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How to Tell Identical Twins Apart on a Phone Call

I reached a milestone recently where I can actually tell my toddler twins apart when I talk to them on the phone. While it isn’t foolproof, it has definitely helped me distinguish with whom I’m speaking. Since your identical twins’ voices may very well be identical too, the key to hearing the difference is in [...]

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How to Help Twins Feel Uniquely Celebrated on Birthdays

Your twins will have to do a lot of things together as they grow up. Since they are the same age and maybe even the same gender, they will likely share the same clothes, room, toys, friends, classes, and more. Your child’s birthday should be a celebration of him or her. However, this celebration gets [...]

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How to Teach Your Twins to Share

With twins in the house a big point of contention will be sharing. The easy way for you as the parent would be to get two of everything. However, this surely won’t work all the time and definitely doesn’t build character. And as we all know, your job as a dad, of course, is to [...]

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Nigerian Twins Legend

Technically, culture aside, the time of birth indicates which twin is older. The first born is the oldest. However, according to Nigerian legend shared with me by a Nigerian coworker, the birth order of twins isn’t what you’d think it would be. The Nigerian tradition holds that the oldest twin pushes the youngest out of [...]

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The Paradox of Telling Identical Twins Apart

As a parent of twins, you will learn how to distinguish your kids even if they are identical. Others will be baffled at how you can tell your babies or even your identical toddlers apart. However, this inherent skill as a twin parent only applies to your kids. When I see other identical twins at [...]

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Things I Didn’t Expect with Twins

There have been some aspects of raising twins that are par for the course and pretty similar to our experience in raising our singletons. However, there have been some surprising things about twins, as well. I have been surprised: By how many diapers we’d go through. It seems that they get used up as fast [...]

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How Writing will Maintain your Sanity with Twins

Sometimes when you are burdened with the responsibilities of your twins and your mind is foggy, you may start to feel like you are going crazy. There is an easy way for some self-therapy. You need to write. Don’t worry, you don’t need to start a blog and publish your thoughts publicly if you don’t [...]

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How Twin Dads Should Respond to “If You Need Any Help” Comments

Once your friends and family find out you’re having twins, you’ll be bombarded with congratulations and many “If you need any help, please let me know” comments. As a twin parent, you need help. There isn’t any “if” about it. Part of your preparations for your baby twins should be arranging as much help as [...]

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The Secret to Doing Anything with Twins

You’ll probably hear incredulous comments from non-twin parents like, “How do you do it?” Well, as with anything in life, I find a way. That way contains the secret to doing anything with twins. The secret? One at a time. Need to change a poopy diaper on both twins? Change one at a time. Are [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions for the Twin Dad

The new year is upon us and as is tradition, it is time to set some goals. Your goals this year could include being a better dad to your twins. If you need some ideas of how to do this, I did the hard work and brainstormed for all of us. This is what I [...]

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