Recognizing themselves in the mirror

My boys are 25 months, and I was sure by now that when they see themselves in the mirror they should be able to know it's them. My oldest was just under 2 when he started recognizing himself in the mirror. For the twins though, they say the others name. I was showing Nathaniel his reflection the other night and he was so excited and shouted out, "Hi William!" I told him it was Nathaniel, he shook his head and very sternly said, "No! William!" William does the same thing. Is this normal?

 

Mine do the same thing. I think it's because they don't understand that the other one looks just like them, they only see their brother. I keep telling them but they haven't gotten it yet.

 

Can you take both to a mirror and touch and say names? I'm actually surprised mine dont do this, but we spent a ton of time in front of the mirror when they were babies (it calmed them down when upset). Mine can also tell the difference in most pictures although it could be memorization.

 

Mine did the same thing around that age. They also always think they are their twin in pictures. It's really quite funny! Every once in a while they will get one right, but it's always in a picture that they have been asked about before. They are just memorizing...

 

My older girls used to do this and they're not even identical (although they do have the same colouring). I can't remember exactly how old they were when they stopped but I know it was over 2, maybe 2 1/4-2 1/2. They didn't get themselves mixed up hardly at all in photos so my theory was that because the baby in the mirror moved they thought it must be their sister.
Maybe just point out where the other one is playing and how you are reflected in the mirror too.

 

Mine did the same.
I think seeing photos of the two of them together, but dressed differently helped. Especially just taken pictures which the digital age has made so easy for us to see!

Edited for clairity, for example, one can see I'm in the blue shirt so that one is me.

 

My girls do the same, only they get very upset when you try to tell them it's them and not their sister. The other issue though is that they call each other "Day" for Audrée so it's pretty much like Amélie doesn't exist in our house!

They also get very confused and upset when looking at pictures of the two of them together. I will ask "who's that?" and point to one of them and they will say "Day" then I'll say "who's that?" and point to the other one and they either say "Day" again or just shake their heads and say "No, no, no". I find it fascinating but also upsetting to watch so I try not to push them. Even though we dress them differently and I do their hair differently (one gets 2 pigtails the other gets one) they still don't seem to realize they are not the same person as their sister!

PS. This is my first official post in this forum since we moved up on Monday .

 

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My girls do the same, only they get very upset when you try to tell them it's them and not their sister. The other issue though is that they call each other "Day" for Audrée so it's pretty much like Amélie doesn't exist in our house!

They also get very confused and upset when looking at pictures of the two of them together. I will ask "who's that?" and point to one of them and they will say "Day" then I'll say "who's that?" and point to the other one and they either say "Day" again or just shake their heads and say "No, no, no". I find it fascinating but also upsetting to watch so I try not to push them. Even though we dress them differently and I do their hair differently (one gets 2 pigtails the other gets one) they still don't seem to realize they are not the same person as their sister!

PS. This is my first official post in this forum since we moved up on Monday .
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Yay the first "official" post!!

I tried the 2 of them at the same time looking in the mirror and it just confused them, and they weren't dressed the same.

 

I'm late on this one, but I only get to twinstuff occasionally. My boys are almost 2.5 and they still can't tell themselves in the mirror - in fact, out of all of my kids they are the only ones who have NEVER had an interest even looking at themselves in the mirror - maybe because they see that face all the time, there is no case of "Who's THAT baby??" syndrome.

As for pictures - its 50/50 if they guess right - so I'm assuming they dont' have a hot clue....but they do know each other's names and if I point at Z and ask who it is, they both say Z's name and vice versa for Lane - they are very clear on who they are in reality - just not in pictures or mirrors.