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Against the odds, a Maryland Mom gives birth to quadruplets, three of whom are identical. How will she tell them apart?

A yet-to-be identified Maryland woman has given birth to quadruplets. The four boys, three identical, were born January 29, 11 weeks premature. As parents of multiples would wearily attest, the couple has to multiply the endless task of taking care of a newborn by four.

Add the whole telling-their-babies-apart challenge and we're even starting to feel overwhelmed. To simplify things, they might opt for the tried-and-true method of applying a tiny dot of nail polish to a different finger of each baby and hopefully won't resort to these less than successful tactics.

Top 5 WORST methods for telling identical babies apart:

1) The Britney: Give each triplet a unique look with a sassy wig.

2) Super Nannies: Hire three nannies (that you can tell apart!) and assign one to each baby.

3) The Easter Egg Dye: Dye each baby in a different shade of food coloring.

4) The G.P.S: Implant a homing device in each baby--it works for pets, right?

5) The Prison Method: Permanent face tattoos of baby's name make it so you'll never, ever, ever mix them up.

 

I had twins and we kept their hospital bands on for a whole month

- Anonymous

Posted 03/06/08 01:34 PM

 

 

I also had twins, but didn’t find it all that hard to tell them apart. We always have each baby in their color of blanket, I also remember what I put each of them in. They also have their own color of soother. Luckily now they are 4 months and are looking a little different now.

- Anonymous

Posted 03/06/08 02:14 PM

 

 

My brother has twins and from the day they were born they were dressed in two different colors. It really helped until we could tell them apart. They are identical twins. Even identical children have differences that family members will be able to see as the children grow.

- Mary

Posted 03/06/08 03:26 PM

 

 

We have identical twins (now four years old) but never had any problems identifying them since even the smallest difference was noticeable to us (and eventually to anyone who spent time with them). Most parents of identical twins I know will tell you that they are never absolutely identical. You just have to pay attention.

- Anonymous

Posted 04/21/08 01:24 AM

 

 

I have identical twin male cousins who are 16 months older than me. When I was a very small child around age 2, I could tell them apart even when other adult relatives could not. A friend who has 2 sets of identical twins put them in differing colors when they were young, and when they became school age let them pick their own clothing. Each twin had his or her own color theme. She had both-twins of girls and twins of boys.

- Catherine

Posted 04/21/08 10:42 AM

 

 

I’ve had two sets of twins (the girls LOOK identical but are fraternal and the boys are identical in every way). When we brought the girls home, we kept their bracelets on for a couple weeks. We had two more kids in the next six years before the twin boys were born, and since Parker was 6 lbs and Lake was not even 5 lbs, they were so different in size that we didn’t really have difficulty telling them apart! They sure looked the same when they were toddlers - they have such similar personalities, too - the funny think was that my then-five-year-old daughter Jillian could always tell them apart! Now my twin girls are 15 and I’m still calling Alex by her sister’s name and Mary by Alex’s name, so…

- Margot

Posted 04/30/08 06:10 PM