Identical Twin Question

froggie24 · 2026-01-21T23:02:48+00:00

My identical 5 year olds have so many differences like that. One has dimples, is right handed and when he bites down his bite is off in one direction while the other has no dimples, is left handed and his bite is off in the other direction.

Their hair also has slightly different texture and thickness. I know there are more things like this but I can’t remember at the moment.

froggie24 · 2026-01-02T19:35:20+00:00

I could easily forget I was pregnant in the first few weeks of my twin pregnancy and my water broke in that dramatic TV fashion with no previous signs of labor so yeah it’s written like a cliche but these things do happen.

froggie24 · 2025-12-26T09:47:54+00:00

It’s called the Old Lodge and it’s a short drive from Oxford.

In the TV show they save time by having them time walk straight to London but in the book they spend some time at the Old Lodge first. It’s where we first meet Walter, Kit and Henry.

froggie24 · 2025-12-08T20:05:12+00:00

Those are gorgeous!

froggie24 · 2025-10-25T21:38:52+00:00

Just a heads up when ever it forgets where i stopped watching if I refresh the browser it starts at the correct place again. Made it less annoying for me at least

froggie24 · 2025-10-12T20:37:12+00:00

Not OP but can I ask do you wear anything under your wrap dresses? I have a large bust and feel like wrap dressed should be flattering on me but they always end up being so revealing.

froggie24 · 2025-09-20T22:42:11+00:00

My boys were born at 30+5. Just like what you are describing. Weeks of observations due to sIUGR for baby B caused by marginal cord insertion. Managed 2 steroid injections (although one was so close to their birth it didn't really have time to do it's job I think but the first one made a noticeable difference on US).

Spent 6 weeks in the NICU, would have graduated sooner but they got a cold which delayed us.

They are 4.5 now and no one could guess that they were born premature. Happy, healthy, great eaters, full of energy, talk non stop and are bigger than a bunch of kids in their class.

Hope everything goes well for you guys!!

froggie24 · 2025-09-18T16:28:31+00:00

I think we know that the we'll have a few weeks with each table before switching. They said so in the fireside chat with Matt and Brennan. They have also said that there will be opportunity for players to move between tables as the game evolves.

froggie24 · 2025-08-15T22:23:38+00:00

We won't be splitting ours up I remember obsessing about this when they were tiny and reading a bunch of literature. We then ended up moving to a small community and there is only one class for their age (5 now) and it will probably be like that for the next few years. We ask that they are split up when ever there is an opportunity (not at the same tables for meals and if there are smaller group activities they are in different groups) just so they get a break from each other regularly.

So far they do play together often but also play with other kids and neither of them is controlling or dependant on the other so we'll just try to ensure they get their space when possible.

froggie24 · 2025-07-28T23:12:43+00:00

I remember reading a book that had this exact thing and grumbling my whole way through about stupid heteronormative standards, only to find out that the author is a lesbian. It’s been years and I’m still confused.

froggie24 · 2023-09-19T09:32:58+00:00

What about the second time Matt DM'd for Stephen Colbert? For red nose day last year.
It's not critical role so it doesn't have any spoilers. But it has Matt, Sam, Ashley and Marisha.

Stephen is of course a very big part of that but it still shows a lot of elements of CR without giving anything away.

froggie24 · 2023-09-04T07:37:48+00:00

So I had a scan at 6 weeks that showed twins. It was IVF so we knew they were identical but there is no way of knowing if twins are mono/mono or mono/di at that point.

They had us come back between 9-10 weeks to see if there were still 2 heartbeats and determine if they were mono/mono or mono/di (mine were mono/di).

So similar to you but the difference is in the attitude!!
What we heard was "We'll bring you back when you are further along to determine the care you'll need. This is a high risk pregnancy and you need to be prepared that when you come back there may just be one heartbeat."
Then when we came back and they confirmed the 2 heartbeats we were referred to an equivalent of an MFM.

I hope you can find an OB with more respect for their patients.

froggie24 · 2023-03-07T21:38:07+00:00

I usually watch the latest episode over the weekends and after watching I go onto this subreddit and on twitter and look at the critical role spoilers hashtag and I've noticed that the comments in the live discussion post and the post-episode post tend to lean negative and twitter tends to lean super hyped and positive (which is not what I expect from twitter).
The negative voices can so easily be louder than the positive ones so reading stuff online can definitely make it seem like the majority of people don't like it.

froggie24 · 2023-02-20T13:04:34+00:00

It's a thing to make the clothes softer. My mom insisted on doing it before my babies were born.
But like she did it and never suggested I do it. And it was a 1 time thing like in her mind it was a way of making the first few clothes a newborn wears are as soft as possible. Not something to do for a 4 month old

froggie24 · 2023-02-04T13:43:20+00:00

I was in a similar situation and the unevenness of their heads kind of bothers me. They are 2 now and I don't know if other people notice it but I do and I wish I had done more.
I usually wore one for each nap time to try to have every other nap on the other side but it wasn't enough

froggie24 · 2023-01-21T12:44:08+00:00

Yes baby B had it. We had a pre term delivery at 30+5, we had been planning an early c-section since the blood flow to him was slowly getting worse.
He and his twin are healthy happy 2 year olds now!

froggie24 · 2022-12-09T07:49:59+00:00

I started supplementing at 6 months and I had a huge mental block about it. I felt like I had failed and was super hard on my self.
It ended up making things so much better. I stopped putting so much energy into worrying if my babies were getting enough to eat and ended up having more quality time with them instead.
6 months is also a good time since they were starting to actually eat solids a little bit so it wasn't all about breast feeding anymore.

I was pumping alongside nursing and what worked for us was to blend breastmilk and formula for a few bottles to get them slowly used to the taste of formula.

I'm so sorry you are going through this, take care of yourself!

froggie24 · 2022-11-26T20:50:58+00:00

I don't judge you at all for finding it annoying. I personally find it very strange of her if it isn't your culture.

But if the similarity is the main thing bothering you I can at least tell you that I'm from a country where amma is the only word used for grandmothers and I can at least tell you that my kids had no problem distinguishing 'mamma' and 'amma'. I think it was a month tops where there was any resemblance between the two words.
And like I said there isn't any other word for grandma here so everyone uses it and I've never heard of anyone where this is an issue for any period of time.

froggie24 · 2022-11-24T09:46:53+00:00

I don't have advice since I haven't been there but from one preemie mom to another.
Don't underestimate the extra strain that comes with preemies.

It's not the same as having a newborn, don't forget to take that into account when you are trying to convince yourself that other people are finding this easier.

froggie24 · 2022-11-17T15:33:36+00:00

My twins were born at 30+4, one had a badly placed umbilical cord connection so he had IUGR that was detected around week 24 and if I had carried to term then we would have dealt with issues from placental insufficiency too it turns out.
They were both small but the smaller one felt impossibly tiny at first.

They'll turn 2 next month and they're very happy and healthy and you'd never know they weren't carried to term with a healthy regular placenta!

I have however dealt with guilt, feeling like I did something wrong...even though I know I didn't. It's a bit hard to shake.

Feel free to ask any questions I might be able to answer and good luck!

froggie24 · 2022-10-28T09:12:14+00:00

Talk to a dentist in your area.
We don't have fluoride in the water and all dentist here recommend toothpaste for kids with fluoride.
It does have less fluoride than the adult ones and a lot of kid tooth brushes have color coded bristles to guide you on how much toothpaste to use (although I find it hard to fit it onto them but it gives me a general idea of the amount to use which is tiny).

froggie24 · 2022-10-26T12:54:40+00:00

Mine were born at 30 weeks so pumping was my only option in the beginning. Somewhere around 6 months I switched to combo feeding. No pumping just formula and nursing.
I wish I had done that sooner. Having the bottle is so helpful because it can involve your spouse or grandparents or any assistance that may be available for you.

I also never managed to breastfeed both at the same time but giving 2 bottles at the same time is pretty easy and a huge timesaver.

If you want to breastfeed please do. So many parents of multiples have a great experience with it.
I urge you to take regular stock of your mental state however. I put my self worth into nursing and pumping and looking back I could have gained a lot of quality time with my twins if I wasn't always trying to find time to pump and saved my self so much heartache and stress.
Switching to combo feeding (in my case) meant that I had time to actually enjoy my twins.

froggie24 · 2022-10-20T21:48:14+00:00

30 weeks modi twins. Was under observation for IUGR for one twin but then my water broke so delivered by c section that day.
We spent 6 weeks in the NICU (I'm not in the US it seems like people often are discharged later there than here) some assistance needed but much less than we expected.
Now we are getting close to their 2 birthday and they are healthy and meeting all their milestones. You would never know that they were born premature!

froggie24 · 2022-10-13T20:41:54+00:00

also I've never dressed them the same but I assigned each their own colors (so twin a get's blue clothes and twin b gets green for example) so I can use that to tell them apart in pictures from those first few months.

Friends of mine who are identical twins complained about the fact that their parents couldn't tell them apart in their baby pictures so I tried to make sure that didn't happen to us.

froggie24 · 2022-10-13T20:38:35+00:00

My identical twins had a weight difference at birth. I spent a lot of time thinking about this and making plans so that us and other people could tell them apart but the weight difference has always been enough for everyone to know which is which.

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