terrydoo73
08-06-2010, 10:53 AM
I have twin boys 3 days a week 10 hours each day (8 - 6). They usually go down for a sleep with me about midday but the most I get out of them is 1 hour. They do not eat very well when with me and I rarely take them out to toddler groups etc (not just because of routine of sleeping but also very boisterous).
However this week I decided to change things slightly. Today I have been out to toddlers and am just back. I am now going to give them their lunch of pizza and yoghurt and will put them down to sleep around 1. I am hoping they might sleep a bit better and also I used to have to make lunch for about 2 hours every day - ie have our own along with another mindee then when the twins got up make theirs so it took around 2 hours in the kitchen between preparing, eating and clearing up!
They are dead tired at the moment and I am worried they might not eat anything. At toddlers there was cheese, toast and banana which they picked at - one piece here and then ran back to play etc.
I know from mum this is not normal routine for the other 4 days of the week - when awake in the morning mum doesn't get them up and dressed until 9 or 10 am and they are back down to sleep around 12.30 for up to 3 hours. They eat like horses at home having 2 cooked meals at lunch and evening as well as their cereal in the morning and a bottle of milk both morning and evening.
Why am I taking this attitude - my day just seems to revolve around them and I get nothing done in terms of going out and meeting others and I am constantly on my feet with cooking and clearing up.
Do you think this will work? I am planning to take them out again to a soft play area on Thursday morning too for an hour - it is only 10 mins away and they have a toddler session there. I just think at their age 2 years 2 months they need to be doing more than playing by themselves and although boisterous surely getting out amongst groups they will soon learn what is and what is not acceptable play and behaviour. I know some parents expressed concern this morning at my twins in terms of taking toys and pushing but you cannot wrap your children up in cotton wool they have to learn the real world some time!
However this week I decided to change things slightly. Today I have been out to toddlers and am just back. I am now going to give them their lunch of pizza and yoghurt and will put them down to sleep around 1. I am hoping they might sleep a bit better and also I used to have to make lunch for about 2 hours every day - ie have our own along with another mindee then when the twins got up make theirs so it took around 2 hours in the kitchen between preparing, eating and clearing up!
They are dead tired at the moment and I am worried they might not eat anything. At toddlers there was cheese, toast and banana which they picked at - one piece here and then ran back to play etc.
I know from mum this is not normal routine for the other 4 days of the week - when awake in the morning mum doesn't get them up and dressed until 9 or 10 am and they are back down to sleep around 12.30 for up to 3 hours. They eat like horses at home having 2 cooked meals at lunch and evening as well as their cereal in the morning and a bottle of milk both morning and evening.
Why am I taking this attitude - my day just seems to revolve around them and I get nothing done in terms of going out and meeting others and I am constantly on my feet with cooking and clearing up.
Do you think this will work? I am planning to take them out again to a soft play area on Thursday morning too for an hour - it is only 10 mins away and they have a toddler session there. I just think at their age 2 years 2 months they need to be doing more than playing by themselves and although boisterous surely getting out amongst groups they will soon learn what is and what is not acceptable play and behaviour. I know some parents expressed concern this morning at my twins in terms of taking toys and pushing but you cannot wrap your children up in cotton wool they have to learn the real world some time!