Starting at six months old and continuing every three months until they turned 3, I took the twins to their dental checkups together. It wasn’t a problem when they were tiny but as they’ve gotten bigger it’s been crazy. So six months ago I decided to make their appointments one day apart.

That’s one of the smartest things I’ve ever done. One twin at a time is super easy since they don’t have anyone riling them up. Their appointments were downright pleasant. The dentist is just a couple miles away so it was no big deal going two days in a row. I’m definitely doing their checkups this way for the next few years.

Noah and Joel are best friends. They often end up cuddled up together while they sleep and sometimes awake, too. Joel has pretty much given up his afternoon nap but Noah still needs a pretty long one and during Spring Break when Noah would wake up from his nap, Joel got excited and would hug his twin for a long time. It’s pretty special to have a built in best friend from birth.

We only got new shoes for Noah before the school year started since Joel was staying home. This was not okay with the twins. Every day was a battle to get the shoes on Noah only and to convince Joel to wear a different pair. Finally I decided it wasn’t worth it and ordered a second, identical, pair of shoes for Joel. Now the twins are very happy they have matching feet.