As newborns, they never cuddled close, needing each other for comfort (Nate cried). As toddlers, they never developed a twin language. (Nate was an early talker... and verbose.) They've never had that twin "thing" I see in other twins.
Their entire lives, they've been like night and day. Good sleeper, bad sleeper. Good eater, bad eater. Talkative, quiet. Introvert, extrovert. No response to pain, insane response to pain. Brown hair, blond hair. They are the anti-twins.
Yesterday I took them to their favorite park. As I spun them in circles on the tire swing, they pressed their heads together. It was the most twin-like thing I've ever seen them do. (Day 022)
I'd like to think it's because they know they will always have each other to steady themselves when they need support.
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Yep, that's much more sentimental than attributing it to trying to combat centripetal force together. Still cute either way. Actually, I suspect that Nate was trying to fight centripetal force and Alex was just trying to be close.
Love it. The boys are very different but they do some twin things like sitting back to back sometimes when they play. Today we had storytime and during the beginning of free play they played separately and then in the end they were playing side by side like it was instinctual.
That last line is just perfect and totally right.
Exactly. They don't need stereotypes to tell them how to be brothers with each other, they know best of all.
Awww!
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