How to dress the twins...

QUOTE(TwinLove @ Aug 18 2008, 10:27 AM) [snapback]935266[/snapback]
One other suggestion, if you are registering soon, don't register for clothes. People are going to buy what they want {clothes wise anyway} and you should go for your big ticket items. :good: Plus, finding clothes that someone registered for is a PITA! :laughing:


I don't recommend registering for a lot of clothes either. I put just a few outfits on the registry to show people the kind of style that I liked, which doesn't really work anyway b/c people want to buy what THEY like. You will get lots of outfits as gifts and I bet most, if not all, will be matching. People just get a kick out of buying matching outfits. And as the pp said, it can be really hard for someone else to find the exact outfit that you registered for in the store.

We usually go with coordinating outfits, same thing different color, or same color but slightly different pattern. We have a few matching outfits but most of them were from when they were newborns. Also my girls are frat and pretty easy to tell apart. If they were ID I'd probably try to put them in different colors so others could tell who was who more easily. Of course this is just when we go out, at home they wear whatever I grab out of the dresser first. I think they are so cute when they match, and at this age they won't be psychologically scarred by it, so I have fun with it. When they are older they can choose what they want to wear.

Jen

 

You're going to get a lot of matching clothes as gifts so I wouldn't even worry about registering for those unless you decide you want them to match exclusively.

While I don't think having them in matching clothes automatically stifles their individuality, it does make it easier for people to see them as a unit when they are growing up. Since people are just getting to know them, this can make a difference in how they treat them for the rest of their lives. The kids are almost certainly going to develop their own personalities but it can be hard to people to overcome that first year of seeing them as the same.

What we did was color code the girls. This allowed everyone to automatically tell who was who and call them by name from the beginning. Ainsley wore pink & yellow while Sierra wore blue, green, & purple. As an added bonus we can always tell who is who in photos years later. The girls occasionally matched but it wasn't a habit.

Personally, I think it would have been more work to match them everyday because I would have had to make sure that I had two sets of clean, unstained, matching clothes every time I changed them. If a set got ruined or one of the kids needed to be changed due to a diaper blow-out or spit-up it would throw everything off. With color coding, I just had a drawer of clothes for each girl and I pulled out outfits from each as needed.

 

I didn't want to commit myself one way or the other. I did want to color code, but I knew I wouldn't want to keep it up. Same, different, coordinated, coded.... I'm planning on taking it one day at a time and not worrying about it too much. You just have to find what works best for you. I'm not sure what that's going to be for me yet. All I know is grandma bought them matching frog outfits with a little frogs on the butt and I can't wait to put my little guys in those!!

 

I have a feeling I'm just going to be lucky if they make it out onesies and sleeper before they're first birthday! LOL! I'm the type to drag out whatever is clean and go "Yup. Looks good. Let's go!" But, since they are Id, who knows what I'll do. My DS (who is 8) absolutley insists they be dressed alike, so I may do it to humor him. And God knows Granny will buy everything in pairs!

 

QUOTE(Moodyzblu @ Aug 18 2008, 11:00 PM) [snapback]936019[/snapback]
I dress my boys exactly alike .. they're ID and its just fun ! Now at 4 yrs old they get upset if they AREN'T dressed alike ! I find it SO much easier to just buy 2 of everything .. besides I would spend TOO much time trying to make sure they both look cute and one isnt dressed better than the other. Like if I have a favorite shirt .. well then who gets to wear it ? I know .. weird .. but thats just me.



Same here. Mine couldn't be more different as far as personalities anyways, so if people we know can't tell them apart, so be it! Strangers, I could care LESS!

 

I L-O-V-E dressing my boys alike!!!! I think it is the cutest thing ever! They have such different personalities already, that they are already their unique individual, and dressing them a like or different doesn't change that.

They are precious - I love seeing them next to each other dressed alike. We will only do it until they are about 3 (at the most).

 

MIne are b/g twins so I cant dress thema like, although I so usually try to let the colors match. Eg. Blue dress for Gracie, Blue shirt for MAson

April

 

I am an identical twins expecting twins. They can't tell if they are fraternal or an identical with an egg that split before day three at this point. Anyway, my mother dressed us alike for special occasions only and even then it would be the same outfit or the same outfit in different colors. As we got older we chose to dress alike a lot on our own. I always enjoyed having double the wardrobe! It was nice b/c she is a fan of purple and I loved green. We could wear matching outfits in "our" favorite colors. I always felt like a twin and an individual as well.