Triple The Dad

"I'm naughty," my son says to me, though he has done nothing wrong. I try to dissuade him of this, idea.  Despite being three years old and constantly driving me nuts - he isn't naughty in any real way.  I don't want him to think otherwise. But his comment gets me thinking about "normal."  I realize "normal" is a moving target for a 3 year old.  But is it truly normal for a child to associate with the naughty characters from every show we watch? Pitch from the Guardians, The G reen Witch from Oz, the Jester from Legends of Oz.   Mega Mort  and Power Pants Pete from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Heck, for a while he was fascinated with  Jacob Marley  from the Mickey Mouse version of A Christmas Carol, until he realized it scared the bejesus out of him and gave him nightmares. If we watch a movie or show with a bad guy in it, you can assume Liam will take to role playing the naughty character.  We watched The Incredibles the oth...

WHOA! We had a good run.  We really did. For 3 years and eight months our kids stayed in their cribs. They never once climbed out.  I realize this is something close to a miracle.  I hear plenty of stories of kids climbing out of their cribs to mark first birthdays.  Even more don't make age two.  For 3 years and eight months of glorious time we could simply put the kids in their cribs and there they stayed.  That was time I got to myself, to play video games or read or relax or to undertake home projects.  Sure, they might jump around and talk; occasionally they would scream.  But they stayed put. Until yesterday. Uh oh. I've been battling a head cold all week.  If you think triplets sound daunting, try it with a body that feels like its underwater.  The kids went into their cribs at their normal times and talked up a storm.  But just as I was getting off work, they settled just a bit and I thought I might get a minutes...

Having triplets has been a scary ride. From finding out we were having multiples and all the worries about how one does such things, to the warning from the nurse about the risks and complications of birth at 26 weeks, its been a wild ride. The kids have managed to stay largely healthy to 3.5 years old, so I've apparently done something right and most of the worries have been for nothing.  So with those worries behind me what do I worry about now? You might think its whether they will do well in school or how they will develop academically or how we will pay for three college tuition all at once. Nope. I have two images/fears that constantly haunt me. The first is my kids falling down steps.  Now, my kids have been up and down our steps a thousand times.  Maybe ten thousand.  They have been doing steps since they were one-year old, because we wanted them to become familiar with them and know what to do when they encountered them. Scarier than triplets?...