Same sex twins -

Do you dress them alike?

I have no plans to put my in the exact same outfit every single day. I feel like they deserve to be "their own person" and to help identify that I will dress them differently.

I plan on dressing them similarly. Same type of outfit but different colors or patterns, etc.

Just curious what you do.

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i am that mom that dresses them alike every single day.

for me i just love it, and while they are still babies i can get away with it.

every PJ's , onesie.. outfit.. same!!

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We go back and forth. If people are visiting we usually dress them a like or at least same outfit different color. Other days they dress different for the same reasons you stated above. My DH thinks it's important to create separate identities.....I think it's cute when they dress alike though!

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i don't get the seperate identities though.. just because they are dressed alike doesn't mean they don't have their own identity.
idk.. maybe i am a little too sensitive.. but i don't think that at all

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Posted by MetsGirl07

i don't get the seperate identities though.. just because they are dressed alike doesn't mean they don't have their own identity.
idk.. maybe i am a little too sensitive.. but i don't think that at all

Didn't mean to insult!

When I said separate identities, I meant more for when they are older. Like will you insist on them always dressing the same? Because I know DS (2.5) gets a kick out of picking out his clothes and I think it helps him create his "style" and express his independence.

With the twins, I don't think they'd always want to wear the same clothes. Of course, I have no idea. My twins aren't even here yet.

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I dress the boys alike always like Deanna (except for their socks bc I can never find 4 the same!).

I didn't plan to do this; it just happened and I LOVE it.

When they're older, if they want to pick out their own clothes, no problem. But for now, it makes me .

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Posted by MetsGirl07

i am that mom that dresses them alike every single day.

for me i just love it, and while they are still babies i can get away with it.

every PJ's , onesie.. outfit.. same!!

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I have identical daughters. I do not dress them alike. They had the same Baptism dress because I liked a particular one the best.

I do however have them wear similar outfits. For example same outfit but different colors, etc.

Since they are in daycare and are identical, I think it would be asking a lot for the daycare providers to tell them apart.

as an aside, I don't think they look identical but i am the only person on the planet who feels this way.

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I dress mine the same. As far as their identities they could not be more different, and they both know it. I enjoy it, and for me it's a lot easier. I only have to select one outfit. :) (whatever saves time is my motto)

Oh and I thought I would stop by now, but at 2.5 the matching is still going strong lol

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No....I do a blue/green same outfit or type. Pretty much every outfit they have goes together without exactly matching with their certain colors.

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I am due with in May, and since the Dr's are telling me they are most likely identical (share a placenta) I LOVE the idea of dressing them the same! Since I have DD, I also plan on re-using her clothes for the twins, so they won't always match, but I will mix up matching, same outfit different color, and their own outfits depending on what we are doing that day. I just love having the option! Oh, and I don't plan on leaving DD out. I might get her a matching outfit different color too. I'm going to do it while I can!

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I'm due with my in June (docs say they are coming in May) I dont plan on dressing them the same all the time but def when there is a function we have to go to or a party or whatever.
Most of the other days i plan n dressing them in the "same" outfit but different colors

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i dressed them in what people bought them. most people bought them the same outfits so thats what they wore.
its very hard to find differnent colors and the same size in the same outfit. i only have a few things that are the same but different color.
honestly when they are little is so much easier just to pull out the same outfit each day.

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No Never. I think once they had the same christmas PJs, that was the only time other then christening dress.

I do sometimes like to buy similair styles...or the same outfit in different col ors or for holidays we will do a dress on one, skirt on the other in same pattern/style...that type of thing.

When we are just hanging out we dress them different.

I feel like they have totally different personalitys and they actually have differnt body shapes and skin coloring and different things just looks 'MORE' Chloe and certain 'MORE' Sydney...and we found Family and friends see that too and buy them clothes to kinda suit them too.

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Yes i always dress them alike. i look at it like when i buy an outfit how can i just buy that outfit for one of them and not the other? they are twins, not identical but i don't want one to think well why did she wear that outfit and i wore that one? they have their own personalities, but i feel just bc they are in the same outfit that doesn't change! when they get older and are in school i will dress them differently. and when they get old enough they can pick what they want to wear. if they want similar outfits, or different colors that's fine, or if they want totally different that's fine too!!! as for now they are always in the same or similar outfits.

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my girls are fraternal and i usually do not dress them alike, i just don't like it
if someone gives me the same outfits or if an outfit is just too cute then i will put it on them but more often then not i just coordinate them, maybe same outfit different color or pattern
but christening gown and first christmas dresses were the same it was just easier

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I dressed my girls alike.....

Usually they were in the same outfit but a different color...

Or...same jeans with a different color top....

Etc...

When they turned 3 they told me they didnt want to dress the same any more so we stopped....

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Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. If they are not in the same outfit I try to coordinate their outfit (different color or pattern).

I have to say I LOVE dressing them! It is so much fun :)

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i don't. never have, never will. i rtnd all double outfits ppl gave me. they are their own ppl

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I tend to dress the boys in similar outfits when we go out. Usually same shirt with different colors. When we are home or just running errands, usually different outfits.

I love dressing them the same! Never really thought about them not having their own idenities due to their clothes.

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My girls are dressed the same or in similiar outfits, but different colors on holidays. I will dress them alike if someone bought me the outfit. However, when I go out and buy clothes I get different outfits. I don't like buying two of the same thing.

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I am having two more boys, so my twins will be wearing tons of hand-me-downs. Because of this, I probably will not dress them alike very often. Anything I have purchased, and most gifts I have gotten have been two of the same. I guess it will depend on our mood that day... I haven't thought too much about it. I think it is really cute to have coordinating outfits, though. One of my students told me that her mom always dressed her in pink and her twin sister in the same or similar outfit in purple. It helped people tell them apart.