help with twins please

by Lauren De Ross
(Melbourne Australia)

My 4 month fraternal twin girls have just now started having a very foul patch each afternoon from around 5pm until 7ish (arsenic hour I believe). My routine was working well with a bath at 5.30pm followed by a feed at 6pm, quiet time and then bed at 7pm but all of a sudden from 4.30pm/5pm the grizzles start slowly building until by the time they get out of the bath they are hysterical (both of them).

The past 2 days I didn’t even try to bath them and they were still screaming from 5pm on. They seem to calm down when I hold them, but obviously this is only helping one at a time as they are too big to hold together and as soon as I put one down to tend to the other its just a tag.

I’ve tried the swing, rockers, and the baby harness, but these don’t work. Walking in the pram worked temporarily, but when I stop to feed its game on again. Short of getting a second pair of hands at this time which isn’t really an option, have you got any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks and regards