"When I first saw our home, I was absolutely blown away. The 4,500 square-foot 1906 Detroit house boasted giant historic windows, two staircases and so many doors that little kids could run circles through every floor of the house. There were nooks and crannies, tons of closets to hide in and a spacious yard. It was perfect for kids."
"But then the train hit. Suddenly, at eight months, sleep worsened again. The triplets had a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep. They needed help resettling every time.Their best night was 21 wakes, and their worst night was 55. I became so sleep-deprived that I hallucinated cobwebs and shadow spiders while awake, and my therapist had to talk me through when the voices in my head were (mostly) benign, and when I should be worried."
A 4,500-square-foot 1906 Detroit house featured giant historic windows, two staircases, many doors, nooks, closets and a spacious yard that seemed perfect for children. The family pursued simultaneous conception to create pseudo twins and planned co-parenting; the pregnancy produced twins and a singleton born close together. The infants suffered colic that caused persistent sleepless nights for months. At eight months sleep regressed dramatically, with the triplets waking between 21 and 55 times nightly and needing constant resettling. Extreme sleep deprivation caused hallucinations and required therapist support. The triplets became intensely irritable and cried relentlessly, disrupting caregiving.
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