https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 08:46:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310544 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:52:20 +0000 mrbee 2310544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get that all the time, especially if we're going a long distance and are using our double stroller! Our kids are 22 months apart... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310543 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:50:42 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2310543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not twins, but triplets. My sister has twin boys (fraternal) that are 10 months older than my LO and we get asked all the time if they are triplets. Especially if we have all three sitting in the wagon. It doesn't help that my LO is 95th percentile and the boys are 5th percentile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310477 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:49:40 +0000 Charm54 2310477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just telling Dh yesterday that our girls will likely never be mistaken for twins... C has white blonde hair and J has jet black! My sister and I were asked if we were twins quite frequently though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310476 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:00:13 +0000 erinpye 2310476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope-- they look very different. My sister and I were ALL THE TIME as kids though, we are 21 months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310258 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:27:01 +0000 Ginabean3 2310258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think some people don't understand what twins are....I was out with my good friend and her daughter, our girls are 5 months apart and someone asked us if they were twins. Oh, and my friend's DD is white and my DD is Asian...... :shocked: </p> <p>So I'm not really sure how that works..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310244 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 15:31:43 +0000 twodoghouse 2310244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread cracks me up! My kids are twins and people still ask me really cautiously and then seem surprised when I say yes! They're fraternal and boy/girl, but still look a lot alike. People are so weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310227 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 14:46:45 +0000 mauxie 2310227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty often when they're sitting down in the double stroller. They're 18 months apart but DD only outweights DS by 2-3 lbs lol. She's a few inches taller though. It surprises me bc I feel like DS still has a baby face/cheeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2310038 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 07:34:03 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2310038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only when they're both sitting down (like in a stroller or something) so you can't tell how much shorter D is! They're 2y apart but K only has 5 lbs on him :) </p> <p>@JessicaMcB: @MrsRcCar: 😍😍 </p> [attach=1630/15/nvp48r.600x600.IMG_20150609_095719.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309995 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:05:05 +0000 matador84 2309995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm starting to now that they are getting older. They're 17 months aparty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309974 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:08:19 +0000 MrsSCB 2309974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From the "kid" end of things, my sister and I were always mistaken for twins and it still happens! We are 2.5 years apart, and up to as recent as two weeks ago, we've been asked if we are twins SO many times :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309926 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:43:03 +0000 Foodnerd81 2309926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second LO isn't here yet, so this hasn't happened, but just because they don't look alike doesn't mean they couldn't be twins- fraternal twins are no more closely related, genetically, than any other siblings. I mean, the ages and the development things, yeah, but just by looks alone, be fair. :)</p> <p>@JessicaMcB: yours look like siblings, not twins. And I have gotten short with the peanut gallery quite a few times. Not my finest hour but at the same time, maybe they will think twice before saying something stupid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309917 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:31:19 +0000 Mamasig 2309917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time, even though they are 20 months apart and obviously different sizes. I don't really think they look that much alike, but people tell me they do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309916 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:30:46 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2309916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They are so cute!</p> <p>My brother and sister used to. My sister and I are 15 months apart and then my brother is 23 months younger than her but she is teeny so people always thought they were twins! They look nothing alike. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309915 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:29:35 +0000 MrsRcCar 2309915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: nope! I get it more when they are dressed differently. I dress them alike when we are in large open spaces. My little guy is a runner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309912 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 21:24:36 +0000 JessicaMcB 2309912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRcCar: The overalls &lt;3 ! Do you find you get it more when you dress them alike (or VonTrapp them as my mother would say, haha)? I've had to stop dressing them alike because it just convinced everyone they HAD to be twins lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309900 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:38:32 +0000 MrsRcCar 2309900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! The boys are 16 months apart. N is small and E is big for their ages. They don't really look a like but we get it a lot. Probably doesn't help that I dress them alike a lot. 😅</p> <p>Mine in the overalls</p> <p>[attach=2880/15/nvo9w8.450x600.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309895 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:29:07 +0000 Bao 2309895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessicaMcB: they are adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309894 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:28:39 +0000 Bao 2309894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and they are 19 months apart, one has short curly hair, one looooong brown hair. Not often but it's happened 2-3 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309893 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:25:38 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2309893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are almost two years apart and get confused for twins at least twice a month.</p> <p>I could understand if they were closer in age because they are similar looking, but my oldest has ten pounds and half a foot on her sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309883 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:16:48 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2309883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but yours are absolutely adorable!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309880 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:15:50 +0000 coopsmama 2309880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are 13 months apart (should have been even closer than that but I carried to 42 weeks with my second) and they get confused as boy girl twins alllll the time. Honestly, they do look a LOT alike though, and boys tend to be bigger than girls a bit anyway so I think that's why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309866 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:59:49 +0000 JessicaMcB 2309866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@knittylady: Haha, YES! I got really short with a lady about it about a year ago (so K was under 1 and E was 2 or so) because I'd had enough of people being ridiculous for the day and said, "One of them is talking to you and the other can barely sit up on her own- safe to say they aren't twins!" Not my finest hour but oy... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309865 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:59:36 +0000 Veggiemama 2309865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it's so weird! Mine are 19 months apart and really look nothing alike, one is fair and the other has more of an olive skintone and darker eyes. Every single time I use the side-by-side double stroller someone asks me if they are twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309863 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:58:23 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2309863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They are precious!! So sweet but they don't look like twins to me. I would think they had about the age difference that they do- same as my two sisters who have always been mistaken for twins! I only have one little boy so haven't experienced this myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309860 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:56:17 +0000 knittylady 2309860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At LEAST twice a day. It's crazy. Mine are also 15 months apart. I always want to say, "do you know what twins are?". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-your-kids-mistaken-for-twins#post-2309858 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 19:54:28 +0000 JessicaMcB 2309858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find that E and K (who are 15 months apart) are often mistaken for twins- likely because E is small and K is bigger for her age since they don't look a ton alike. I honestly find it weird since E is a very advanced talker for 3 and K is behind the curve for 20 months and K just LOOKS more baby to me (mommy goggles? haha).</p> <p>Do your sibsets get mistaken for twins a lot? Do you think they look like twins? Or do you stare at people like, "What are you talking about?!" haha </p> [attach=1802/15/nvo7us.600x400.11222219_10156139758865080_6756358908504478412_o.jpg]