Do you dress your same sex twins the same?

[4kids]

I have identical girls aged 4 i have always dressed them the same even down to the same hair style.The older one hates it they say to me "we want to be different like everyone else in nursery but we cant cos we are identical".I like them dressed the same & find it easier when shopping for clothes & when dressing them to grab the same outfits instead of having to go through clothes & think of who should wear what.the older one hides in the toilet when she sees that the clothes are the same i have even once had different hairstyles on them & she still complained.

[Thomcat]

Not the same thing but I love to put my 4.5 yr old in a pair of dungerees with her Dennis the Menace t-shirt and then do the same with my 9 month old. It looks so sweet.

[Kelly1978]

my dts have about half their wardrobe the same and half different. I didn't think they really noticed yet but I got dt1 dressed in top, jeans and gillet then dt2 in top and jeans. dt2 tugged at dt1's gillet then went to the drawers to fetch his gillet too and tried to put it on! I do find it easier to buy two of things, but they are quite different so they do have certain clothes that suit them as individuals too.

[Kelly1978]

I do have one outfit that all three boys own, but I would never put them all in it at the same time!

[ThePrisoner]

My extremely identical twin girls are now adults (they think). I fought very hard against older female relatives/friends who thought that it was cute to put them into identical clothes when they were little, but I vowed that I would never do it.

I was always able to tell my girls apart - friends, relatives and even dh struggled, and they had different clothes on.

When they went to school and had to wear a uniform, they had the same colours but different styles - it meant more hard work for me, but I was sick and tired (as were my dds) of people saying "which one are you?" despite the fact that one might be dressed in lime green and the other in garish pink.

I am as proud as punch that I was clever enough to have identical twins, but have always strived to maintain their individuality. They are now 20 years old, have similar tastes in clothes/hair etc (but only because of fashion) - they are friends with each other, but certainly don't live in each others' pockets, and they very strongly feel that twins (or even "ordinary" siblings") should not be dressed identically.

[Greensleeves]

I have a 2yo and a nearly 4yo and I often dress them the same. They love it. If they didn't, I wouldn't do it. I love taking them out dressed the same though, because I think they look very sweet like that. And - maybe this would be different if they were twins - they seem to enjoy the fact that it marks them out as brothers. They're very close and often ask me to put them in their matching T-shirts etc.

[AardvarkTwo]

When I found out I was pregnant with non identical boys I never thought I would dress them the same. I am surprised to find that I get a real kick out of matching them up and just love it when they co-ordinate. (Hardly ever happens though as the chances of getting two clean outfits at the same time are practically nil).

They are only little though and I think it gets a bit creepy when they get older.

[Deeda]

I have identical twin boys and i try not to dress them identically because all the twins I have ever met have said to me that it's important not to. It's so important to encourage their individuality and if you dress them the same it's hard for people to tell them apart. It's hard sometimes though, because they always want the same things, so if one has a different top from the other they get upset. I've got around it by dressing them in similar styles but just different colours.