There are twins in our house. On September 22, 2005 I thought I would never utter those words. But here they are; 2 sets. They are fraternal boy-girl twins. They weigh in under 1 lb total and are made of plastic.
After we lost our twin sons I swore no more twins. I have avoided playgroups and broke down crying after seeing brown-haired twin boys in public. Then when Dora (from “Dora the Explorer”) had younger siblings, twins, and all the new toys and books came out – Dora with a baby carrier for two, a book labeled ‘Super Babies’ and even the doll house with twins – I swore they would never be in our home. I have spent months diverting my daughter’s attention from the colorful packages at the store and the enticing commercials on tv. I wouldn’t even let her watch the episodes featuring the siblings. I felt it cruel that just as my grief process had begun the media began to realize that multiple births were on the rise and therefore began to market new toys and movies to siblings of multiples. Even the new Barbie DVD features a set of triplets and two sets of twins in the dancing sisters movie.
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