Telling Identical twins apart

What are some ways you tell your identical twins apart? People say mothers can tell but I can't - at least not yet, they look so different almost every day! I have read about dressing them in different clothes - a color for each but we have lots of hand me downs from other twins that were dressed in the same outfits. Any suggestions?

 

When my boys came home, I was so worried I would have a hard time telling them apart. I didn't, but my family did and they were helping me. (four years later they still can't tell them apart) I was worried that one would get fed twice, and the other not, etc.. so I had to be sure everyone knew who was who. One thing I did was I always laid them down the same way. Aaron on the left, Connor on the right. Since they were not moving much, the stayed put. That was true not only in the crib, but on the floor on a blanket, in the pack and play, etc..

I also decided to put a drop of red fingernail polish on Aaron's thumb. That way in case there was any doubt, we always knew which one was Aaron and which one was Connor.

 

I do the one on the left and one on the right too. The nail polish on the toes will work good as well.

 

We do the left/right thing as well, however, right now our boys are pretty easy to tell apart since Bo is still quite a bit smaller. I think once he catches up we'll have a harder time!

 

Actually, you should NOT always put them on the same side. Especially if one twin always faces towards the other baby (our Sydney loved to face her sister). They can develop flat spots on their heads.

I've never had difficulty telling them apart. They had acute ttts, so their colors were diff for awhile. Sam has a birthmark. We tend to dress Sam in pink, Syd in purple (for the benefit of family, friends, caregivers).

The fingernail or toenail painting is the most common trick of the trade!

 

Like pp, ours have been pretty different from the beginning; mostly the size difference, but when in doubt, Ainsley has a strawberry birthmark on the back of her neck.

You'll be able to tell 99% of the time, I'm sure. And eventually their personalities will be a dead giveaway!

 

I always dressed my differently. Even if you inherit matching outfits, they don't need to wear the same ones if you have a selection. I also painted a toe for a couple of months. I even could differentiate their cradle cap (we had a minor mix up with MIL in charge). Eventually, you will be able to tell the difference easily, but dressing differently is certainly the easiest. Pictures are always hard. When they were younger, I always had Will on the right and Matt on the left. Now that they are growing, they look a little different, at least to me

 

When they were newborns and I couldn't tell them apart we put fingernail polish on Maisy's toenail and also would always lay her on the left, Keira on the right. Now one has a birthmark on her foot so others can tell them apart.

 

I try to dress one in pink and the other in other colors. That is more to help others remember who is who and/or for me to know with a super quick glance. For the middle of the night thing, we have one girl's toe nails painted purple. During the day, I usually can tell them apart. In the middle of the night, I am totally clueless without the little toe. Heck, I can't even remember (due to being too tired) what I dressed them in to sleep in, so different clothing doesn't help then either.

 

I was really worried about this too, but we lucked out and one of our girls has a birthmark on the back of her head, and hshe had surgury so there is a scar on her side. Otherwise I would have painted their toenails.

 

At first the only way we could tell our boys apart was Jesse has a dipple in his left earlobe which makes it look pierced. Now I have no problem telling them apart. Daddy on the other hand, if he can't see the ear he's clueless :lol: If Jesse ever catches up with Joshua in weight, I might have a hard time too. I hope he never looses that dimple!!!

 

Early on we kept Alex in purple & Gabby in pink - I also made these rice pearl bracelets with purple & pink crystals. HTH

xox
Mariel

 

We had a spool of yarn that we cut a piece from. We only had yarn on Landon (only b/c he was near me when i cut it) but we all knew that Landon had yellow yarn on his ankle. Only a time or two it came off but it was pretty easy to remember. It was always sticking out of a sock or something for us to see. DH didnt want to paint any toe nails. LOL.
Sometimes i'll put Brenden in one color socks and Landon in another and when people ask i can say 'well Brenden has tan socks and Landons are blue" just to help them out a little bit and even it helps me when i cant see their faces.


Amanda