PURPOSE: to describe abilities of triplets' development by 18 months and the 29 months of life, focusing on communication. METHODS: dizygotic male sibling triplets. The evaluation procedures included history of disease, observing the communicative behavior and Escala de Desenvolvimento de Gesell e Amatruda (2000). The evaluations were accomplished by the 18 months and the 29 months. The children showed delay in the neuropshycomotor development and were exposed to multilingualism. RESULTS: alteration was verified in the communicative behaviors in the three children, both in the first as well as in the second evaluation, although an amelioration was shown in the performance, after the orientations received by the family. Cryptophasia was observed in the second evaluation. Of the gross motor, fine motor-adaptive, personal-social and language behaviors, the last one was the most affected as for the three children, in spite of all of them being altered considering the triplets' chronological age. CONCLUSION: the abilities of the triplets' development appraised in this study were altered, affecting all the areas. Larger commitment of the language is emphasized both by the age of 18 months as well as by 29 months.
Triplets; Language; Infant, Premature; Child Development; Multilingualism
