Like Twins

Well, I can't give you too much advice, but...my birth son was placed into an adoptive home where they already had a 2 month old baby when my son was born. So they are 2 months apart, and we consider them to be virtual twins. I know that the adoptive parents treat the babies like twins, having the babies in a double stroller and sharing a crib, etc. No one thinks they are twins really, though, because one baby is Native American and the other white. So they just make people wonder...why not?

My girls are 15 weeks apart and everyone always asks if they are twins! I belong to an online twins group and have received helpful advice from them. Both girls are now crawling and I'm finally feeling the strain of having two around the same age. Chasing two in different directions! I love that my girls are both close in age though. They really have come to love each other even though they are not biologically related they are beginning to make up their own language of sounds only they understand.

my babies are about four weeks apart so it can be done. God Bless,Summer

My two oldest boys are a few days less than 9 months apart. They are now teenagers and I would not have wanted it any different! Magg

Our two youngest are 6 weeks apart. When they first came home they did not seem like twins at all. Londy was quite a bit a head developmentally and Jeremy was behind. But over a year later, they are more alike developmentally, talk to each other with some of their own words, and are really beginning to pick on each other....uggg. But I have to say that watching them play their little games together is very fun. They have this great giggling tag game that they play all the time, which usually ends up with one on top of the other and a bunch of laughing. :) Kim

Hi, I'm looking for people who can offer advice & an online group sounds perfect! My husband & I have recently adopted two boys from Russia, ages 16 & 15 months old (so not related biologically, obviously). Dealing with two in diapers & having completely different personalities & crawling, walking, climbing, touching everything is quite exhausing!!Today, they went to their first kid's birthday party & it was too much. Too many kids, too much noise, & the hostess wasn't careful about putting away things that shouldn't have been touched. It was quite a challenge keeping up after them! But I made the effort, because I realized if I continued to blow off parties, then when it comes time to celebrate my sons' birthdays, how could I expect everyone to want to come? Anyway, if anyone can connect me with a support group of "like twins" I would appreciate it. Any advice on how to deal with two boys with distinctly different personalities would also be appreciated. Thank you, Kathy