🎄

Julia Bauserman I did the leave and check method

The Raven's Nest from researching my this topic a lot.... every single baby is different and sometimes sleep needs are the same as other babies but sometimes not so much... so for example, your first two babies clearly had personalities where they were going to sleep well and independently with not much problem. But with other babies, they just will *not* be developmentally ready to soothe themselves and sleep independently no matter how hard you try. You just gotta remind yourself that this baby is different and that babies are normally not developmentally ready to soothe themselves because from the ages 0-2 years old, this phase is all about “trust vs distrust” your caregivers. If you don’t help them when they need you at night, and you let them cry it out, they are slowly learning that they can’t trust you to be there for them in that time of need. Imagine if your loved ones ignored you when you pleaded for them to just *be there for you*... this is why babies cry at night. They need you to show them you will simply be there for them, and that they can trust you! As they get older and older, they will sleep for longer and longer stretches - this phase is all about patience as well for the parents who, remember, are the ones who decided to bring a completely dependent human into the world! They don’t just depend on us for food and diaper changes. They depend on us for ATTENTION aka playing with them often, being present with them, giving them affection, as well as for sleep needs! So just wanted to share what I have learned so far as a mother of breastfed twin girls...with you as food for thought.

Jamie our girls just started that a few months ago! We just have to bring them back in their beds and say it’s not morning time yet.

misshaleyxox yay!

Abbey Johnston I think at 3 months. He was in our bed a lot though around 4 months

Kendra Atkins thank you!!

anna neustaeter ya it’s crazy how different every baby is!

Ya it's a whole process that I follow from sleep sense! DM me if you want specifics! @withkendra

Dalai Mami oh my gosh how crazy!

He is usually up around 6:30. And then for wake times I keep him up for 2 hours.

Dee Aquino ah yes that is so hard!! The only thing I can think is to put a sound Machine by the older child so they wouldn’t hear as much!

never mind i see where you say it!!

S R I would repeat the process!

Life With Jess thats how our old house was! Get a sound machine!

Hunter Wyatt don’t pick up! Sometimes going in backfires.

hi! type in kendra atkins sleep into google and it all comes up!

Jessica Rodriguez keep at it! It took the girls longer. Read the program if you need more guidance! They have basically a guarantee it will work

ya you can totally change how you do it to work with both you and your baby. it's really because we CARE about our babies and want the absolute best for them... for their well-being and their health!

Kayla Dow I keep him up 2 hrs at a time. So it varies day by day. Usually he naps 2 hours after he’s up so around 8:00, then whenever he wakes I wait two more hours for next nap and so on.

Kendra Atkins do you limit the length of these nap at all?

Kendra Atkins Thanks! That’s about where we’re at too.

I just don't sleep in general when sleep training because I'm awaking listening to them and looking at my clock to time each time they wake up so it probably wouldn't change much! But if they can see you that would make it really hard.

sound machine!!!!

Sorry, I re read my question. I meant what did you do with your girls while you slept trained Owen. How did you keep them occupied while you slept trained him for nap times. Especially moving from a one story house to a two story house. That’s my current situation. We live in a two story house & I try to have my little one nap upstairs but idk what to do with my 2 year old down stairs to keep her occupied for a little bit.

Clarice Bishop three-four naps a day. I put him down every two hours. Your baby may be over tired during the day.

So if he naps from 8-9, I wait and put him down around 11:00

Have you tried sleep training? It may be really good for her. It will probably be harder on you than her, I'm sure after a few days she will adjust and start getting great rest. Give it a try!

@@kendraatkins I've tried really hard and she hasn't shown any progress.

Hey, Great Comment! I have a friend who struggled with her baby sleeping through the night and a lot of it has to do with helping your child become a self-calmer. I came across this free book which I’m happy to share with you for free. Just send me an email now to thejillykane @ gmail. com (minus the spaces). Just tell me to send you the free book and I’ll have it sent to you asap.

Isis Pierce they recommend in their own bed. Owen was ending up in our bed a lot too because it was so much easier. I think he was starting to get used to our bed!

Okay thank you so much!! 💞 I’m going to try transitioning him to his own bed and see how that goes hopefully all goes good .

Kaitlyn Jones usually it wasn’t a problem. In a book on twins I read it talks about how twins get so used to each other that they don’t wake each other up much!

Kendra Atkins I don’t think that’s the case with my own. My girls cry is so high pitched that it usually startles her brother and his cry is so loud that almost every time he cries she wakes up. It’s easy when they both start out and are crying together but if one wakes up and cries and I don’t get them right away the other one will too. I’m not really sure how to manage it.

My girls are like your twins! Their screams are very high-pitched, and what’s interesting is during the newborn phase, they didn’t wake each other every time they cried. But as they got more aware and older and were not newborns anymore, they ALWAYS wake each other. But you don’t have to sleep train them. My twin girls are almost 15 months old, I exclusively breastfed them for about 7 months, and my husband + I have been bed-sharing with them since they were around 2 months old. They are still breastfeeding and stirring multiple times a night to comfort nurse but they actually most of the time alternate between who wants to nurse so I do get a break and I do get good sleep between them - babies don’t wake up often for no reason, and most breastfed babies and non-breastfed babies are not developmentally ready to sleep on their own with zero help getting there nor are they developmentally ready to sleep for longer than about 5-6 hours at a time, even when they are toddlers. They need our reassurance to help them get good sleep - this phase from 0-2 years of age is all about “trust or don’t trust” the people who care for you. Think about it like this: when you *consistently* don’t go to your baby when they cry, you’re essentially telling them they shouldn’t trust you to care for them when they need you for ANYTHING - whether that’s food, diaper change, comfort, help getting back to sleep, etc. Imagine when you’re upset, even if that is in the middle of the night - if your loved one doesn’t want to be there for you... that hurts, right? It’s not how you would want to be treated. We don’t like being ignored and we shouldn’t have to be when we are babies and our parents are the ones who decided to make a COMPLETELY dependent human being. You should research this topic as much as you can to get all the perspectives and angles. Many psychologists and anthropologists have found that in many other cultures, they do not let their babies cry for too long before going to their aid, ever.

rosa99 You are not alone in how your heart breaks to hear your babies cry. But you don’t have to sleep train them. My twin girls are almost 15 months old, I exclusively breastfed them for about 7 months, and my husband + I have been bed-sharing with them since they were around 2 months old. They are still breastfeeding and stirring multiple times a night to comfort nurse but they actually most of the time alternate between who wants to nurse so I do get a break and I do get good sleep between them - babies don’t wake up often for no reason, and most breastfed babies and non-breastfed babies are not developmentally ready to sleep on their own with zero help getting there nor are they developmentally ready to sleep for longer than about 5-6 hours at a time, even when they are toddlers. They need our reassurance to help them get good sleep - this phase from 0-2 years of age is all about “trust or don’t trust” the people who care for you. Think about it like this: when you *consistently* don’t go to your baby when they cry, you’re essentially telling them they shouldn’t trust you to care for them when they need you for ANYTHING - whether that’s food, diaper change, comfort, help getting back to sleep, etc. Imagine when you’re upset, even if that is in the middle of the night - if your loved one doesn’t want to be there for you... that hurts, right? It’s not how you would want to be treated. We don’t like being ignored and we shouldn’t have to be when we are babies and our parents are the ones who decided to make a COMPLETELY dependent human being. You should research this topic as much as you can to get all the perspectives and angles. Many psychologists and anthropologists have found that in many other cultures, they do not let their babies cry for too long before going to their aid, ever.

I also want to add to my comment that even though most babies are not developmentally ready to sleep longer than 5-6 hours at a time - usually at night, after the newborn phase, babies will sleep a total of 10-12 hours at night, but will often need help getting back to sleep upon waking from certain sleep cycles, but usually not all sleep cycles.

chrisannel21 I did it when my daughter was 13 months and I wished I’d done it sooner!

Nope not too late!!

Kendra Atkins oh thank goodness. I’m hoping to try during Christmas break!

Kristen AR 100% agree!! Our girls have to go to sleep before 7:30, usually 7 and it’s always a much better night.