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Do twins talk late?

Twin Language Development There is tons of variation in language scores among twins, but overall, research shows that twins do tend to fall behind in language a bit more than single-born children do. Male twins in particular are vulnerable, often falling about 6 months behind even female twins (Lewis & Thompson, 1992).

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Supporting Your Twins’ Language Development

It’s important for parents of twins to be proactive in understanding how to provide a stimulating language learning environment for their children. To help your twins stay on track or catch up in their language development, try out a few of these suggestions at home! Choose age-appropriate and engaging books based on your twins’ age, and set aside time to read together. OUr post on engaging books for babies and toddlers is full of great ideas!

1:1 Time

Since a lot of twins don’t get the same 1:1 time that single children do, trying being really intentional about setting aside time to interact with your twins individually for a while. You can alternate between your twins, or have your partner interact with one twin while you spend time with the other.

Responding

Make a point to respond to your twins, no matter how they engage with you. Look for things like babbling, eye contact, pointing, and attempts at words. And, be sure to respond to each twin individually!

Singing Together

Playing With Language-Friendly Toys

We have a whole blog post on toys that support language development! Print it off next time you hit up the toy store (or open it in a separate tab as you shop online).

Narrating

Try narrating the things happening around you and your twins. Explain events, talk through situations, describe things in your environment-- it all counts! This might not come naturally at first, but in time, you’ll be a pro at it. (North Shore Pediatric Therapy has another great post on twin language development, with even more suggestions that are worth checking out!)

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In 99.9% of cases boy/girl twins are non-identical. However, in some extremely rare cases resulting from a genetic mutation, identical twins from an egg and sperm which began as male (XY) can develop into a male / female pair.

Can male/female twins ever be identical?

In 99.9% of cases boy/girl twins are non-identical. However, in some extremely rare cases resulting from a genetic mutation, identical twins from an egg and sperm which began as male (XY) can develop into a male / female pair. This happens when the fertilised egg 'loses' one of the copies of the Y chromosome when it is dividing into two embryos in very early development. The resulting babies are then male (XY) and female (XO). The normal genetic make-up of a girl is XX. An XO baby is outwardly a girl, but her cells only have one copy of the X chromosome. This condition is called Turner Syndrome (more information on this, see the following link: Turner Syndrome).

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