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Expert Q&A

	By Susan Bartell Licensed Psychologist

I have a set of 15-month-old identical triplet boys, two of whom have always slept in the same bed together. When I put them all together to play, the one that sleeps alone does not like to play with his brothers. He takes all the toys and plays by himself. He also fights with them often. Is this normal behavior because he has always slept alone?

It is possible that their sleeping situation has affected their bonding. But of course it is also possible that there are other reasons that he doesn't play with his brothers. It might be wise to try and separate them all into their own beds at this point so that the other two can learn to sleep independently and they can all have a fair chance of bonding. However, 15 months is very young to expect cooperative play. In general it is normal for children to play alone and not know how to share until about 3 years old, so don't worry about his playing alone or fighting for quite some time still.

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