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At six week pregnant I found I was having triplets. That was a shock. But finding out at 18 weeks that those triplets were all girls…well, that was the really big shock! After all, boys ran in my husband’s family so I truly expected to have all boys. I assumed my oldest daughter was a fluke, a sweet present from God. Of course I had begged and hoped for her to have a sister but when my second child was a boy, I just knew that’s all I would ever have. Boy (or should I say girl?) was I all wrong!
Once I found out it was all girls I thought about clothes. Of course I did, what else is there to think of with girls?! Right, weddings, but that’s still a long way off so first: clothes. My first thought? I am NOT dressing them alike.
No way. That was too girly.
Besides, what if they all looked alike? I was pretty sure they weren’t identical but being that they weren’t born I had no idea how alike they would be. How would other people tell them apart? Wearing the same clothes would be so confusing!
So, before they were born I ordered clothes that were different. At first they almost never wore the same thing. If I could find three coordinating then I might go for that, but otherwise they were dressed differently.
What changed?
Within six months the hand-me-downs stopped and I was in charge of buying clothes for the girls. I admit it, I just couldn’t resist. Those cute outfits were calling my name. And before I knew it I was buying the same thing times three.
But beyond the cuteness came the convenience. I didn’t have to think about what three girls would wear, I only had to think about one and then find it times three. Laundry is easier, dressing is easier – everything times three.
Is there a downside? There is.
When we go out in public we get even more attention then we otherwise would. If one outfit gets messed up they all have to go – they all need a change.
In the end, the convenience wins out. When I shop it’s easier to buy times three. When I dress it’s the same and hopefully by dressing them alike people realize that they are triplets and though it brings more attention is leads to less confusion. And since they’re two, they rarely all need a change.
So, until they’re old enough to protest and/or do their own laundry mommy’s choice wins out, and mommy’s choice is to dress them alike. Besides, it’s just soo cute!
What about you? Hate it? Love it?
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With our boy/girl twins (and they look sooooo much alike) – we only dressed them alike every now and then. Purposely wanted them to have their own identities.
If I had multiples, I would totally go for the cute factor and dress them alike. Adorable!
Um, I have three girls (4.5, 3 and 1.5), and I dress THEM alike – not all the time, but fairly often, and they always coordinate if they don’t match. I think it’s safe to say that if I had multiples, I would dress them alike too.
first i said i wouldn’t dress ours alike at all. then i said only for the baby years. well…here we are with 4-year old triplets and i still find myself buying the boys (who are identical) matching outfits and coordinating their sister’s with theirs. it’s cute. it’s doggone cute. and honestly, the boys just fight over who gets to wear which outfit if they are different, so i suppose there’s a bit of convenience factor in this choice too. more and more, though, i’m choosing 2 different colors in the same style…alike but different, you know? and when they start school i’ll probably mix it up even more just so their teachers/friends can have an easier time telling them apart.
did i mention that it’s cute? yeah…i’m done now.
The note about hand-me-downs is right on for me. I’ve always said I wouldn’t dress my twins alike, and then with the bags and boxes of clothes we got when they were born (going on up to size 4T!) we’ve just never had matching clothes.
There are times I wish I could dress them alike because poor little Emma sticks out with bright red hair (we’re all brunette) and people think she’s not mine.
And anyway, she’s so much smaller than her sister (she’s in 18mo size, while sis is wearing 3T!) I just can’t put the same clothes on them anyway without buying different sizes.
Now, I only dress them alike for special occasions and only if I can find a matching outfit for their big sister who is 5 years older. She tends to feel left out when the twins get any special attention. I do think it’s adorable though. Two of your girls (from the back anyway) look a lot alike.
I don’t like to dress my ID twins alike because they look very very similar and I like to make it easier for people to at least have a go at figuring out who is who and not just refer to them as ‘the twins’. But.. the convenience thing when you are shopping is so spot on.. I do not have time to walk around a hundred shops looking for different things that my girls will actually wear… so I tend to buy the same thing in two different colours if I can get it.
I use to worry about dressing them the same, contributing to people seeing them as a single entity and so them not feeling so ‘individual’… but now that they are five and have a say in what they wear I struggle to get them to dress differently so I figure it can’t bother them to much… there is often tears if one doesn’t have the exact same t-shirt as the other. So now we have more clothes that are exactly the same… but I still make them wear different colours to preschool… got to give their teachers half a chance to get their name’s right from across the room!
I do a mixture. The same is definitely cute or different colours or same shorts/pants combinations.
Flaunt it !
I get some lovely hand me downs from a boy twin ( well his sister’s might not look so cute on a boy).The last bundle had some matching / coordinating shirts – two different monkeys t shirts/ two different dinosaur so I was rapped.
I have the same problem even at 2 1/2- they both sometimes want the same shirt and I can’t stand the tears or squabbling.Other days they don’t care at all .They know when they have different shirts which one belongs to them – if dad tries to put the wrong one on them LOL – they won’t let him !
I agree it is easier to find two of the same when I have to think about what to get ready.
I will be like others – preschool I won’t ever dress them the same, though fraternal – they will forget which kid belongs to which name in the same clothes.
Primary School in Australia is harder – wearing the same uniform will make it fun for the teachers – lucky mine are non identical.
I’m a nut for matching. My fave is when all 6 of us coordinate or have the same tshirt on. (like our last july 4th shirt) I have always dressed them alike or at least coordinating if at all possible. I love it and I keep saying I’ll do it until they complain. LOL I color code things so alot of the times especially when the triplets were babies. I would get the same outfit in pink, blue & green. Many times I dress the boys in either matching outfits or same shirt but in green or blue. Helps people tell them apart. They are faternal but look very similar. I try and coordinate Rachel (the only girl triplet) to match the boys or I buy the boys shirts that match her pretty dress. LOL Needless to say, I’m having a blast dressing my crew. My oldest doesn’t feel left out and sometimes willing dresses to match the triplets but for the most part. She is her own unique self! Our last christmas pic… we all wore blue & white & tan. She came out in black & purple! LOL I said well at least I’ll remember your rebellious years.
Check out my blog to see tons of pictures of my trio in their adorable outfits. BTW, they don’t always match anymore. They are now 3yo and it’s getting harder to find matching or coordinating clothes but I love it when I stumble across one. 
Karen @ Lil Momma’s Haven
Hm. I’ll dress them in similar outfits, but not identically, most of the time. They look a tiny tiny bit different, but not enough for most folks. So, I put David in a shirt with more blue, and John in one with other colors. That way, I can tell the people who see them often enough to need to now, “David is always going to have more blue in his outfit”…
Rachel
I have 7 1/2 month old GBG triplets and dress the girls in the same outfits but different colors. When they get older I may have to try something different but we’ll see:-)
Th