Dear Kathy, Breastfeeding my twins exclusively for nine months and partially for the next several years is what steered me into this profession from mental health/counseling sixteen years ago. And I remember well the gross disorientation of those first few weeks at home with the newborn twins. I had the crib tied to my side of the bed with one side removed, so one baby slept there and the other baby was between my husband and I. We regularly "lost babies" in the bed - the babies were always there, it was mostly my orientation to the situation that got "lost". I also had tremendously vivid dreams along with many "wake-you-up-in-a-panic" nightmares. A wise LLL Leader suggested I try to nap as much as possible and to persevere for a little longer - sure enough at about three to four weeks my nightimes seemed to smooth out a bit. I still was woken up alot, but my body and mind were coping with the interruptions better. Getting more sleep by sleeping EVERY TIME the babies were asleep together was what helped me, along with the idea to not tire myself out. My objective the whole first year was to conserve energy by sleeping as much as I could and doing as little as possible. Most mothers of twins need to hear this message repeatedly during that first year. A funny story about babies loose in the family bed. One night the four of us (two one month old babies, my husband and I) were all soundly sleeping when my husband suddenly shoots bolt upright in the bed wide awake and screaming. As I rolled over to see what could possibly be the matter (I was tolerant of the babies'waking me, but not of this grown man in our bed!!), I saw this small body dangling from his stomach - my daughter had FIRMLY attached herself to his skin and was sucking for milk with all her might. It took about two weeks for the bruise to resolve and my husband has worn his undershirt to bed every night since. Warmly, Jeanine Klaus, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Oakville, Ontario ********************************************************************************* ********** "The point is not to do remarkable things, but to do ordinary things with the conviction of their immense importance." -Teilhard de Chardin ********************************************************************************* **********