Catching up on some random thoughts
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dad2twins on Mar 23, 2007 in What was I thinking?
I was on the phone last night with my wife, she had just put the kids to bed and I was asking how her day went. She mentioned that it was a rather typical day, playing at the park, running errands and generally keeping an eye on the girls to make sure they are still alive by the time I get home today from my latest business trip. She was telling me how she was too tired to make dinner for the girls so she stopped at Carl’s Jr. and grabbed a chicken sandwich and french fries. You know, health food. She was telling me how Reese was chowing down as if she was never fed or maybe she figured the meals in this house are so few and far between, I better eat while I can. Julia was telling me how guilty she felt watching Reese eat like there’s no tomorrow. (Editors note: we do feed our kids regularly and often. Do not call social services.)
Then the subject changed to domination. A little background information first. Reese has always been the “smaller” of the two girls. At birth Reese was almost 20% smaller than Kiera. Kiera was 5.5lbs and Reese was 4.7lbs or something like that. As they have grown, Reese has always looked like the waif between the two. Most of the time Kiera is the dominant twin. I’m told it is very common amongst twins to have a dominant twin and a subservient twin. My wife was telling me over the past couple of days Reese has decided, enough is enough. She has made up her mind that she is NOT going to be Kiera’s bitch any longer. For that matter, she is not going to be anyones bitch. Everything is “No” and “Mine” she has been unloading a little whipass on Kiera and the look on Kiera’s face is priceless. Pure shock and awe. I can only imagine her thoughts. “What the heck do you think YOUR doing bitch” I’m the boss here.”
Sadly, I’m not sure Reese’s power grab will last long before the universe corrects itself and Kiera is back in charge. But until then, we root for the underdog and watch with amazement at the ever-changing dynamics of raising twins. Life in our house is anything but boring. And from what I read in many of your blogs, it sounds like you already know that.
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The best part is kids that age, no matter how much the fight, they’re not strong enough ti inflict long term physical damage.
I am in constant awe of the dynamic between twins, but I think the dominant/subservient thing is typical amongst all siblings, especially those close in age.
Even with Bridget lagging behind Hannah by almost six year and Jacob almost four, she can whip out the attitude and fend for herself pretty well. It’s always slightly funny when one of the older kids cries because Bridget hit or was being mean. Of course I would never laugh out loud
Am I the only one who read “Then the topic turned to domination” and expected to read about Dad2Twins getting his freak on?
Devra,
you know me to well and we’ve never met.
Lance