Dressing Alike

As I have b/g twins I can't dress them alike very often. I sometimes will put similar outfits on them. But I was just curious of those of you who have same gender twins, do you dress them alike? My guess is people will have strong opinions

 

I dress mine alike most of the time. I prefer to dress them in outfits that coordinate instead of identical outfits when I can, because no one other than me and DH can tell them apart. So if I have them in coordinating outfits I can say "Amelia is the one with the hearts" or whatever. It also depends on if I can find two of the same outfit that are both clean and available!

 

I love to dress my girls in matching outfits. I sometimes do the same color and same outfit and other times I'll get them the same outfit but in different colors - one will have it in pink and my other one in lavender. I figure, I'm going to try and dress them alike as long as I can since they will probably ask me to stop by the time they are ready for school - so I'm just take advantage of it now. :a_smil09:

You can often find the same often in blue (boy) and in pink or in green (boy) and lavender at many stores. You can try that - same outfit but in different colors.

 

If we are going out or having visitors I will usually dress them in the same or matching outfits. It's just too cute to resist. Of course when they are older I won't force them to dress alike if they don't want to but I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity while it lasts. We do have a few outfits that don't have a match so they will dress differently from time to time.

Jen

 

I go out of my way NOT to dress my boys alike. I don't know why - it's just not for us. Maybe because my own brothers (18 months apart) are still mad that my mom used to dress them alike. I figure when the boys are older and choose their own clothes they can dress alike if they want to. I usually put Evan in green and James in blue for some reason...but so long as their outfits are equally cute I'm happy.

 

It's really rare that I dress the boys exactly alike. They have a matching set of pajamas and a matching set of onesies and that's it. Usually, they'll be in something similar, like, the Carter's onesies that have a puppy dog theme...one will wear a solid with a little dog on the front and the other might wear one that has puppies printed on it. If not that, it'll be the same thing just in a different color. That's about as close as I'm willing to get to dressing alike. It's just not for us.

 

I have b/g and about 75% of the time they are in the same thing or at least matching.

Today DS is wearing jeans and a white turtle neck with a red shirt.
DD is wearing a jean skirt a pink turtle neck and red shirt!

 

I rarely dress mine alike, though they often coordinate. I'll have one in blue and the other in red or whatever, but I RARELY have them in matching outfits. I want them to be their "own" person- and like the PP said, if they want to dress alike when they get older- that's their call!

 

Sometimes I dress them alike. Like yesterday they both had on these sleepers with little yellow duckies all over them because they were just too cute and I don't have two coordinating outfits for the duckies.

But I mostly dress them in coordinating clothes. Today they are both wearing cream colored carter's rompers that are slightly different. Or we have two of the same outfit in different colors.

DH always dresses them completely different and then it messes up my scheme because something is in the laundry when the coordinating counterpart is clean- so now we can't wear said counterpart until I do laundry. I have a love for all things orderly and unfortunately the girls' clothing has been added to my list of things to obsess about.

 

I refuse to buy the same outfits, but many people gave them as gifts. If we have two, they match, but usually its coordinating.

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Most of the time, I dress my girls alike. Once in awhile in coordinating outfits, once in a blue moon completely different. I actually enjoy challenging my family to tell them apart - I think it really makes them study them and learn their differences in order to know who is who.

I also figure I'll keep doing it while I can, I certainly would not make them dress alike if they don't want to.

 

I swore I'd never dress them alike... never say never! My two coordinate everyday including their pjs. My DD is starting to like/dislike certain clothes so she's starting to rebel and when that happens, they can decide.

 

I would rather dress them similiar, either same style different colors or same patterns different arrangements. But most of the cloths I have for them now are gifts and everyone got them identical outfits. So at the moment, I mostly dress them the same. But when I go purchase new cloths, I rarely get the same outfits. I do try to find matching though.

 

Almost never dress them alike. They are so incredibly different looking that it's almost like they aren't twins, I just have two babies. On special occasions, I will have the same shirt, maybe in a different color, that sort of thing, but I can count on one hand the times they have been dressed exactly alike.

 

Actually, now that I think about it, they often wear the same pajamas.

 

I have b/g too, and sometimes they wear (unisex) matching outfits, and they almost always wear coordinated outfits. (Because I am so anal, and it disturbs my sense of order in the universe if their clothes aren't coordinated! :lol: )

 

I dress mine alike or coordinated most of the time. If I dress them totally different, I feel usually feel like it's unfair and one looks cuter than the other, lol.

 

I'm not planning on dressing mine alike. I don't mind coordinating outfits so much, but do not like same outfits. In fact, a few people got matching outfits (not coordinating, but the same outfit) and I returned every one of them.

 

QUOTE(fuchsiagroan @ Feb 14 2008, 07:28 PM) [snapback]622552[/snapback]
I have b/g too, and sometimes they wear (unisex) matching outfits, and they almost always wear coordinated outfits. (Because I am so anal, and it disturbs my sense of order in the universe if their clothes aren't coordinated! :lol: )


Ditto! I always try to coordinate their outfits, even their pj's!!

 

Most of their clothes were gifts, and I dress them according to weather. If I dress them alike, I only have to pick out ONE weather-appropriate outfit.

At home though, its onesies and a diaper. Keepin' it easy.

 

I'm also quite anal about dressing my boys alike. While I don't BUY matching clothes anymore, I do buy coordinating outfits. If I can't find 2 coordinating outfits I like, then I buy 2 of the same (especially of the SUPER cute ones)! I even coordinate their pjs. Perhaps it's a sickness .

I'm like one of the pp's in that I go nuts when DH doesn't dress them alike & my laundry is all messed up! ACK!

 

QUOTE(jjokitty @ Feb 14 2008, 01:36 PM) [snapback]622064[/snapback]
If we are going out or having visitors I will usually dress them in the same or matching outfits. It's just too cute to resist. Of course when they are older I won't force them to dress alike if they don't want to but I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity while it lasts. We do have a few outfits that don't have a match so they will dress differently from time to time.

Jen


Same here. If we are leaving the house or seeing family or visitors, I make sure to put the boys in identical or coordinating outfits. But, at home I don't worry about it too much.

I also like dressing them the same b/c generally I prefer certain outfits over others and I don't want one of the boys looking cuter than the other.

We also do matching jammies. I just think it's cute. When they are older I'm sure I'll stop, but for now I like it.

Another reason I do matching/same outfits is because I take a ton of pics and scrapbook - and it is easier to match papers and stuff if I only have to match to one outfit. :lol:

 

My girls were color-coded so everyone could easily call them by name. They had a few coordinating outfits but only a couple of matching ones. It wasn't until the last year or two that they wore matching clothes more than once every 1-2 months. It's still pretty infrequent.

 

I swore i would NEVER dress them alike till I bought their first outfits.... so now mst days they are dressed alike. I LOVE it and will do it as much as I can till they decide not to.

 

When I was pregnant I swore I'd never dress them alike but someone said to me "Do it while you can because when they get older they won't want to" so I still dress them alike when we go out. Most times I do not always but mostly.

 

We almost always dress them alike, if I don't have an outfit that matches exactly, they coordinate. I tend to feel weird if I don't dress them alike, like if one is in the less cute outfit, I feel like that kiddo is getting jipped.

 

Never, ever. I got a few similar outfits (in blue / pink versions) when they were babies and they did wear them (mainly for pics) but I don't dress them alike. It's harder anyway b/c they're b/g, but I am not a big fan anyway.

 

I try to put my girls in coordinating outfits, especially for special occasions. But I never dress them exactly alike.

 

We got lots of gifts as matching outfits in the 0-3 size ans they are way too cute dressed alike! Now we are in the 6-9 size we have two friends who have babies just a little older than my chicks so we have lots of hand me downs so most do not match but I do try and coordinate. Pictures will always be matching outfits

 

I voted for "once in a while". I don't believe in dressing them alike. I feel that they are individual babies and if they chose to dress alike in the future then that will be up to them. I do every now and then put them in similar outfits, but very seldom the same exact one. Our girls have two totally different personalities and I don't want to cloud that with trying to give them the same every thing. That causes jealousy and I am trying to prevent adding that to my household.

Lots of love!
Meshell