listening to the radio today ,a disscussion about research involving id twins.

any out in breeze land ?

what are your differences in likes / dislikes , behavior ect?

interesting Nasi .

not exactly identical tho if one was boy and one was girl.

however, to dream the same is extreamly fantastic!!!

NasiGoreng said...


they used to share the same dreams sometimes.

I sometimes have dreams about twins...does that count?

I went to primary school with identical twins; we called one twinnie and the other one twinnie as well.

sausage said...

Sailhack said...

NasiGoreng said...


they used to share the same dreams sometimes.

I sometimes have dreams about twins...does that count?

What, Mark & Steve Waugh! That's a bit disturbing Sailhack

Nah, I've got standards y'know!




oops, I mean...



Lucky bugger, that Hef!

I find twins amazing and I am learning alot about them at the moment as Mrs K and I are expecting twins late July . They will not be identical.
I am realy excited but also preparing for tough times ahead , in more than one area of life. Saying that though I dont have any other kids (that I know of) but am looking forward to being a Dad.

If you dont mind me asking-

Do unidentical twins have these "connections" you guys mention as well?

Sausage - Any advice for a first time Dad expecting twins mate? What worked , what did'nt?

I was born an identical twin but the other fella only survived for an hour.
Don't bother asking me any phsycobabble about it cause I know no different, except that I repeat myself alot.
But I am curious when I meet identical twins,I mean imagine living your life as two people.
I have known several sets of identical twins over the years and the one thing that strikes me is how hurtful and spiteful they can get.
One pair I know have not talked for over 20 years and forbid their parents to mention the other to them.

While a pair of farmer twins I know have been in and out of court for ten years
smashing each other over an inheritance.One now refers to the other as that
C*** that used to be my brother.

A pair that I played footy with used to fight because one was a dirty player and the other side used to get them mixed up when it came to evening the score.
Even our side thought that was funny.

KEARNSY said...

If you dont mind me asking-

Do unidentical twins have these "connections" you guys mention as well?

Yep

^^^^

OK, if you wanna get technical then strickly speaking, there are 3 sets of twins there.

And no, I didn't notice that bit of detail. Time to get my glasses checked.

EDIT: Just to stay on topic... I did go to school with identical twins (boys). Can't add much to the discussion except that (i) it was bloomin' hard to pick the difference and (ii) one seemed a bit more outgoing than the other. But the stories posted here about them getting to hate one another I can understand. Some of them must find it very hard to get their identity through to people to the point where they begin to resent their twin.

KEARNSY said...

I find twins amazing and I am learning alot about them at the moment as Mrs K and I are expecting twins late July . They will not be identical.
I am realy excited but also preparing for tough times ahead , in more than one area of life. Saying that though I dont have any other kids (that I know of) but am looking forward to being a Dad.

If you dont mind me asking-

Do unidentical twins have these "connections" you guys mention as well?

Sausage - Any advice for a first time Dad expecting twins mate? What worked , what did'nt?

Kearnsey,
Firstly congratulations.

We didn't know any different as the twins were our first so that probably eased some of the difficulties that goes with having a multiple birth. Believe me if you ever get to have a singleton, you'll realise just how hard twins can be at times (we've now got 4 with last only a week old).

Don't let anyone ever tell you it is only twice as hard as the degree of difficulty is magnified exponentially for each additional child. I can't even comprehend how someone with triplets could manage.

Now routine is your ally when it comes to day to day duties. You'll get very good at controlled crying and feeding will consume the better part of your life for the first 3 months. My wife and I would alternate between one being breast feed and the other bottled. I still think to this day one got more boob time than the other. If your wife is producing enough milk, double hook ups are possible but she'll need you to configure the bubs.

Forget about getting any decent sleep regardless of how good or bad their sleeping patterns may be. One thing that really worked for us was that I had read early on that rather than wait for them to wake up for their mid-night feed (thus waking you up only after about 1 hours sleep) get yourself ready for bed and wake them up (for us this was around 10 - 10.30 pm) The first night we did that they ended up sleeping all the way through to 6 in the morning. This lasted for a fair while until they just wouldn't take any milk and thereby skipped that feed altogether. To be honest I think we were very lucky with them sleeping through the night pretty early on.

Really important is to lay down the law with your family & in-laws as once that routine gets disrupted it can exacerbate problems.

Good luck and see you on the other side

GypsyDrifter said...

doggie said...

These are twins


(.)(.)

Oh doggie! "sigh".....god you are a bad boy sometimes...

I hope so GD!!!