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Three things I've learned since twin 2 came home on 31 Oct

1.  One plus one can equal much more than two.  My foggy memory tells me I learned this in four-unit maths in high school, but I am relearning this one again the hard way ...

2.  Identical twins are identical in appearance only.  If you swaddle both kids and present only one of them to me, i have no better than a 50/50 chance of guessing which one it is ... but in personality, demeanour and habits we can already see that they are dramatically different individuals.

3.  Dave tells me that people cannot tolerate the chaotic domain in the Cynefin framework and will act to exit the space in the quickest way feasible, but I've learned that only applies to adults.  Newborns seem happy to exist there indefinitely!

Apologies for the infrequent posting.  Life has moved well and truly beyond my control and night and day have lost all meaning!  Both girls have been doing very well, putting on plenty of weight and are very prompt in reminding mum and dad that it is feeding time.  We're onto seven feeds a day (having started at eight, we realised we wouldn't make xmas unless we could get a longer stretch of time in there somewhere between feeds).

Next week we're off to the doc for a check-up, but we're not anticipating any issues.

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