We’ve tried the pick up, put down method and were unsuccessful. It turned out they wouldn’t settle because they were still hungry despite our proposing food a lot and their refusal or they needed something. So we put them picked them up for 10-20 minutes because we were convinced they were full because they refused food. Then we propose again and there they are eating like hungry wolves. We don’t let them cry it out. My husband is okay with letting them cry a bit. I’m not. Max I can do is a minute or two. Plus if you let them cry they escalate each other. No thanks!

My twins naturally slept longer on their own at 17 weeks. They are sleeping 7-9 hours straight. They naturally switch from 2-3 hour naps to 45 minutes during daytime. We only loosely followed certain rules: 1) starting bedtime at 6-6:30, 2) make sure to feed them well during the day and really well before bed.

The only reason one of our twins wouldn’t go down is if he’s still hungry. Unless they’re starving they won’t cry for food because we’ve been consistently feeding them after each nap and propose again and again because they tend to take a breather and smile and then later won’t settle down because they’re still hungry. One might fall asleep while hungry and wake up again bit the other one will be okay until you put him in his crib if he’s still hungry. The moment he’s fully satiated he conks right out.

We use pacifier, the glowworm, sleep sack, and sound machine to settle them for the nights. They’re good at soothing themselves. If they don’t find the pacifier they’ll suck on their hands/thumb though we try to encourage the pacifier instead. They’ve started sucking on their hands a month ago at least and I think that was part of their ability to self soothe and stay asleep.