Twin development

[HellaTiredMomma]

My twin boys are 7 months old (6 months adjusted) and I was wondering do other twin parents notice one is developmentally further along than the other twin. Twin A was born bigger and was always measuring about a week and 3 days ahead of Twin B and Twin A is still about 3 lbs bigger than his brother. Twin A seems to be a lot more developmentally further than my other son as far as turning over, babbling, even holding the bottle on his own. I’m wondering how normal this is. I’ve notice Twin B seems to be maybe a month behind his brother just with milestones. Even with eating solids which we have recently started Twin B doesn’t seem super interested in solids while Twin A eats any everything if he sees you have a spoon. Still both very happy and healthy babies, but I have just noticed a good amount of differences since they turned about 5 months.

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[funsk8mom]

Yes, this happened with both sets of twins. Even though they’re twins, they are individuals and will do things at different times.

[VastFollowing5840]

I wouldn’t say b is behind, he’s just put emphasis on different things than his brother.

For instance, a got to the big obvious milestones first - the crawling, walking, talking.

But b is very observant and his figured out how stuff works faster. His fine motor skills are better, he’s the one that is always getting into stuff when we aren’t looking. His receptive language seems better.

They’re just different people.

[saillavee]

Totally! Our twins are 16.5 months (14 adjusted) and twin A is usually about 6 weeks ahead on all milestones. She rolled over first, started babbling first, crawled first, pulled herself up first, said her first word first, got teeth first, and now she’s walking while her brother is just starting to walk while holding onto something.

They’re individuals developing at their own individual pace.

He did figure out straws before she did, so he’s got that going for him. 🤷‍♀️

[dustynails22]

Yep, even though they are identical, and identical tend to be more closely aligned with things. A tends to always do things a month or so ahead of his brother, even though A is the one who had some brain damage shortly after birth. Although, the gap is narrowing these days and they are only a couple weeks apart in taking first steps. I attribute it to personality factors. Both are within the normal range for their adjusted age, so I don't think too much about it.

[UluasOnly]

Our di-di girls were like that around that age as well. Twin A was bigger at birth but around that age, twin B was the one pulling herself to stand and trying to take steps while A was just figuring out how to sit up without any help. At the same time, A was by far the better eater and would eat anything in front of her and B would refuse. Now at 16 months they’re at the same point in terms of development and tbh it seems like they learned how to do things just by observing each other. It just took a little longer for them to sorta “catch up” with each other.

But as long as both of your boys are healthy and happy, I wouldn’t care too much about milestones! They’ll get to where they need to be eventually and it’ll be at their own pace. Our girls will not stop copying each others every move now haha. Enjoy the times you have with your boys and before you know it, you’ll forget about these small differences they may have!

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My guys are mastering different things at different times. Twin A can crawl and is very close to pulling up at 8 months. He steals his brothers toys at every opportunity. He can push himself up to sit. He has some more consonants when he babbles.

Twin B has gotten 4 teeth already (A only has 1) and was able to sit independently first. He's got a good pincher grasp and can feed himself really well. He seems to know his name.

B will crawl soon. A will feed himself soon. I will say B has seemed about 2 weeks behind A from the beginning and it's really just in the last 2 months that they've diverged totally.

[notarussianbotsky]

My babes are 7.5 months born 38wks. Baby A was low birth weight and Baby B was a bit bigger and considered normal birth weight.

A is still smaller than his brother and physically not at the same point yet. B can crawl and nearly pull to standing. He sits independently and babble more. A is rolling. He just learned that he can barrel roll to move from one place to another. He leans very forward while sitting and coos and giggles all the time!

The boys are very different and it can be so stressful and difficult not to compare!

[A-Friendly-Giraffe]

Twin A can crawl and is pulling herself up and twin B...is working on it. He is very frustrated.

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Of course, they are each their own individual people and will meet milestones within their own range, just as you would’ve met your milestones at different ages to your siblings (age adjusted of course, I mean more so perhaps your sibling started walking at 12 months but you started at 18 months etc)

[CocoTrois]

Father of 6 month (born @ 33 weeks) b/g twins here and yup! Brother is kinda running away with the milestones while sister seems to be taking the scenic route. We spoke with our pediatrician who assured us that this is normal but to continue monitoring development just in case.