The Daddy Complex

When Your twins were babies, how did they play with each other, that is if they did? Did they ever hurt themselves, bumped their heads? Im talking about different stages. 6 months. 12 months. 18 months. Thanks!

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Twins typically don’t acknowledge each other as separate entities until around the 5th or 6th month. The way it was described to us was, until that point in their development, twins look at their sibling the same way they look at their own arm or leg, just another part of themselves.

After that they would kinda just look at each other wide-eyed, like, “Holy shit! Where’d you come from? And can you tell me what this is in my diaper?” From then on it was just awkward interactions much like me at my junior high school dances. For a good example, check out this video from when they were wee of Boone reaching for a toy and cracking up Wyatt.

And rather than go through their vast catalog of injuries at six month intervals, I’ll just say, yes, they hurt themselves. Babies tumble. Add to that the fact that, as they became more mobile, we discovered Wyatt really has no lower gear. So, for a while we had many collisions until Boone leaned to dodge and weave.

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  1. electradaddy said: Totally oblivious to ea. other. One could wake up screaming loud enough for astronauts on the International Space Station to hear & the sibling would sleep right thru it.
  2. fatherhoodis said: I had never had the “separate entities” concept explained to me. That really helps. We often think our boy watches his sister frequently while she ignores him. They’re 2.5 months, so it’ll be a fun 2.5 more months of anticipation.
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