I know some people who have twins that look and act so much alike the parents have a hard time telling them apart. Others have twins that look and act like polar opposites. Twins that cannot be apart from one another for fear of total emotional collapse. Twins are a fascinating phenomena. Our twins are identical, which means they started off as 1 fertilized egg that split into 2 identical embryos. I really looked forward to witnessing that special twin bond I’d heard so much about. Holding hands, playing together, loving each other unconditionally, communication without words.

Not so much.

I don’t know if it was the many weeks in the NICU in the beginning of their life that meant being separated in different beds or if it was the fact that they have older sisters whom they idolize but my girls, while identical, fight about everything. They fight about which cereal bowl they get to use, which cup colour they want, which t-shirt to wear, even though there is a duplicate in the drawer! Barbies, stuffys, movies, blankets, books…EVERYTHING!

UGH! The crying, the yelling, the hair pulling and the hitting!

Make it stop!

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Tiffany has more kids than she has patience, more to-do lists than time and a wardrobe of yoga clothes that have never seen a yoga studio. In her spare time (HA) she blogs, runs, parents (double HA) and ponders what she wants to be when THEY grow up! MyDirt.ca - A personal journey to clean up her act.

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