One happy - two not so happy!!

[kindabusy]

I have 10 1/2 month old triplets. Damon, the boy, is quite happy crawling around and walking around the furniture and generally exploring and getting into everything. The girls, Jordan and Taylor, are not so happy. They are real mummy's girls and want to picked up all the time. Obviously I don't have time for this. Jordan will play for a while as long as I am in the room, but cries if I leave. Taylor will only play for a few minutes and then wants to hold onto my fingers so she can stand up and bounce. She does like the jolly jumper and the swing, but only for short periods of time. I'm not sure if they are unhappy because they can't get around yet - neither one is crawling yet, or if they are lacking attention due to the fact that there are three of them. Any advice?!!

Sorry kindabusy but no advice. I have to admit I really admire you though. My dd is very clingy and a mummys girl and I have to take her everywhere with me or she has a screaming fit. She's just turned 1 and people tell me it's her age but I think she will always be clingy. Have you found your dds have a problem with men? DDs fine with women but as soon as theres a man in the room she sticks to me like glue. Even my dp couldn't do a thing with her until she was about 6 months.

On the other hand my 4 year old ds is a very happy confident child and has never been clingy. So in my experience it just seems to be a boy/girl thing.
Have to admit dd did cheer up quite abit when she started crawling. So hope that works with your dds.

Hi Kindabusy
I have twins which are two, they also went through this stage but I found that I just piled some toys in the centre of the room and positioned them around it and they were happy. Alternatively (although I know they aren't very popular with HV's) I had two baby walkers and they were great they just skated around everywhere and could following me around. It gave them the total freedom but it was chaos. My two were very clingy and I put this down to not getting out as much as a mum with 1 baby but once they were walking it did get alot easier and from about 18 months old they entertain each other beautifully. Hang in there! good luck.

My twin DS's are now 4,5 years old.
It certainly does get alot easier, they will start entertaining themselves and each other before long.
Although I only had the two, I found that my one DS was alot clingier than the other, and this has remained so.
When the boys were about 12 months old, we moved to a house, were we have enough space for a playroom, this has been brilliant !!!
There is no furniture in there, all the electric sockets are blocked up, and it had a very awkward door knob that until last year they could not open. The whole room is just full of toys !!!
This was great when I needed 5 minutes to hang out washing/make an important phone call/do something in the kitchen etc, I had somewhere, that they could not get out of, that I knew was safe !!!
I always thought a playpen too small, but if you haven't got a spare room then it would do, for a few minutes while your doing things. If you have a dinning room, how often do you use it ??? Wouldn't it be more use as a playroom ?? Especially, if you don't get out much.
I know how guilty you feel leaving them, so you can get on with things, but I don't think they suffer at all, and it proberbly makes them more independent !!!
When they were as small as yours, I know I used to feel like one of those animals you see on documentries, with young clambering all over them.
Never felt like I had a minute to myself, so with three you must feel even more streched !!!
Hang in there, it does get better.

Thanks for the advice and support. It feels better just knowing that you're not the only one out there with clingy children. Yesterday was a beautiful day and we made it out to one of the most beautiful parks for a walk and a go on the baby swings (which they loved). Of course I had to find someone else to go with me because it's a bit much by yourself. Now that the snow has finally melted (we actually got snow last week!!) my husband can take his motorcycle to work and I can have the van. At least now I can get out more.

I do have a baby-proofed room that is full of toys, but it doesn't seem to be working really well right now. The girls have had a couple of really good days, but are still a little "needy".

I hate to admit my ignorance, but I haven't had time to figure out what the initials are: dds, dp, etc.