Naptime Woes

It is totally time to seperate them at naptime, period. They will continue to feed off of each other and egg each other on.
Be firm in your tone, lay them down and tell them it is nap time, put one in one room in a pack and play and the other in his crib if you have to, make sure the room is keeping out the sunlight. During the day they can see each other and feed off each other and it will get worse when they discover more cool things like jumping, climbing out and so forth! Good luck.

I would try to enjoy their laughter. It is hard, because you want them to fall asleep like they used to, but as they start going through new phases, you will have to stay on your toes if you want to stay ahead of them. In this case, I think that it is totally not worth stressing yourself out asking them to go to sleep, when they fall asleep whether you keep telling them to or not. Try to enjoy the little giggles while you are going about your "nap-time chores". We all have the huge list of impossible chores, and if your boys are entertaining themselves before they fall asleep, I would count my blessings for the extra time that it gave me to get things done.

Best of luck, and if all else fails, split them into separate rooms for nap time.

Dear K.,
Enjoy the laughter...it won't be long and their voices will have changed and all you will wish you could hear is them laughing in their crib.
I will try to ask my three friends that have young twins, one with triplets too, about their solutions.
Loved your request....Mom is very funny too!
God Bless,
H. B. MOM (mother of many...one at a time-9)

How about a pack 'n play in a different room? My friend had to separate all her kids for naptime, even though they shared bedrooms at night. They just couldn't settle down. She even had one sleeping in the laundry room when there were no other rooms (with doors) available!

I would set up a crib in another room, if they are bored they will settle down, or hang a blanket across teh middle of the room. I also found tapes/cds with stories helpful since if it was someone they liked they would stop to listen to the story & calm down.

I have twin sisters and twin brothers. I actually called my mom to see hwat advice she offered. Simple, she says, put them in different rooms for naptime. At night its okay, they'll wear themselves out, but at naptime separate them. If you don't have two rooms, put up a sheet between them. They are old enough to know the other one is there, but they won't be able to see each other. Its worth a shot. Hope this helped.

Sounds normal to me. All I can say is that I utilize naptime for other things, too. When I've experienced just what you are talking about (and even the method used to continally let them know it's naptime, etc.) the world didn't end when things didn't get done. And me, well, I have had days when it's driven me crazy and days when it doesn't...I just have to remind myself of my priorities and life goes a litte better when I do that. I don't have twins, but my little girls have all done the same thing...if they don't have another child to laugh at, they laugh at the invisible man! Or whatever their little minds are doing...

good luck!
S. W. - 35, married 11 years, at-home-mom to Avery - 10, Anna - 7 and Lily - 2