HELP!!! NEED SLEEP AND BABIES DON'T SLEEP.?

What are you doing wrong? Really? Your IGNORING THIER NEEDS! you "tell them good-night and lay back down"!!?!?! Really???? How about feeding them or taking care of them! You just let them scream until you "can't stand it"?????? You are a HORRIBLE mother!!!!

Edit:

I was starting to wonder if you where a troll so I checked out your questions and answers. Sadly, I dont think your a troll..... Just a very very bad mom..... You got knocked up TWICE while a teen, and for some strange reason continue to reproduce even tho you don't have the means or will to care for them properly....

You think it's perfectly fine and your Right to sleep during the day and leave your 4 young children completely unattended, 2 of them being only 8 months old, because "your tired"! News flash that's how babies DIE! Apparently your kids are always sick and cry constantly.... And you go around ignorantly telling other moms that its OK to ignore their babies crys for help! It NOT OK!!!!

I know you obviously don't care about all the damage CIO does, so I won't waste my time... Just suffice it to say you are giving your kids brain damage!

You let your poor children cry out for you and then work hard to teach them that you don't care about them and you won't be there for them... If you dont want to be a mom then maybe you should give your kids to someone who does! Please for the love of all that is Holy GET YOUR DAMNN TUBES TIED!!!

I know you think I'm being mean but I'm not. It's just honesty. Please shape up and be a better mom.

Just wanted to be clear - you say "they get up every night at 4 am and want to sleep" - is that a typo? because it sounds like they don't want to sleep. If that's the case then, first - I feel for you. Having sleepless TWINS is really a handful. But waking at 4 am is not okay, it's just too early. Are you laying down in the same room with them? I'm afraid this might be a case where good old sleep-training is in order. For them to learn that 4 am is not wake-up time they can't get any food or attention that will tell them otherwise. You should get yourself some ear plugs and let them cry it out. Try reading a sleep-training book for more details and visit The Sleep Lady's website. There are millions of parents out there also struggling with sleep issues - and it can really bring you to your wit's end. Good luck!

My son is 10 &1/2 months and was almost sleeping through the night till he became active and then we found he was constantly waking hungry, if you haven't offered them a feed at 4am then they may need it as it quite common for infants to still need a feed through the night till pass 12 months.

You could try giving them a dream feed at 10-11pm when you go to bed which means you don't wake them they just have to stir enough to accept a bottle this extra feed may see them through till 6-7am.

My 10 month old has dinner at 5-5.30pm, bath, quite play, story and a bottle at about 7.30pm and then bed. He then has a dream feed at 10.30pm when we go to bed and a bottle at 5am, if he doesn't get his 5am bottle he decides he's up for the day luckily he doesn't tend to scream but he share a room with my 2 yr old and will climb out of his cot(crib) and wake his brother so I have 2 up at 5am and we tend to have a very cranky day.

If he gets his 5am feed he tend to sleep till 7- 8 am and I would much rather spend 15 minutes giving him a bottle and being able to go back to bed than dealing with an upset or awake baby. He also doesn't wake ever morning for it now so we are hoping over the next couple of months he will grow out of his morning bottle.

My daughter did the same thing around this age. She suddenly started waking up in middle of night and hated bedtime. I ended up changing get sleep schedule. I put her down for a nap at 2pm...and she stays up til bedtime (around 9pm). I also will give her a little bit of warm oatmeal before bed if it's been a couple hours since she last ate. the first night I let her cry for about an hour..by day 3 she was going to sleep without any fuss. When she is sick n fussy, ill take her out of crib n sit with her in a chair (in her bedroom...lights still off) Ill pull out a book n read it, then put her back in her crib. good luck.

HI. I am only 13 but i have done TONS of babysitting. I have taken care of a 7 month old baby at night. and i wont lie it was tough for me but i have many tips and things that i use. Your twins are older but i do have tips!

1. brib them. Say that if they go to sleep and stay in bed then they will be able to play outside, do arts and crafts, ect. if they dont tell them that they dont get it unless they hurry and go to sleep. Just dont brib them all time. soon they should be knowing that mommy wants them to go to bed and that if the be good then they might get to do something fun.

2. i also think that maybe they should eat earlier. This way their food can be diegest before bed. I have read in a medical book that you should NOT go to bed after a meal. If this isnt the case then read on.

3. When ever it is close to bedtime, have them sit on the couch or floor and let them watch their favorite show or movie. Every kid that i had to put to bed, it worked. sometimes they fell asleep on the couch! lol

4. During the day let them be very active. This is wearing away some of this energy that they have. Whenever it is bedtime they should be tuckered out and want to go to sleep.

and lastly

5. if all else fails, read them a bedtime story.

Hope this helps! sorry if it doesnt! tell me if it worked a little. i might have more tips by then! thanks!

Do you feed them when they wake? You don't mention if you do or not... If you don't then that could be what they're waking for.

let them cry, they will eventually understand that it's time to sleep.