Best Cribs for Twins Triplets and More"Do twins, triplets or quads sleep in the same crib? Or do they need separate cribs?" This is one of the first questions parents ask when they see two or more babies on the ultrasound. Surprises like multiple births are why many parents don’t get into a big rush to buy baby furniture. If you already have your nursery furnished and the baby’s bed is already in a place of honor, there may be no reason to change the room around or add another bed just yet.Visitors Shopping for Twins Also Enjoyed these Pages: Baby Twin Nursery Themes Twin Nursery Ideas with Pictures Twin Baby Shower Invitations Once you think about it, twins having been sleeping in much closer quarters for nine months, so what’s the rush in dividing them up into separate beds? There will be quite a bit of wasted space in a full size baby bed for the first two months, so would you really be hurting anything by allowing the twins to sleep in the same bed?  SEE MORE HERE  THE BENEFITS OF CO-BEDDING TWINS Co-sleeping with their parents seems to help many infants sleep better and some experts say that twins sleep better when co-bedding as well. There are have been studies of preemie twins and triplets that indicate that keeping them together in one rather than separating them into two or three cribs improved their vital signs and enabled them to go home with their parents sooner. THE BENEFITS TO PARENTS OF CO-BEDDING MULTIPLES Tired parents need all the help they can get with getting more sleep and when babies sleep better, parents reap the benefits. You might think that twins would sleep better in separate bed and maybe separate nurseries, but that is not the case. The sleeping infants don’t seem to wake each other if one begins to cry. WILL THEY BE CROWDED? If you are lucky enough to have a friend that's a carpenter, ask him if he might make a custom over-size bed for your babies. You may even be able to find crib woodworking plans to make a bed large enough for quads or edit the blueprints to accomodate multiples. HOW TO KEEP THEM FROM BUMPING EACH OTHER WHAT IF ONE OF THE BABIES GETS SICK? HOW LONG WILL MY TWINS OR TRIPLETS SLEEP IN THE SAME CRIB? Please make plans to visit us again to find more twin baby nursery ideas,nursery themes,baby gear and the latest news on cribs and strollers for multiples.
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