Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Entries Tagged as 'Twin Types'

Learning how to play with my kids

February 15th, 2010 by Goddess in Progress · 4 Comments

You’d think that, at 2.5, I’d know how to play with my children.  And to a large extent, of course, I do.  But the truth is that I spend a large portion of the day coordinating, shuttling, refereeing, and then getting out of the way when they’re actually playing nicely with one another. We go [...]

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Tags: Fraternal · Preschoolers · Toddlers · potty training

Compensation

January 4th, 2010 by Goddess in Progress · 12 Comments

As we sent our daughter into time-out last night, for who knows what offense, my husband made a comment to me. “Do you notice that we almost never put them in time-out at the same time?” And it’s true.  Very seldom do they both behave poorly enough at the same time to warrant simultaneous time-outs.
Even [...]

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Tags: Behavior · Fraternal · Toddlers

How do you help other people tell your multiples apart?

September 25th, 2009 by jenna · 17 Comments

Last weekend, we were at a family wedding and some other related family events. Of course, everyone wanted to know which baby was which.  This is a common question since we have identical twin girls, who look very much alike. Friday night, one baby was wearing a pink outfit, and I knew she’d have a [...]

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Tags: Family · Identical · Other people

Identity Crisis

August 19th, 2009 by MamaCyn · 10 Comments

My boys look alike.

Thankfully they have distinct voices and personalities. And, for the most part, I can tell them apart by sight as well. Although, occasionally even I will look at a photo and say, “I’m not sure but I THINK that is…..” For example, this photo:

I could make an educated guess. But I won’t. [...]

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Tags: Identical · Other people

Different is Good

August 11th, 2009 by amy · 10 Comments

The other day (well, when it wasn’t 152 DEGREES here in TX, so really a few months ago), the girls and I went on a walk and made a stop by the neighbor’s “Candy Stand.”  She is so stinkin’ cute- going into 1st grade and already coming up with business ideas (selling left over Halloween [...]

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Tags: Development · Fraternal

Cleave

July 12th, 2009 by Jen from Diagnosis: Urine · 13 Comments

My guys are not one of the sets of twins you hear about who are “total opposites.” They like the same things, to varying degrees but enough that they are always together. They discuss what they want to play. Each is heartbroken if the other refuses to “pay wif me,” and they defend each other against our discipline. They sleep tangled up together, closer than I sleep to my husband. Their top loves in life are Mommy, Daddy, and their twin. Their sisters are in another category. It pains me to think of how we must begin to train them to grow apart.

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Tags: Behavior · Development · Identical · Other people · Overnight · Relationships · Sleep · Twin Types

Troubles with Doubles?

June 27th, 2009 by Jen from Diagnosis: Urine · 10 Comments

As a family, we were recently talking about how the boys look very much alike, but we can see differences between them. One of my boys said, “But Nana doesn’t.” His brother nodded in agreement. I was upset. Of the many people who can’t tell them apart — including sometimes me and my husband — he picked out his grandma as the person who doesn’t see differences between them.

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Tags: Family · Identical · Other people · Relationships · Twin Types

Differentiating Between Multiples

June 26th, 2009 by jenna · 6 Comments

Earlier this month, our identical twin girls were at the health unit for 4-month check-ups and their immunizations.  Of course, they were measured and weighed.  To my surprise, our “smaller” baby now weighs more than her “bigger” sister. I knew she’d been eating more often than her sister recently, but I didn’t really expect she’d [...]

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Tags: Identical · Mommy Issues · Twin Types

Please Vote! Tuesday, June 2nd

June 2nd, 2009 by MamaCyn · 9 Comments

Hello Everyone! Enormous thanks go to our wonderful MoM’s who have agreed to “try out” for HDYDI! We are beyond thrilled that so many of you are reading along with us, and we hope you enjoy our contest week. Please vote for the author you would like to hear more from, as the authors with [...]

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Tags: Fraternal · Higher-Order Multiples · Identical · Infants · Napping · Overnight · Preschoolers · Products · Safety · School-Age · Sleep · Toddlers

When Good Boys Go Bad

May 6th, 2009 by MamaCyn · 11 Comments

Picture this:
Our family of six is out for our nightly post-dinner, pre-bedtime walk.  I am pushing Brett in the single stroller, Brian is pushing Aaron and Brady in their side-by-side, and Alaina is riding next to us on her big girl bike. A&B spontaneously burst out into song. We’re not sure what words they are [...]

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Tags: Development · Family · Identical · Relationships · Toddlers