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Being the parent of twins, (who are now 30!), I think I can honestly say that twin-ship is a gift those twins DO share and are proud to do so! The beauty of being a twin is that you can, and usually hope, to do things together! Your lives are intertwined even more than being siblings. You have a special bond that goes with you no matter how old you are.
It is frivolous and taking independence to an extreme to send two separate birth announcements for your twins. Not only are you wasting extra paper and postage charges (which, believe me, you will learn not to do as you need to spend twice as much on most other things in your twin's lives!), but you are, in essence, trying to keep your children's twin-ship as a negative thing. They are twins and will in most cases be very happy to have a twin as they grow older. Let them share this joy just as you should be doing!
There are unique ways in which to word or make your birth announcements that will show each child as an independent while still allowing the sharing of being twins. A picture of each baby, maybe one on one side of the page and one on the other, is a good start. You can have their names, weight, date, time of birth, etc. next to their picture. Or, you might find it fun to have the pictures facing each other and actually welcoming each other in the card. The names, etc., can be put under the pictures with little talking "clouds" next to their faces that say "Welcome (brother or sister) or even cute sayings from one to the other: "I wondered what you looked like!" or "Are you me?" The possibilities only end with your imagination.
When you send your birth announcement with the twins names put the oldest first, their date of birth, their time of birth, their weight, etc. This will always be a contention and joke with your little ones. Who came first?!?
We all know that each person, twin, triplet, or even quadruplet, needs to have an identity of their own. This stress can be taken too far the other way. Teach them that they are independent people, but acknowledge the specialty of their being twins. They will have the best of both worlds!
(Don't forget to save a couple of those birth announcements in your twin's baby books (YES, 2 DIFFERENT BABY BOOKS!). Along with those should be a single picture of the child and one of he and his twin.)
Learn more about this author, Sylvia Harrison.
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I am a mother of twin girls and I am also pregnant with my second set. Even though I have beent through this before, their birth is still just as important as my other children's birth. They deserve to have as much recognition as possible.
Whether it is a singleton birth or sextuplets, every child deserves to have their own birth announcements. Every singleton has their own birth announcement. They don't share it with another child born at the same hospital at the same time. So just because two children are born at the same time ultimately makes them share a birth announcement? I don't think so. Everyone is an individual and deserve the oneness. With having twins myself, I have one set and I am pregnant with my second set I can say that it is important that they have their own. Each twin has their own baby book so they need their own birth announcement to put in their baby book. Every child is unique and every child deserves to have their own separate birth announcement because their birth is just as special as a singletons birth.
If we were to have just one birth announcement for each set of twins that would not provide the seperateness that each of them needs. As a mom of twins like I said before, I definitely want each of my children to feel special like that. Like they are special enough to have their own page or just their own birth announcement. It does very well for the child's personality and for their self-esteem when they get older.
If you start them out with having the same birth announcement then you are most likely to say that they will be sharing everything else in life instead of them having their own of something. Just like when they get old enough to have a bike, they will not share it, they will have their own. Just like with everything else. Their own backpack for school, their own school supplies and hopefully their own cars when they get older. Just because they are twins does not mean that they need to share everything.
So, for all you parents of twins out there is very important for your children to have their own birth announcement. To know that they are special enough to be seperate at this special time of their lives. They are only born once, you will only get that one chance to do this, do not make a mistake that you may regret later on in life when your children get older and they question why they are sharing a birth announcement.
Just remember, everyone is an individual. Everyone deserves their own birth announcement. They will cherish it when they get older.
Learn more about this author, Tara Schaeffer.
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