Posted in Behavior, Development, Identical, tagged behaviour, labeling children, labeling twins, self-fulfilling prophecies on April 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I was determined to raise them as independent little people. I never referred to them as “the twins” and preferred that other people avoid that as well. When they were born, I tried my hardest to avoid dressing them in matching outfits (which was hard because [...]
Posted in Fraternal, Identical, Other people, Singletons on April 3, 2008 | 11 Comments »
*Ahem* Yes, the above mentioned title refers to yours truly. To look at me, you would think I was just an average minivan driving suburban mother of two. But I can spy a double stroller faster than my kids can pull all of the wipes out of the container. I know that a lot of [...]
Posted in Fraternal, Identical, Relationships, tagged Dressing twins alike, Individuality, Matching clothing on March 13, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Jason and I have chosen (prior to finding out if they were I or F) NOT to dress the girls in the same outfits. He is adamantly against it, due to the traumatizing effect that being dressed exactly like his younger brother, who was the same size but three years younger, had on him. I [...]
Posted in Family, Identical, Infants, Mommy Issues, Pregnancy, Relationships, Twin Types, tagged husband, keeping in touch, Relationships, right-hand man, spouse, teammate on February 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Some time around the 3rd month, I rolled over one morning after a (blissful!) 4-hour stretch of sleep to find a man in my bed. As I rubbed my sleepy eyes to get a better look, I wondered…”who was this mysterious fellow that I had, apparently, spent the night with?”, and then I noticed that [...]
Posted in Identical, Infants, Other people, Singletons on February 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It is interesting to me how much of a competition mothering has become. Sure, conversations about our children appear to be nice and friendly on the surface, but underneath it is there. Lurking. Our natural competitive nature secretly keeping track of whose child did what first. And by how much. And who is doing it [...]
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