The Twin Bond
Our twins, R and M, will be two years old at the end of February. Aside from each other the only opportunities they get to socialise with other children is when I take them to play group on a Thursday and music group on a Friday.
To me, giving our daughters plenty of opportunity to socialise and play with or play around other children is really important. Obviously they will always have each other to play with, to cuddle with and of course to fight with!
R and M are not identical. They have similarities such as their cute button noses and wonderfully dark brown eyes, but when it comes to their personalities they are polar opposites!
Like all children they go through phases of different behaviours, but ultimately underneath all that lies their true personallities.
R is very loving and gets quite attached to cuddly toys and she loves her blanket. We can’t go anywhere without them!
When we go to play group, R is confident enough to wander off and get toys, explore and she’ll happily hand toys out to other children nearby. She enjoys watching other children playing, but if a child were to take something off her, she would let them and then turn to look at me as if to say ‘Why did they take my toy?’
When it comes to food, R loves chocolate and cake. She defintely has a sweet tooth like her mummy! She eats well and enjoys all different kinds of food.
Come night time and after she’s had her milk in my arms and I’ve rocked her to sleep I’ll place her in cot. She’ll stay in her cot all night, but can wake anything from one to five times a night for me to pop her dummy back in or give her, her blanket.
M is just as loving as R and she has also formed an attachment to her blanket. M does like her toy cat, but she’s not too bothered whether she brings it every where with her or not. She does sleep with her blanket at night and at nap times.
I would say that M is more unsure of the world in comparison to R. M likes to be picked up a lot and carried. Pretty much all day if she had her way! She’s in our arms a lot and you can’t do anything without her wanting to know what you’re up to!
When we go to play group, M rarely wanders off. She likes to stay on my lap whilst I pass her toys to play with. If M sees a toy she wants she’ll gesture toward it and I’ll have to hold her hand and go with her to get it. However, if R is standing by the toy that M wants, M is happy enough to go off on her own and get it. It’s lovely how she feels safe around R.
When it comes to food, M has more of a savoury taste, but she has a brilliant appetitie.
M turns into quite the little extrovert and likes to show off! She’ll run around, dance, spin in circles and chatter away! It’s such a funny transformation!
I hope that when our girls are all grown up, that they’ll always be there for each other. I hope they’ll talk and see each other regulary.
The Twin Bond…one that can never be broken.
12 Comments
Jen Walshaw
February 4, 2014 at 8:56 am
How wonderful to have someone to be so close too.
Emily
February 4, 2014 at 8:21 pm
It is Jen. I love watching them together x
Agata Pokutycka
February 4, 2014 at 11:30 am
I always wanted to have twins, there is always something magic about the way they can feel and understand each other
Emily
February 4, 2014 at 8:22 pm
That's a good way to describe it. It certainly is magical Agata x
Vicky Wombwell Kuhn
February 4, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Aww – the twin bond is very strong! We have just been blessed with twin nephews, so we'll be able to see it for ourselves sooner rather than later. After trying for 2 years – I think it will be the IVF route for us too – so possible out own twins a little down the road. Gorgeous post thank you xx
Emily
February 4, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Congratulations Vicky! I hope you get to become a mum soon and if you need any twin tips, you know where I am x
Sarah-Louise Bailey
February 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm
Oh how sweet they are – I have twin cousins and they have always seemed so close, they do like tricking there parents even that they have the wrong twin lol x
Emily
February 4, 2014 at 8:24 pm
Thanks Sarah! One of the perks of being a twin! Although our girls have similarities, there's no mistaking them for one another! x
Kate Williams
February 4, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Aww, they look like they get along brilliantly 🙂
Emily
February 7, 2014 at 4:25 pm
They do, unless they're fighting! x
AMummyToo
February 9, 2014 at 1:25 pm
They are so sweet and it indeed seems like such a special bond. x
Mellissa Williams
February 9, 2014 at 2:03 pm
your twins are lovely and they look so happy!