Hello fellow moms of triplets...The boys are now 17 months...So our pediatrician told us it was normal but man have they gotten aggressive with each other… You name it and they do it…I suppose boys will be boys right?? But any help in this area? The doctor as well as several friends of ours have said “time out” is the way to go…But how do you do time out with three…I know that over time they will understand that timeout is a place to sit steal, keep quiet, and cool off for a moment but for now I’m trying to imagine…SO lets say I put one it “time out”..then the other two start up…what am I to do run around like a crazy woman haha…I want them to learn to work out things on their own, I also want to allow them to be what I would consider normal little boys but I want to give them the tools, structure and limits to teach them how to do it in a safe way…and advice at all on this aggression and such?

We have also started using spoons, bowls and plates…messy but fun..any pointers on that?

I think it's the age more than the gender as my two girls are actually more aggressive than their brother. Time out should only be a minute per age (just long enough to calm down) and we used both the crib and the PNP (they were starting to climb out at this age so mostly the crib). They might be a little young yet to work it out on their own. Sign language (we used signing time videos) helped cut down on the frustration and some of our hair pulling,biting, jumping on one another, kicking, pushing, shoving, and hitting instances. Sometimes our toys went into time out too, if that is what was causing the argument.

Spoons take practice and are harder than forks. The easiest thing to eat with the spoon for mine was something thick (like oatmeal or yogurt; applesauce just ran off) as it stayed on while they were busy turning the spoon into the correct direction to get it into their mouths. Bowls and plates I provide utensils, but most of their food can be eaten with fingers, although their preference is the grown-up fork. (I have a friend who feeds her children in their diapers, so no clothing is harmed in the process (at home).) Practice makes perfect on the use of utensils and the other! Good luck!