Twins are pretty amazing. While you may know a few of them, they are actually pretty rare. It takes some crazy biology to create twins. Some twins suffer from complications at birth as well. If you know a set of healthy twins, consider yourself lucky.
In fact, according to Mommies Magazine, “About 126,500 babies are born in the U.S. each year as part of twins or more, to approximately 63,000 families. Fifty-three percent of all twins are born prematurely (before 36 weeks). Seventeen percent of women pregnant with multiples develop pre-eclampsia. Sixty-four percent of multiples are born at low birth weights. In-vitro fertilization leads to multiples in approximately 30 percent of cases. According to Hellin’s Rule, formulated in 1895, spontaneous (naturally conceived) twins occur once in every 89 births.”
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Twins do a lot of the same things.
They look alike, have the same mannerisms, and sometimes even dress alike. One mother recently videotaped her twins sneezing together. One of the babies has to sneeze, and no sooner does she feel the urge before the other one sneezes too.
Baby sneezes are adorable no matter what, but when they are twin baby sneezes, it’s almost too much to handle.
It’s pretty clear these two twins share a close bond, a sneezing bond. If they can sneeze together like this, what else can they do together?
The Internet is full of adorable videos of twins doing cute things together. Some people also like to share their twin stories on Reddit.
One user named Susan shared her story. She said, “I have a cute twin story. My friend has an identical twin sister who lives in a different city than her. One day this boy who she had been babysitting regularly went to the other city with his family and they decided to visit her sister. They called my friend to say hi. The boy takes the phone into the other room and starts whispering to my friend, ‘Susan! There’s another Susan here!’”
Another user, You Otter Know, shared his story. He said, “My twin and I looked very similar in 1st grade. VERY SIMILAR. So one day I did not feel like doing anything so I tried to go to detention for my brother. They were somewhat suspicious but we kept at it that I was him and he was me. After multiple hours of questioning, they had us enter our lunch numbers and we both just entered our own and they found out. The school was not pleased. Also, one of us had a broken arm loloolol.”
Another user posted a stranger twin story. He said, “My twin brother and I used to take the train to school. The school was located between two train stations, one of which was slightly further to walk to, but had a faster train home. The faster train went past the other closely located train station at around 100 miles per hour on its way home. One day I had gone to the further train station to go home, and, being juvenile, decided to throw my chewing gum out of the window of the train as we whizzed past the other station. Two days later my twin brother told me that the other day, someone had thrown a piece of chewing gum out of a train flying past and it had hit him on the forehead. We did the logistics check and, unless there was someone else throwing chewing gum from the same train, it was my chewing gum that hit him.”
These stories might make twin sneezes seem a little less strange, but they still prove how connected twins are.
These babies will probably go on to do a lot more of the same things as they get older. Their mom will always have this video of the time they sneezed in unison. Maybe she can show it to them when they are mad at each other as teenagers.
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