Parents Of Twins And Triplets Explain How They Avoid Mixing Up Their Kids (19 Posts)

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If you raise them under the “wrong” names, is it still the wrong name?

–IntermittentSteam

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100%.

Hospital gave us labeled wristbands, so we just kept them on for the first few days. We also didn’t share clothing or anything like that between them so there was pretty much always a distinct way to tell which was which.

–Nacille

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Have twins, now 4 years old. When they were newborns, before we were able to set up a system to feed both at the same time during overnight feedings, we would hold them one at a time with a bottle in hand. Feedings would take 45 mins to an hour sometimes. Anyway, in my sleep deprived stupor, I fed one kid, put him down, grabbed the other bottle and forgot which kid I had fed. Pretty sure one kid got fed twice a couple times while the other did not eat.

–Peko1One

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I used to babysit these twins. Their mom always dressed them in the same exact outfit except for the color of their socks. Well, when they were 1 years old, they loved taking their shoes and socks off. I mixed them up plenty of times.

–BreakingGaia

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So my wife had picked out names a few weeks before birth. In utero they were referred to as Twin ‘A’ and Twin ‘B.’ The day before delivery she informed the doctor where each baby was (one was presenting).

After failed standard delivery, we went to the OR where there were literally at least 14 people (Nicu group for each, two anesthesiologist, nursing student, Doctor, nurse, etc). The doctor informed everyone in the room which baby would be our first. Also, the used numbers at the hospital.

After that, they were never in the same bassinet at the hospital, and there was a size difference at the beginning. While still at the hospital we used nail polish on one toe…because the level of absolute mental exhaustion is unbelievable.

They told us before we went into the hospital that a nurse would never take both babies in the same bassinet, always have her credentials, etc. a nurse came in just after a feeding in the middle on the night and asked if she could take the babies. We agreed, she placed one with the other and rolled them out the door. We were dumbfounded, ‘did she just steal our kids?!’ (We has baby lojak installed).

In what seemed like five minutes the lights came back on, the nurse returned with our girls freshly bathed. She said the nursery was empty and all the nurses wanted to play with babies. When they found out there were twins earlier in the day they decided to see if they could borrow them. When she showed up the next night, we surrendered the babies eagerly.

I still get their names wrong 25% of the time, and they are nearly 7.

–Jharrigan07

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I played with twins from age 6 to maybe 16. I never could tell them apart and I would probably still have problems today, if they are not talking. Funniest thing: Even the father told me a couple of years ago, that he couldnt really tell them apart before puberty. He said they were basically the exact same human being. Today they are way different personalities.

–PinocchiosWoodBalls

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