twins

[katherine123]

im due with twin boys in august.can any parents in the same position or who have had twins give me any advice or helpful tips to tell my twins apart as they are indentical.?

[kick3m0n]

my friend had twin girls over a year ago, and they were (are) identical.  She is not embarrassed to tell people that she kept the baby wrist bands on them for a few days after she got them home from hospital.  She knew them apart by then but hubby had problems for the first week or so.  I think you'll just know which is which fairly quickly, especially as you'll spend so much time lookign at them, and thinking how clever you are for making such beautiful, amazing baby boys.  Good luck. xx

[spammylou]

I have i-d twins and I knew after one day who was who. But do as kick3m0n says - and make sure you keep the wrist bands on and take the tags OFF their cots, otherwise if you switch them round in their cots you may get confused. Different coloured babygros too. But trust me, you will just know who is who, litle things no-one else can see!!  Well done and good luck to all of you. p.s www.twinsclub.co.uk

[ALLO]

mabey try putting differant colored yarn on there ankels.

happy mothers day!

[Liza B]

HI I have 2 sets of twins identical boys 15 now and non-identical boy and girl 13. You could always put a spot of nail varnish on one, we had a few mix ups over the time, usually when we were up at night, you soon get to know which is which, the crys are different as well. We always dressed ours in the same clothes but in different colours so it was easier. Good luck!

[calleach]

I am the proud dad of ID twin boys agd 11 and I did  have a bit of trouble for the 1st few days but my wife from day one knew who is who . Others continue to be puzzled and the boys love it. When they played rep football recently the coach could,t tell them apart and I put a black marker spot on 1 fore head to help him. His nickname in footie circles is now spot. Dont worry all will be well.

[ann_h]

I also recommend a tick chart on the wall to keep track of feeds and nappies. You'll be too bombed to think straight for a few weeks, and you certainly won't be up to remembering if jonny and harry have poo'd twice each or if one's done all of them!

[jock]

This is nothing to do with telling them apart, but a useful organisation is TAMBA, The Twins and Multiple Birth Association www.tamba.org.uk Loads of info, links and message boards about parenting twins. (We've got a 3 week old Boy & Girl!!)