BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:29 AM

Huzzah!

Subject: RE: BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!
From: *daylia*
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 12:19 PM

Congrats, Pseudolus! Get ready for some non-stop action .... (my twin boys were born running, born fighting too)

If I had to do it all again, I'd break down and buy myself a double-header leash. WHen they started walking (read running), I had about 2 years of trying to chase after them in two directions at once.

And here's a little tip -- if they are identical twins and even you have trouble telling them apart, try dressing them consistently in different colors. I'd buy the same styles (cuz it's cute), but always dressed Eric in red (easy to remember ie Eric the Red), and Chris in blue. I think this saved their lives a couple times.

I remember one winter's day when they were almost 2. I hadn't stuck to my "color scheme", was buckling the car seats in so I could take them to town. Turned around, and here one of them was running down the driveway full-speed towards the road. There was a car approaching about 10 feet away, and I knew the driver couldn't see him because the snow-banks were about 5 feet high. Panicked, I raced down the driveway calling his name, couldn't understand why he ignored me and kept running ... till I caught up with him and grabbed him. My feet slid on the ice, I fell on my butt with him on my lap, and that car missed us both by about 6 inches ... no kidding. Then I realized I'd been calling the wrong name -- so that's why he'd "ignored" me!

I'll never forget the look on that driver's face -- I think we scared him about as much as he'd scared me!

Anyway, congrats again to you both (or rather, all 4 of you!) and best wishes ...

daylia

Subject: RE: BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 12:28 PM

Congrats!!!!!!!

My sister-in-law sayw there are CUTER clothes for baby boys!

daylia, I dressed my fraternal twins in red for one blue for the other (works for toys too). When they finally left home they couldn't wait to buy the "other" color!

Frank, IMO boys are easier to raise than girls.

Subject: RE: BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!
From: Amos
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 12:29 PM

Congrats Congrats!!

May they prosper in empathetic delights for many, many years!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Twice as blessed!!!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 01:33 PM

Congratulations, Frank! My identical twin grandsons started kindergarten this fall. I agree with daylia, get a double leash for them. I used to scoff at people who put their kids on a tether, but after hearing what my daughter went through, trying to keep the two of them together, was just too much, sometimes, without some kind of aid. Of course when their dad was home from work it wasn't necessary.:-)

My daughter and her husband use different colours, too, but they don't have just one colour for either boy. Their personalities are distinct and their facial expressions, etc. so they usually don't have a problem telling them apart. (Though in a case as daylia mentions, it would be difficult!) Having grown up with sisters who were identical and who wore the same outfits, same colour, I can say I think one develops a sense of how to tell them apart. I used to get so frustrated when their friends owuld ask me how I could tell who was who. I grew up with them that way, so they just were.:-) Maybe it was younger sibling thing...they were there before me. We had a famous family story about our dad spanking the wrong twin, one time!

Good luck and happy times! Oh, and be sure to let them have pictures of them as individuals, too!

kat