I'm surviving this infancy! That's what I am most thankful for. After P was such a challenging refluxy/colicy baby I was sooo fearful about how I'd manage 2. Luckily (touch wood, touch wood, touch wood) that seems to have bypassed us this time. These babies can actually self soothe! I call them magic babies!! P never could get herself to sleep at this age, not until she was closer to 9/10 months old. I put these babies down drowsy but awake and 90% of the time they're out!!! T is still sleeping in a rock n play, J has just been transitioned to the pack n play as I noticed a small flat spot on his head. Both are bathed at about 9 pm, swaddled tightly, fan on, lights dimmed and nursed. Then I lie them down and they sleep for 3-4 hours. Then after feeding again they usually give me a 2.5-3 hour stretch, then I change their diapers and feed them again. By then it's 4am and the rest of the night can be dicey. Often pacifiers come out, or I take a fussy one into my bed and nurse them side lying while I doze. We usually get up officially about 6am. Seriously this is so much better than with P.
Naps are still all over the place, on the couch, in a RnP, wrapped on my chest, on the activity mat, in their stroller. Although I am starting to notice a longer more significant nap happening around 9am and around 5pm.
Speaking of strollers I bought myself a major Christmas present: a Thule Urban Glide 2 double jogging stroller. It is amazing! I cannot rave enough about it. I'm using it everywhere, unless we are going somewhere quickly and I want them to stay in their car seats.
