Quite a few people lately have asked me to explain the difference between fraternal and identical twins. Now I am by no means a doctor, but since finding myself pregnant with twins I have learned a thing or two about identical versus fraternal. Identical Twins Identical twins develop from one egg–fertilized by one sperm–that then […]
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Time for another twinland post. I realize I’ve only written like 14 of these posts, but I’m running out of ideas. It’s not that I don’t have things to write about–I totally do–but I just don’t know what’s interesting to others. Teething woes? Reflections on a twin pregnancy? Life with newborn twin? What? I’m totally
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The twins are still teething, and life has been a bit crazy lately. They STILL haven’t had so much as one of the four teeth they’re each getting cut through yet, even after three months of trying. Poor babies. 🙁 Anyway, I didn’t have the time or brain power to write a new post this
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I cannot believe how big Thing 1 and Thing 2 are getting. They’re 19 months old and getting older every day. I feel like I can literally see them growing up right before my eyes. It’s exhilarating and amazing and bittersweet. One of the things I am learning about myself as a parent is I
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One of the most-asked questions I get has got to be, “Can you tell your twins apart?” followed closely by, “How do you tell them apart?” The second question always makes me feel incredibly stupid and unobservant. Because the truth is, I don’t know how to tell people to tell Thing 1 and Thing 2
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Spring is in the air!!! The only winter longer than this one was last winter, when the twins were newborns and we never left the house. This winter we just rarely left the house, and then only for indoor shopping trips to Walmart or whatever. Needless to say, I’m glad spring is here. Can I
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Life has been soooooo busy lately, and I’ve been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. So I decided today I would more or less recycle a post I wrote on my private family blog when the twins were about 6 weeks old. Enjoy! Counting Can I just say how much I
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