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Not Quite the Same

Developmental Differences in Twins

By Alexandria Powell

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Why It's Hard Not to Compare
Let's say you had two children born 11 months apart. The oldest walks at 14 months while the youngest waits until nearly 16 months to take those first steps. However, you'd be likely to say they walked at about the same time.

But what if your children are only, say, 11 minutes apart? Suddenly, that two-month difference in the start of walking seems a large chasm. "Every single day you will be wondering why one is walking and the other isn't and waiting for the other to start," says Lyons.

Michelle Zamberelli is mom to 2-year-old identical twin daughters. While Zamberelli's girls are closely matched developmentally – to the point where no one from the outside would realize there was any difference at all – she still fights the worry. "I have been slightly concerned with Daniella's gross motor skills," says Zamberelli of Miami, Fla. "She's always been about two to four weeks behind her sister and seems to have a harder time doing things Carolina does with ease, like climbing into a chair."

Zamberelli notes that her concerns haven't been warranted. Daniella always catches up to her sister in time, and when it comes to skills such as fine motor and speech, the girls are "ridiculously identical," says Zamberelli. Still, she finds herself feeling a little sad and worried when Daniella can't do something her twin is doing with ease.


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