Twin Interactions

[bocaburger]

When did your twins first start noticing each other and interacting? BabyCenter says they should be interacting with other babies now but so far they barely notice each other. They'll be 11 weeks old tomorrow.

[richzep]

Interacting with other babies??? Umm no. My twins began to notice and smile at each other around 3-4 months. Really interacting together around 6 months.

[bocaburger]

Ok I feel better now. Thanks.

When they do start noticing each other, is there anything I should do with them to facilitate the interactions? Activities they can do together or something?

[richzep]

I would do tummy time where they faced each other. That way if one tried to do something the other would hopefully mimic it (roll, crawl, etc). Didn't always work that way but I did have them face each they a lot.

[hollyberry]

One time when I had one baby and my neighbour was holding the other we had the babies facing each other and they smiled. That was last week so at 12 weeks old. It has not happened again. Tjat being said baby girl has always been comforted with baby boys presence. She usd to only play on the playmat for a few min alone and when placed with her brothet she lasts a lot longer. But they don't really play together and or look much at each other they are just close. They like to be close. We snuggke all three of us on my bed often and like it. But that time last week was the first time they noticed each other like that.

Good idea about the tummy time richzep. Maybe baby girl will start doing bettter at it that way.

[pbandj714]

Yea, your app is crazy. I think mine noticed each other around the 3 month mark. They're now 4 months and they'll watch each other and smile, have held hands a couple times, and generally are calmer when they're near each other, but I still wouldn't call it interaction quite yet.

[mrsf0831]

Psh, I wish I remember

[housecarder]

They are just now starting to notice each other (19 weeks) but have grabbed at each other from day one. They always "held hands" in the moby and will suck on each other's hands while laying on the playmat together. But I consider this more reflex than intentional.

[elvenqueen]

4 months for looking at each other and maybe smiling when they saw there was another baby. 5/6 months for interacting with each other. 9 months for really playing with each other (for brief moments).
To be honest, I wouldn't worry about encouraging interaction until they're much much older. Like, when they get to the point where they can take/hand over objects, you can encourage them to pass things to one another and start the idea of sharing, but I personally feel like everything else progresses very naturally.