Unless Kristine and I can take one apiece and go our separate ways, Matthew and Sarah are pretty much together at all times. They share the same crib. We try and keep them on the same schedule. And much of the time, they're home with only one parent, whether I'm at work, or Kristine is at her Master's program or running errands.
In fact, the two are so used to being with each other, they seem to be less happy when the other is not around. Take Sarah in one room for a diaper change, and Matthew starts crying. If Matthew wakes up from his nap, she wakes up too. And, ever since they were four months old, they're incredibly aware of the other. They'll watch as one gets held by the other parent, or if one is using the jumpy swing, or playing with a favorite toy.
While we expect it won't always be this blissful, and that fights over sharing, friends and general sibling rivalry will rear up, it's good to see they get used to the other one always being there, because that's not changing any time soon.
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Your first sentence got me wondering - are there divorce cases in which young twins who have grown up together are suddenly separated, and how do they do afterwards?
Even in cases of happy families, I wonder how the twins do if they end up separating as adults. I believe that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (fraternal twins, not identical) were separated for a time when Mary-Kate was going through some problems. It just makes you wonder.
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