5 mths and not interacting?

I just read the post " i love having twins" and that they finally found each other. My fraternal girls, Emma and Caitlin will be
5 months on Father's day and still do not really pay much attention to each other. They will turn their head when the other is crying and look at each other sometimes but that is about it. Other posts I have read say the twins are talking to one another, holding hands, laughing etc. I am worried about mine......they have never slept in the same crib together but I do have them side by side alot during feedings, tummy time etc. Any one else experiencing this? Is there an age when they
definitely should be aware of each other. I feel like I have done something wrong by not having them together in the same crib????

 

I definitely would NOT worry!! My guys are 11 mos. and I truly do not think my boys "like" each other!! :huh: They don't hold hands, or chase each other. It's more like fight with each other to take the other ones toy (even if the other one has the EXACT same toy in hand!!) they will push each other over to get to what they want faster. They definitely don't have that "brotherly love" thing going just yet, let alone a "twin bond" They do share a room but have seperate cribs and they will "talk" (more like YELL) at each other. I swear I don't know how they know how to fight this young!!! It's really starting to get irritating and frustrating. Hopefully the "bond" will come and the competition will become less and less. I really don't think you have anything to worry about, they will eventually figure out they are sisters


Carrie

 

My twins would only occasionally interact up until just recently. Occasionally they would giggle at each other, they never hold hands. But in the last month or so, they have really started to realize that they have a playmate, ya know? One will crawl behind the couch and turn around and wait for the other to "come and get them". It's so cute. Enough about my 2 though!

Babies are much more interested in their environment than each other. To help them realize the other exists though, make sure they have plenty of opportunities to see each other while it's playtime. For example, for tummy time, put them across from each other so that when they lift up their heads, they are looking at each other!

Carrie, as far as them taking toys from one another, it is the beginnings of them playing together! As frustrating as it is for both you and them! One has a toy and the other one is curious, so he grabs it! They don't understand the consequence will be screaming!!

They all sound like perfectly normal babies to me!!

 

My DS has noticed his sister on occasion but not everytime. They are down on the floor with each other and most times totally ignore each other and other times he tries to talk to her. She could care less who is beside her and pays him no attention unless it is to put her feet in his face or on his body.

 

Mine knew the other was there at around 4 months, but they didn't really begin interacting until 6 months.

 

Mine interact but usually just to steal something from the other. DS will look at DD and laugh sometimes but she doesn't do the same to him. Like the other posters said, I wouldn't worry. All babies are different.

 

I would NOT worry...I was one of those posters!? My babies just have started to talk to each other and most of the time they don't even realize each other exists. They probably see other once or twice a day...that's it! Mine didn't notice each other at 5 months old. Mine have started to cry when one takes a toy away from the other, but I think that is just because the toy is gone...not because they knew the other took it...kwim?

At 5 months they didn't even know they had feet! I swear they will start growing everyday in many way the next few months...get ready!

jen

 

Our girls are seven months and they just now started to notice eachother. They don't play with eachother - they try to grab eachothers body parts to eat them - that is it! They don't talk together. They don't lovenly gaze at eachother. They try to rip eachother's hair out and ears off!

Angel

 

You have awhile to wait for that...lol! Mine pretended they were the only baby for a very long time. They may have looked at each other and acknowledged slightly in the sitting, walking stages but they pretty much did their own thing. After a year they started playing/babbling to each other and now, they wrestle, take toys of each other, follow what the other is doing, laugh at each other altough I have no idea what they are saying, etc. It will happen just not now they still individually want all of your attention. I would face them to each other and they would look away, Evan was and still is like that if another baby is in the room and I tell him "look at the baby, how cute" he will look every which way but at the baby...GL!