Stupid question for mums with identicals!

**~KACI~** · Mar 7th, 2009, 10:51 AM

Is it hard to tell them apart or do you just know??
If it is hard, what sort of things do you have to do to tell them apart, especially when their newborn, different coloured bands or something??

Just being nosy x

FsMummy · Mar 7th, 2009, 17:02 PM

my id twins are still in my tummy lol but ive read a few ppl say that u no them best by thier personality and patterns even from newborns ie thier sleep and feeding patterns. i hope i can tell them apart lol x

Helen · Mar 9th, 2009, 18:23 PM

Obviously mine aren't identical but when they were newborn and both wearing white and hats I found it a bit tricky. Even now, if I don't have my glasses on and I just see the back of a head or they just have a nappy on I can mix them up.

alice&bump · Mar 15th, 2009, 17:17 PM

my mum and her sister had to wear bracelets, even her mum couldnt tell them apart!! me and my sister have even mistaken them for one another xx

princess_bump · Mar 15th, 2009, 17:19 PM

i have always wondered this, good thread kaci! x

mandaa1220 · Mar 21st, 2009, 20:05 PM

I dont have identical twins - or any babies for that matter, however, my OH is an identical.
When he was itty bitty, his parents designated specific colors to him and his brother. One baby was red and one was blue - that's the colors they wore everyday!

alloyd519 · Mar 21st, 2009, 21:34 PM

We're pretty positive ours are identicle but it's never been comfirmed by tests, but when they were younger you could tell by their hair, it was always just a little different, and now their faces are a tad different, but only enough so I notice, everytime people see them I get asked how I tell them apart, guess it's just cause I see them all day everyday!

hopedance · Mar 25th, 2009, 14:55 PM

my mum is an identical twin, and she says she just used to get called 'twin' because nobody could tell them apart. i always wonder if she kept her name given at birth, or if it got permanently swapped with her sister's/my aunts if they got mixed up early on..

amelia222 · May 8th, 2009, 14:30 PM

I have friends that are identical triplets and they were each given a colour and always wore that colour to tell them apart. Even now as adults they are really hard to tell apart and if I see just one sometimes I don't know who it is.

lisa35 · Jun 23rd, 2009, 06:46 AM

I don't have twins and don't think i'm having twins but do have identical twin friends, i remember asking them how there mothers told them apart and they said one has a birthmark in different place than other, my other twin friends said similar thing about a freckle. I can tell them apart now they are older i suppose you just get used to who's who

Mar 7th, 2009, 10:51 AM	#1
~KACI~ Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 11,963	Stupid question for mums with identicals! Is it hard to tell them apart or do you just know?? If it is hard, what sort of things do you have to do to tell them apart, especially when their newborn, different coloured bands or something?? Just being nosy x

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Mar 7th, 2009, 17:02 PM	#2
FsMummy Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,055	my id twins are still in my tummy lol but ive read a few ppl say that u no them best by thier personality and patterns even from newborns ie thier sleep and feeding patterns. i hope i can tell them apart lol x

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Mar 9th, 2009, 18:23 PM	#3
Helen Other BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,833	Obviously mine aren't identical but when they were newborn and both wearing white and hats I found it a bit tricky. Even now, if I don't have my glasses on and I just see the back of a head or they just have a nappy on I can mix them up.
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Mar 15th, 2009, 17:17 PM	#4
alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,703	my mum and her sister had to wear bracelets, even her mum couldnt tell them apart!! me and my sister have even mistaken them for one another xx

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Mar 15th, 2009, 17:19 PM	#5
princess_bump Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 31,453	i have always wondered this, good thread kaci! x

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Mar 21st, 2009, 20:05 PM	#6
mandaa1220 Other BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,850	I dont have identical twins - or any babies for that matter, however, my OH is an identical. When he was itty bitty, his parents designated specific colors to him and his brother. One baby was red and one was blue - that's the colors they wore everyday!

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Mar 21st, 2009, 21:34 PM	#7
alloyd519 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,455	We're pretty positive ours are identicle but it's never been comfirmed by tests, but when they were younger you could tell by their hair, it was always just a little different, and now their faces are a tad different, but only enough so I notice, everytime people see them I get asked how I tell them apart, guess it's just cause I see them all day everyday!

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Mar 25th, 2009, 14:55 PM	#8
hopedance Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,513	my mum is an identical twin, and she says she just used to get called 'twin' because nobody could tell them apart. i always wonder if she kept her name given at birth, or if it got permanently swapped with her sister's/my aunts if they got mixed up early on..

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May 8th, 2009, 14:30 PM	#9
amelia222 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Mission BC Posts: 710	I have friends that are identical triplets and they were each given a colour and always wore that colour to tell them apart. Even now as adults they are really hard to tell apart and if I see just one sometimes I don't know who it is.

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Jun 23rd, 2009, 06:46 AM	#10
lisa35 Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: N yorkshire Posts: 1,237	I don't have twins and don't think i'm having twins but do have identical twin friends, i remember asking them how there mothers told them apart and they said one has a birthmark in different place than other, my other twin friends said similar thing about a freckle. I can tell them apart now they are older i suppose you just get used to who's who

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