Moms of twins/multiples..

Or to anyone else that could help:

I'm babysitting a 3 year old, who is 5 days younger than DD#1, and his brother, a 7 month old who is a day older than DD#2.

The 7 month old's nap times overlap. How do I get them to sleep without waking each other? They both get extremely fussy and refuse to take their bottle, so I'm having to rock them while they cry.
And how can I keep two very loud 3 year old's quiet while the babies sleep?

TIA.

I'd love to know the last part lol, my 5yr old is SO loud when her little sister is sleeping....that's why I look forward to school every day.  

No advise here, just a big ol' Good Luck! I have tried the babysitting thing in the past. I had a baby that was 6 months younger than my son. He was 8 weeks when I started watching him. I had my 3 year old and almost 1 year old and it was impossible to get naps done unless they all napped at the same time. So we worked on everyone on the same nap schedule.

Try and get them on the same schedule. My house is two stories so if one is sleeping and one is awake I just put them on different floors.

Quoting ♥Mama Constantine:" Or to anyone else that could help: I'm babysitting a 3 year old, who is 5 days younger than DD#1, and ... [snip!] ... so I'm having to rock them while they cry. And how can I keep two very loud 3 year old's quiet while the babies sleep? TIA."

That's brutal when they do that, but the one thing I learned when I had my twins is that sometimes there's going to be one crying while you calm the other one. It totally sucks, but it's just how it goes. There's not much you can do when they both start wailing. I used to lay DD and DS down side by side, make sure they're changed and such, and then begin to try and feed them.

Another life saver for me were baby wraps...My bestie (Because I could hold them both at the same time, and if it was just them both being needy, it would calm them down)

In this case, unless you have a twin wrap (Which I'm guessing you don't) You may just have to put one down and let them cry while you take care of the other one. (One of the reasons twins are such good self soothers is because they get used to Mom not always having time to hold them both) That's going to be tough, since they're not twins and are used to getting the attention they want. Your other option is to go lie down on a bed with both of them, and try and settle them down that way. Which may work, but then becomes a pain to move them to their seperate sleeping areas.

As for the three year olds, all I can say is that while you're calming the babes down, a TV is a lifesaver.

put a movie on for the 3 yr olds. Wear (like in a wrap or carrier) one of the 7m old while you put the other to sleep.

Quoting dream:" put a movie on for the 3 yr olds. Wear (like in a wrap or carrier) one of the 7m old while you put the other to sleep."

I don't have a wrap, and the 3 year old's have a movie on, and won't stay still for anything.
But DH will be home soon to help!

Quoting ♥Mama Constantine:" I don't have a wrap, and the 3 year old's have a movie on, and won't stay still for anything. But DH will be home soon to help! "

Is it warm where you live? Is your yard fenced in, and visible from where you're putting the kids down? Cause that's where I'd send them!

Quoting Blue Song:" Is it warm where you live? Is your yard fenced in, and visible from where you're putting the kids down? Cause that's where I'd send them!"

I live in an apartment. No yard at all or I would have sent them already.

Quoting ♥Mama Constantine:" I live in an apartment. No yard at all or I would have sent them already. "

Oh man, that's totally brutal!

Let me know how it goes for you!