Seems like a lot of people we know, or at least know their relatives, have recently, or are going to have twins. I read somewhere that between 1980 and 2009, twins birth rates rose 76 percent. I was going to do some extensive research into that, but I decided that it wasn\u2019t something that I wanted to spend a lot of time researching. One article that I browsed over indicated that the increase might possibly be due to the fact more women over the age of 30 are having babies (apparently older women are more likely to have twins \u2014 who knew?) Another theory chalked it up to the use of fertility drugs that also supposedly contribute to the birth of twins.<\/p>\n
In case you\u2019re wondering how\/why I decided on this particular topic today, I guess it\u2019s now ok to say that we are going to be grandparents again. In fact, the number of grandchildren we\u2019ll have is about to double. Dave and Chassie are expecting twins \u2014 they\u2019re both girls and they are identical. That\u2019s absolutely all I know about it, so don\u2019t bother calling or e-mailing me for additional details.<\/p>\n
I read the other day that the new iPhone X won\u2019t have a fingerprint sensor, it\u2019ll use \u201cface recognition to unlock the phone. A question was asked (and never answered to my satisfaction) if identical twins could unlock each other\u2019s iPhones\u2026I\u2019ll let you know the answer to that in a few months. Accessing the phone with the fingerprint sensor doesn\u2019t pose a problem, because identical twins don\u2019t have identical fingerprints \u2014 fun fact number one.
\nMore twins are born in Massachusetts than any other state. Connecticut and New Jersey round out the top three. New Mexico has the fewest twin birth rate. Fun fact number two.
\nAbout 25 percent of identical twins develop directly facing each other \u2014 in other words, they become exact reflections of one another. They may be right and left handed, have birthmarks on opposite sides of their bodies, etc. Fun Fact number three.
\nMothers of twins may live longer (or maybe it just seems longer) \u2014 the theory being that women who gave birth to twins were very strong and healthy to begin with, so were likely to live long lives. Fun fact number four.
\nForty percent of twins invent their own language.What sounds like babbling may actually be cryptophasia, a language developed between twins that only they can understand. Fun fact number five.<\/p>\n
But whether any of these \u201cfun facts\u201d are true or not, we\u2019re super excited to be getting two new grand babies. There\u2019s all sorts of joke and rhymes about twins, like double the giggles and double the grins, or two to argue, two to cry and other \u201ctwo\u201d analogies along with things like \u201cdouble the trouble,\u201d but in reality there\u2019s two to love<\/em>. Obviously Dave and Chassie will have their hands full, but that doesn\u2019t compare to what will fill their hearts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seems like a lot of people we know, or at least know their relatives, have recently, or are going to have twins. I read somewhere that between 1980 and 2009, twins birth rates rose 76 percent. I was going to … Continue reading
\nAs I said, we\u2019re super excited to have twins in the family and while they may look alike, we won\u2019t lose sight of the fact that they\u2019ll both be one of a kind…..
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