Hiya, lots happening here since I last tries to post. I wrote a long reply and its nowhere to be seen.
Here's hoping I manage to reply to most of you. Apologies if I miss you out.
rmsh1 - I agree with pp about how great your approach seems to be. I think you may have a future good sleeper on your hands (touch wood!). There definitely is a growth spurt at 12 weeks, so I agree about adding an extra feed in during the day or concentrating evening feeds. Until F started solids we used to bf a long feed 3.30/4pm, a small feed at 6pm and another feed at 8pm. We then used to dream feed him at 11 w/ expressed breast milk. I also would stop any sleeping supports your baby doesn't need ASAP. If you stop rocking, swaddling etc. now before a dependence is formed you'll save your sanity and your back in the future! Obviously don't take them away if they need it, but it sounds to me like she doesn't and without those supports you'll encourage her to self soothe, which is a great skill to help your baby develop. Also I don't think anyone mentioned looking at your health. Around 3mths its quite normal to feel rundown and tired, meaning you're probably finding bad nights harder now than you did a month ago, which makes baby's sleep seem even worse. Your energy levels are zapped by less sleep, more stress and calories being used up by bfing. You're probably well into your energy stores now. Try to eat regularly and up your calorie levels with healthy fats and calcium rich food. A good vitamin will help. Also plenty of fresh air will give you a boost and help tire lo.
Shadowy - we don't have Huggies in the UK anymore but Pampers here do 3+ and 4+ etc. which are supposed to have extra absorbency levels. We use 4+ because Finlay is a broader baby, and the extra padding gives better coverage and less room to leak.
Gaia - heck yes! F's sleep was massively disturbed by every new skill he was learning to do. He practiced them all in his sleep and unlike teething there isn't anything you can do to make it better immediately. As for teething if you're unsure about medicating have you tried teething gels? A little on F's dummy helps him settle enough to drift off.
Shelby - I was going to suggest that you tried to stick with a set waking up time. I do think it helps to give you a little bit of control back if nothing else! Also it sounds like their sleep cycles could do with a jolt to restart them on proper day / night systems. I feel for you all the 4/6mths thing because both WW periods are notoriously bad! I personally would adjust to 4mths for developmental things. Can you and your OH have a twin each of a night time so you're not both up at the same time - creating more activity to stimulate babies and give you guys a chance to sleep longer? Also it sounds like plans and schedules work best for you, so do try keep consistent in timings. A baby learns things often through repetition, so the same bedtime line up could be what you need. So on naps I think the guidelines suggest that 3 naps is most appropriate before 6 mths, however I had no clue of this and was highly grateful for F's 2 naps!
He's turned out okay so far.
Mandiemoo - Yeo I think it's time to go to 2 naps. This is the age that they start sleeping longer. It may be a painful week or two where your lo struggles with tiredness but moving away from cat naps is best in the long run. I'd suggest rather than a lunchtime nap, a slightly later 2.30/3 nap might be a better fit. A lot of mums find a 4pm nap interferes with bedtime.
I'm afraid I can't remember who was struggling with motn parties (I daren't move from my page in case I lose my novel
) but from reading I just thought why done you ignore baby's playing? If you keep going in then that motn will become a regular, 'lets hang out with mummy' hour. As long as there's no crying, then you're not needed. F has soft cubes in his cot in case he wakes wide awake. Sometimes he plays quietly for a few mins and passes out!
Noelle - hope those teeth pop through soon. We're teething badly too. Will be glad when they're all through!
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so if we were experiencing the same thing I would tell him 'Mummy is going to be right here. This is your bed and you need to sleep here. It's not morning so you can't come out yet'. Then I wouldn't say anything else as its the interaction they want. Alternatively CC would probably fix the problem quite easily but I don't think this sounds right for you. Good luck x 
We couldn't believe F had slept for that long and we went to check on him. Turns out he hadn't! He was playing quietly and happily with his teddies. Love him! No idea how long he'd been awake for but he didnt cry out or play with his Alfie bear. The rustle of his soft cubes is normally loud enough that I can hear them on the monitor. This sort of morning is just the type I'd like to order. 
