The best bits??

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I have 7mo identical girls and if I am honest the last year has been tough. I found twin pregnancy hard, the weight of responsibility hard and am feeling pretty exhausted from the physical demands especially the all night feeding. I don't feel like I have really had chance to appreciate that I have two beautiful babies and acknowledge how special it is that they are genetically identical. I have been completely engulfed in the struggle and just feeling overwhelmed.

Anyhow, today they sort of talked to each other. Talk in the way a seven month old does, just babbly nonsense but they made each other laugh and it was amazing. I just knew then how much i loved them both. Im not soppy generally but this was just so cute.

I thought it might help to feel less stressed to share this little moment and wondered if anyone else fancied sharing their magical bits too? Would love be able to look ahead with a bit more positivity.

My favourite but is when they morphed into being like an old married couple at around 3. One bullying the other along, the banal conversations with each other about things like toast, the bickering and
the eye rolling.

My girls are still tiny - almost 5 weeks old but I can already see their unique personalities. The younger one often stretches her arm out when they're sleeping and I always think it's to try and hold her sisters hand or just to feel she's there

My boys are 2. I found the first 6 months like being stuck in a hamster wheel - bottle, wind, sleep, bottle, wind,sleep, repeat!!! Things eased once they were weaned and we started to have some fun moments. Now they amaze and delight me every day with their twin bond! If one hurts themselves the other runs to wipe away the tears and give them a hug (even if it was them that hurt them). They've just started nursery 2 mornings a week and walk in holding hands which melts my heart â?¥.

Oh this is a lovely thread! I often feel like I don't have the time to sit back and enjoy my three little men properly (22mo and 4mo twins).

Yesterday we had a big family event - shortly after arriving in PILs house, DTs went loola and in the end I couldn't go to the christening. I fed them in our old bedroom and because there was nothing else that needed to be done, and no toddler who needed me, I just relaxed with them dozing beside me for ages. They usually find each others hands when they're asleep and it was just gorgeous to watch.

They also hold hands and look into each other's eyes when they're feeding and it melts my heart and motivates me to keep going.

I feel that hamster wheel feeling a lot so it's nice to reflect on the good things

My girls are 2 and a half and it's been lovely watching their relationship with each other develop. Yes they have fighting moments but mostly get on really well. I love seeing them playing together and chattering on, they make me laugh more as they get older. I also like that they're surprisingly co-operative, work together (to get into mischief), sometimes pretend to have each other's names and if one has something nice, they'll make sure the other gets one soon.

I like the 'old married couple' quote above, I can imagine mine will get like this too!

Mine are 3 next month and are proper little friends now. They play together, ask for each other and the latest thing is going to the loo together! I went upstairs as I could hear them nattering away and found dtd1 on the loo and dtd2 sitting on the floor beside her, both chatting away.

The double terrible twos have been tough but nothing like the first 6 months.

Thank you so much for sharing everyone, it is so lovely to read.

My husband would absolutely rip the piss out of me if he read this but I am going to try to make an effort to spend some time every day just enjoying the girls and not worrying about anything else! Today my six year old had them giggling away in their bouncy chairs in the way only he can. I am so lucky!

Mine are 3 and I like it when they wake up in the morning and kill themselves laughing with the best in toddler humour. "Mummy did a wee wee in mummy's pants! Ahahahahaha! Daddy did a wee wee in Daddy's pants! Ahahahaha!" and things like when they were playing with papers and stuff, DD1 handed DD2 a postcard and DD2 was like "[dd2], I not Postman Pat!". And now they have a game where they pretend one is a baby and the other puts a blanket on her and spoon feeds her yoghurt.

The worst is over and the best yet to come! They get really nice at about 8 months and I'm not just saying that because yours are 7 months

Mine are nearly 4 months and a few weeks ago one twin recognised there was another baby in the cot! he then proceeded to spend 20 minutes gooing at him while his twin just stared at him like he was mad!