My 23-Month-old Twins Still Wake up a Lot at Night

As long as you keep getting up at night, so will the boys. Learning to sleep through the night, is a developmental skill just like walking, using a spoonor a cup, brushing their teeth and toileting. You are the parent and you are the one to set boundries, like staying in their bed at night. You don't let them hit or bite. There are many different approaches to getting to the goal of sleeping all night, but consistancy is the key to success.

My 23 month old has only been sleeping through the night for 2 months (since I stopped night nursing). But he wakes when he is actively cutting a tooth. he also is very sensitive to teething pain. His K9's have cut on top and not the bottom yet. I give him Tylenol when it is acute and homeopathic tablets or liquid during the day or when hey are not actually erupting. Cuddles and rocking helps. It won't last forever.

Hi E.,

Congratulations on your twin boys! My son is 17 mos old and he is teething too with his bicuspids and molars. Crying at night with a lot pain I assume. I would give him Motrin for infants. It really helps him sleep through the night. Hope this will help your boys as well. Good luck!!!

This is normal. My 2-year-old doesn't always sleep through the night, either--and she's had her canine teeth for months, now. We co-sleep, she usually just gets a cuddle & goes back to sleep.