Identical little ones...

[MxMomma21]

I was recently told that they are 100% certain that my babies are identical twins... So I have been thinking really hard on how to tell identicals apart when they are newborns??? For girls I could paint toe nails or something like that but what would you do for boys???? The different color clothes thing wouldn't work because when I go back to work my husband more than likely wouldn't follow that and would mix up clothes daily lol.

Any thoughts from any mommies of identical multiples?? What did you do in the very beginning???

[Songbird_kay]

my husband said he would mark their foot with sharpie straight out of the womb LMAO

[Inca]

I know this may not be popular but the first thing I thought of was pierced ears/different color studs.

[karenros]

my husband said he would mark their foot with sharpie straight out of the womb LMAO

lol robin.... thats a great idea

[College_Girl_14305]

My cousin made 'masculine' looking baby bracelets with their names on them...

[As Is]

Ours aren't identical but three still seems like it would be confusing. I'm getting gender neutral piggy paint & painting their big toe even if they are boys. Also making anklets with initials on an elastic band so it can grow with them.

[twinmom34]

Their hospital arm bracelets will help in the hospital. After that I would do the ankle bracelets.

[Flynn08]

My boys were not identical but they looked a lot alike at first. I put a dab of nail polish on one of their toes for the first week or two. It's a short term issue and nail polish isn't a big deal at that age!

[mla]

I'd still paint a toenail of one of them. You can always use blue, green or black polish. They're babies. It's not like they can catch "teh gay" from nail polish.

[AJHMommy]

Mine are identical and ill be doing anklets.

[3andMe]

Incidentally, identical babies frequently tend to look less identical at birth than you would expect. But I still occasionally paint my son's toenails with blue polish when I'm doing his sister's toes, because he doesn't want to be left out. Many of the boys his age (4) at preschool sport polish on their toes or fingers from time to time, so I wouldn't worry about it with infants.

[muncherbug]

I would do the polish. My girls wore polish until we realized one of them had a freckle that the other didn't. My triplets are fraternal but two of them really looked alike as babies. With them we kept hats on them with A, B, C and wrote an A, B, C on their diapers. It is actually what the hospital did. I kept bracelets on them but don't like that as a sole means of identification because bracelets come off even when you think they are tight.

[Racegirl766k]

I would go with the nail polish, or writing on their diapers.

[haydensmom]

No new ideas here but this is something I never thought about before!

[~Althea~]

I was TERRIFIED of confusing the two....literally, had dreams before I delivered that I mixed them up......


I was going to keep the bracelets on them for a few days. Then DH cut one off before we left. So, I could tell that way. I found out that actually the were more different than I thought they were going to be. One was bigger, had more hair (first time I saw them, Alexis had her hair combed into a mohawk ) One had a certain color blanket in the hospital.

As time went on, I would dress them a little different, and now, they are totally different. (although those outside the family may not think so)

The one thing that I will tell you is to try to have something for them in pictures. Sometimes I cant tell them apart in pics that I have from the begining. A little bear, something with their first initial on it, something to help tell them apart when in a pic.

I asked the pediatrician about the nail polish. He told me, with a straight face, that I could draw their initials on their forehead with a sharpie..... I told him he should never say that to a mother again.... I laughed afterwards, but after a few weeks of no sleep and being really edgy, I was flaberghasted that he would suggest such a thing....

Good luck! Happy multiples!!

[3andMe]

I actually can't tell my twins apart in some of my early pictures, either!

[muncherbug]

In random photos I can't tell my girls apart, but in "staged" photos like a shoot I always have Kennydee on the left side of the photo and Kenzyngton on the right. Friends and family never have to ask who is who because I've taught them how I set up my pictures. Even in family photos I make sure they have Kenny on the left of the pic and Kenzy on the right.

[MxMomma21]

Thank you all for all of the ideas!!! I am pretty sure I am having boys! I am afraid to put anklets on them because my 2 year old LOVES jewelry and probably would take them off or switch them of something like that! I will probably have to paint one big toe or something and do the diaper thing.... I need something that is harder to remove lol!

The ideas with the pictures is great! I never thought of not being able to tell them apart down the road in photos! I will definately be using some of those ideas!!!

[Sugar&Spice]

This was a great thread! So useful. I'd never thought about these things, so thanks for opening my eyes and giving out some great info.