My Twins

When my twins were born, we have noticed there are dissimilarities between them. The first twin, Nabihah was weighed at 2.95kg, while Nabilah was at 2.35 kg. So Nabilah looked so small tat he time she was delivered but both of them were healthy and fine babies, didn't even have to put them in the incubator as they were born at 38++ weeks. We thought Nabilah eventually will catch up with her sister's size. From the time they were born, we always tell people that they are identical twins coz according to my husband, when he washed, cleaned and buried the placenta, there was only one huge placenta, which is the identity of identical twins. If they are not identical, then there must be 2 placentas, right?

Twins @ 2 months old

But then months after months, Nabihah grows bigger n bigger compares to her sister. Now at 2 1/2 years, Nabihah weighed at 13.5 kg and Nabilah is only 11 kg. People do not recognize them as twins anymore as the size and height differs so much and they also dont look alike. Nabihah has straight hair with narrow eyes while Nabilah with curly hairs and round eyes. I used to buy clothes for them in the same pattern but different colors. But now since Nabihah belongs to another group of size (I have to look clothes for age 3/4/5 yrs) and Nabilah still wears the size of 1/2 yrs, it's very hard to dress them in the same manner anymore.

Twins @ present

And we always receive questions like " Kakak umur berapa, adik umur berapa?' and once they know that they are twins, then these questions will normally pop up ' Eh, kenapa x sama ye?' or "Ingatkan beza setahun'.Even their characters and attitudes also different. Nabihah is a demanding but independent child. Nabilah on the other hand is so attached to us and fragile but very active. Nabilah is a creative child as she knows what to do with her toys and she loves pencils and any objects that she could use to scribble the wall. So there goes my wall with lots of abstract arts images produced by her. Even the socket plugs can become her utensil to write on the wall. Nabihah always attracted to Nabilah's activities and that will create a fight as Nabihah will snatch stuffs from her. And Nabilah will end up screaming and crying.

I wonder how is it going to be when they grow up as teenagers. Are they going to fight constantly? My husband's twins sisters are very close but they also fight constantly for things. They do not want to dress, look, own the same things but most of the time their taste on clothes, jeweleries, interests is same. For example, when one choose to wear one pattern of baju kurung, apparently the other one also wants to wear the same pattern of baju kurung. Though it's different colors, they refuse to wear it unless one agrees to change. So they keep quarreling who suppose to change. At the end, both of them changed to different pattern of baju kurung.....hahahaha.

Anyway, I really enjoy watching my twins growing up. Their daily progress with new behaviours, crackings, vocabs are so exciting though at times it makes me crazy. I guess every parent feels the way I feel - the excitement of parenthood. Hope my twins grow up to be anak solehah.