Just wondering....
I used to dress my boys (non identical) the same and started doing it less at about 3 and now I never dress them the same I can't stand it anymore!

The other day I got a photo sent home from their dads and they were dressed exactly the same and I thought it looked terrible. Just my opinion on my kids of course -and I loved it when they were younger!

So just wondering how many twins are/aren't dressed the same.

Well i haven't had my twins yet but even if they were the same sex i wouldn't dress them the same. I've already been given a pink and blue outfit that is the same and i will put it on the babies different days. I don't like it when they are dressed the same. I think with id twins people find it hard enough to know who is who. As you can tell i'm having girl/boy twins so it's not going to be much of an issue with me. I hope you are well

MEL

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Hi all,

My girls are identical and are now 18 months old.

When they were young we were given so many identical outfits, that I did dress them in the same outfits if we were going out however at home they had similar outfits but different colours eg. mainly Bond all in ones in different colours.

Nowadays I never dress them the same at home. If we go out, sometimes we wear same outfit but different colours, but mostly I dress them differently. Their personalities are shing through now and I guess I find it easier to dress them differently.

I'm sure it won't be long before they are choosing what they want to wear.







Vette
Gabriella Eve 12/03/2004
Alexandra Chloe 12/03/2004

hi everyone

yes i dress my id boys the same and if i find an outfit that i really like I will buy x4 and have all the kids in the same outfit

I was once worried about this because alot of twin mummies dont love it but I have sooo many reasons to do it that i think that i can do whatever I am comfortable with (and the kids)

re The ID twins --- I dress them according to the weather so they are both in shorts/pants/long sleeve/tank tops, more then likely in different colours but always the same
at day care Blake is in a blue top (b in B) so the girls know whos who
i try to dress corey in the same outfits aswell but he is a lower size so its whatever looks as good as the others
i am fussy with clothes so when i find a nice outfit i buy a few, sometimes even for the next yr aswell
and lastly the boys would not have it any other way
heaven forbid i put one in spiderman undies and the other in wiggles (this can be a problem but i am keeping an eye on progress)

i cant say that what i am doing will be bad/good in the long run because i am still a learner mummy
ask me when they are 7 or 8 yrs and boy will i have some stories to tell
o:

have fun with your babies everyone
kylie

Yep love dressing them the same: I have had comments where when they weren't dressed the same what the age difference was :confuse: So i thought it might be easier on me and other people if they where dressed the same, saves the confusion.







This message was edited by Jennifer72 on Thursday, 29 September 2005 @ 4:25 PM

My id girls like to dress the same and choose the same clothes.
I have tried to get them to wear different clothes on the odd accasion but for other people's benefit. Even then people mix them up.

Sometimes we dress our girls in the same outfits but different colours...Sometimes in completely different outfits...Sometimes the same outfit, same colour but different socks/hat/wrap...
I'd like to know what or how you call your twins...My DH has a problem with me calling Karli & Madeline 'The Girls'....I don't mean to but it just seems to be 'the norm' for me to say that...His arguement is that I don't call Sammy 'The Boy' so I should make a concerted effort to call 'The Girls' by their names we argued over for 7 months...LOL...
How about you? How about you? What do you call your twins by?



[b]Karli & Madeline have arrived![b]

This message was edited by **Jak** on Thursday, 29 September 2005 @ 9:41 PM

I call mine 'the girls' but this isn't only a twin thing. Everyone I know who has children of the same sex refer to them as 'the boys' or 'the girls'

hi everyone

yes, if the id twins are doing something naughty they are "the boys" or "the twins"
if corey has decided to join them in being naughty they are "the triplets"
and if they are all naughty they are "my dh's children" LOL

i think that they do so much together (obviously being naughty) that instead of saying 2 names its easier to say "the boys" ... especially when you have other children then naming them 1 by 1 is too hard ;p
have fun everyone
kylie

I haven't had my twins yet either but I do have a couple of outfits that are the same but in different colours. These will probably be their going out outfits. I live in Townsville Nth Qld and it is very hot up here so they will probably only wear singlets and nappies around the house. I already call my babies 'The Girls' as that's what I am having.

Take care all, Kylie

I tend to dress my B/G twins in similar types of clothes, basically if I have made a decision once about what type of clothes to dress one child in, I find it easier just to dress the other in the same things so I don't have to make another choice, time wise and mentally exhausted wise, this works for me. They do get a lot of blue pink outfits which I didn't really want to do but with clothes we were given it seems to end up that way. I have found now they are getting older and will be going into size 1 clothes the boy/girl stereotypes in clothing are really obvious and I don't know how I am going to dress them!

We never dress our ID girls the same. I used to sometimes have the same outfit in different colours but now I don't even do that - completely separate/different clothes. They seem happy with that at the moment but I guess they may change when they're older.

Re what to call them - I say their names as much as I can but if I refer to them together it's "the girls" - doesn't bother me as my sisters (who don't have multiples) refer to theirs as "the boys' or "the girls" - and it's preferable to "the twins", which I detest. I had one friend who used to ask how "the twins" were and only stopped (even after I asked her not to) when I started asking how her "singleton" was LOL.

Maree

Eleanor 1/8/03
Harriet 1/8/03

Personally I never dress my boys the same. I almost always buy 2 of everything in different colours- so one of my boys might wear a red top with blue trousers while his brother wears green with grey but they are all the same brand and style of clothes (that's what they were in today). Occasionally we'll see a top that one of them would just love but it doesn't appeal to the other- so they have got a few individual things as well. It's funny because they still don't show much interest in what they wear whereas my DD... she hasn't turned one yet but she's starting to make it very clear what she wants to wear!
Maycee

Maycee (35)
DH (33)
Twin boys (4/12/01)
DD (7/10/03)

I really feel strongly that it is vital to encourage individuality in twins as much as possible and one of the most obvious ways to do this is to dress them differently. They need to be identified as individuals and even though the parents might be able to tell them apart it is very difficult for others if they are dressed the same. (different if they are old enough to decide for themselves though, but I believe that if they feel confident as individuals as well as as a pair/group they would be unlikely to want to look the same.)
'The Twinship Source Book' is a great book which gives insight into the psychology of twins which strongly encourages dressing them differently.
Dressing them the same may look cute, but how can it be the best thing for them in establishing their own identity? Establishing own identity and having confidence as an individual is one of the most difficult issues that multiples have to deal with so why not do what you can as parents to help them?
Also, how do you get the energy to worry about having things matching that are clean and ready to wear (and findable?) It is hard enough getting on child in a clean and matching outfit.
I hope I have not made too many enemies in this post- everyone parents differently and there is no right or wrong, it is just my intention to get people to think about it a bit.
Mill. (mother to Scout,4, Indie and Shari born 4/11/04)

This message was edited by mill on Saturday, 1 October 2005 @ 3:24 PM

I dress my boys the same they look nothing alike and don't even look like brothers... even when they are dressed the same people always think they are different ages even cousins.

I have tried dressing them differently but they always want what the other has so it is hard for us to dress them differently.

At the end of the day as long as the children are happy it doesn't really matter how we dress them.
I have friends who have never ever dressed their twins the same but are still treated as "the twins"so it doesn't matter how hard we try to treat them as individuals some people will always see them as twins.

Mill can see your point - as for how to find the matching outfits I always fold everything in pairs so it is actually easier for me to have them in the same.(alot more organised than when I had my singleton lol!)

Kristy

This message was edited by crocks on Saturday, 1 October 2005 @ 6:35 PM

I love dressing my boys the same but I think this may confuse some people as even tho they are very different to look at I always get asked if they are identical...

I call my boys 'the boys', my brothers got called 'the boys' also so this is not just a twin thing. I should use their names more often as I am guilty of 'saying one of them' or 'this one', but they are only young yet.

I was in Target today and they have a few summer outfits that are the same but differnt colours. I think that as they get older and their personalities start to show it will be easier to dress them in different clothes. I will be buying up big once we get some warmer weather and I know what size to buy them


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