the life of twins & multiples
Small children discover the world around them by using their senses. They touch, squeeze, smell, taste and look. Texture, colour, even the noise something makes as fingers are run over it – it all provides a motivation for play, and through that play, learning. Water and sand in particular provide countless opportunities for tactile, imaginative […]
Children are quite hands on with new things, this is how they learn. Taking part in ‘messy play’ is just another aspect of a fun, healthy and productive childhood. When a child gets ‘messy’ it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are rolling about in the dirt or splashing around in muddy puddles, it simply refers […]
Twin Zygosity DNA testing from International Biosciences is the best method to find out if twins are identical or non-identical. IBDNA uses a simple mouth swab from each twin which is then sent to our laboratory for processing. Monozygotic twins, or Identical twins, have precisely the same genetic profile and non-identical twins (dizygotic) have different […]
We had our first full day out today. I used the word ‘full’ even though we were only out for less than an hour. It just took all day to get ready…… read more from Sam Avery (reproduced with kind permission – see more from his blog, twitter, and facebook) First thing to negotiate was the […]
Drawing – Both of Them See more cartoons from Stacey.
Since giving birth to the twins (Catie and Layla) in February 2012, I has found the whole experience overwhelming yet hilarious and I feel like I needed to share it with the world. I always found it slightly nauseating when friends would post sickly-sweet posts about their perfect angelic children, when my experience of rearing […]
Time for some light-hearted tips on weaning twins… All learnt the hard way!!! 😉 Reproduced with kind permission from Crazy with Twins. Unless you enjoy starting your day with a smattering of pureed food products all over your clothes, in your hair, dripping from the walls and stuck to the carpet… don’t be tempted to […]