Fighting Twin Toddlers
Monday November 20, 2006
Twins can be the best of buddies, but also intensely aggressive towards each other. A mom on the message board describes her situation with 2 1/2 year old twin boys: "Sometimes the wrestling starts as a game, but always ends in crying and fighting. There has been biting (sometimes to the point of welts and blood) and now we have deliberate scratching -- usually to the face -- that has drawn blood numerous times. Now there is yelling and pushing too."
How do you handle it when your twins fight? Stop by the message forum and join the discussion.
How do you handle it when your twins fight? Stop by the message forum and join the discussion.
Comments
I have identical twin little girls that will be three soon. They cuddle and kiss a little bit, but mostly they bite, hit, smack and fight over everything. Even if they have the same toy, they each want what her sister has. Don’t feel alone.
I have B/G 22M old twins. The fighting is constantly, & my daughter bites my son so much, I think he is afraid of her!! I am in the same boat too! I have tried time outs, spanking, bribing & nothing seems to work. I hope this is just a phase that they we grow out of soon!!!
My twins fight A LOT. They draw blood. The minute I tell them I will separate them, they cry like mad. Go figure.
You are scareing me my boys are 14 months and just started really fighting.
Thank GOD I am not alone…my g/g twins are 23 months and all they do is fight these days. It was like a light switch went off one day and all went down hill…My youngest bites, hits, punches, kicks, pulls hair and my oldest twin, only fights to fight back but the tears and the sadness and the screaming is enough to drive me over the bend somedays…I am not sure what to do but nobody warned me of what life with toddlers would be like or what to do with twins that fight…HUH! TO BAD THERE IS NO MANUAL…one day at a time people! That is my motto…good luck to all of you…send me some too!!!
My B/G twins are 5 1/2 years old and they can play very well together…most of the time. But sometimes, he’s just a little too physical with her (pushing, etc) and she, of course, screams…but mostly they are agitated by their big brother who is 12!!! (he’s old enough to behave…I keep telling him). Oh, just remember…these are the good days!
I have b/g 20 mo’s old twins. I am loosing my mind with the fighting. I try not to spank them but what else can I do? I put them each in their crib but that works for a while and then they are at it agian. HELP
twins identical b, 3yrs one is the stronger so when he hits or stratches its so much more serious than when the other one hits or fights out… arrgh i dont know what to do
We have identical twin 3yr old boys. The youngest is usually the biter, but both are very aggressive to each other and their 4 mo old sister. Beginning to think we were doing something wrong.
I have identical twin boys. They are 2 1/2 years old. They started fighting before their first birthdays. They bite, scratch, hit and when we went to pre-school they hit and bit the other kids. If I put one in time out because he hit his brother, his twin will get mad at me for putting his brother in time out. So strange. They hug and love each other too but the aggressive behavior is awful.