HELP! Anyone else have clingy twins that only sleep if they are being held/baby worn?

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Not really expecting a solution but if some have found something that helped I am all ears. Just coming here more to vent/get hope of how and when this phase will end if anyone has been through it. My twins are 10 weeks old. Twin A has overall been a much better sleeper and will sleep in the swing for me but lately he's been almost as bad as Twin B. Twin B from basically 4 weeks on will ONLY nap in the baby carrier, holding him isn't even enough, he seems to need that consistent pressure to stay asleep and even then if I move the wrong way with the carrier on he will wake up. We also have to go into a pitch black room with a sound machine on for him to finally turn his brain off and fall asleep in the baby carrier. No matter how long I hold him for after rocking, whether hes swaddled or if I stick my clothes near him, his eyes will spring open when put down whether in the swing or bassinet. Twin A will oftentimes give me a little reprieve in the afternoon and sleep on his own in the swing, but bassinet is also a no go at this point. I am so sick of double baby wearing and just wishing away thia first year. I wish car rides or stroller walks would work but at the moment neither will fall asleep or stay asleep that way either. My oldest was similar and needed to be ​baby worn for naps until about 5/6 months and it was SO much effort and work to get him to finally nap in his crib. At the moment I can't phathom how I'm ever going to them to sleep in their cribs for naps because I don't have the time to rock both of them seperately and wait 20 mins before transfer like I did with my oldest now that I have 3. Anyone else experience anything similar with velcro twins? I need some hope of how or when it got better.

Posted Jul 4, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

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