AboutElayne Glantzberg Expertise I can answer questions on PCOS, Clomid, spontaneous reduction, preterm labor, severe prematurity, micropreemies, NICU, how to raise triplets without outside help, life with triplets and more, cerebral palsy, visual impairments, Asperger's/autism, and breastfeeding.
Experience I have bgg triplets born in 1999 and three more boys born in 2002, 2006, and 2008, the last two by VBA2C (vaginal birth after 2 cesareans). My triplets were born at 26 weeks. My singletons were all full-term and fully breastfed. We have raised our triplets with no help and with a blind father. One of our triplets is also disabled with mild CP and mild autism, two have some vision problems, and one has had lung issues since birth.
Question I have triplets that just turned 2 and am having a hard time with their sleep schedule. They have always gone to bed at around 7:30pm till we went on a big trip to Africa and since then they nap during the day from 1 - 4 or 4:30 and then do not sleep till 9pm or 10pm. They are quite cranky in the morning and their best time of day is after that long nap. I tried waking them up at 3pm from the nap and they were extremely cranky, I continued for 2 weeks and the situation did not improve they started falling asleep even later 10pm and once even 11pm it's as if they were too tired to fall asleep. Please help
Answer My first suggestion would be, unless there is a scheduled activity that requires them to get up early, then let them go to sleep at 9pm or 10pm and let them sleep until they wake up on their own. Whatever time that is (8am, 9am...) don't get them up any earlier than that for at least a week. See if this helps with their crankiness in the morning. Our family is full of night-owls, and our kids go to bed around 9pm and wake up between 8-9am. When the triplets were 2, they would then take a nap between about 1 and 4pm, just like yours. Unless we have to be somewhere in the morning before 10am, this is the schedule we keep, even for the babies and toddlers. It makes everybody happier.
