Do you dress your non-twins alike?

I only have one son, but my sister and I are two years apart and my mother used to dress us alike all the time. I'm the older one and I hated it, only because my sister and I look so much alike and back then she was the same height (I was a runt lol), so people used to think we were twins! My sister loved this because people thought she was older and she was a bit of a tag along with me. We are super close now, looking back I think it's kind of funny that this used to upset me!

I think it's cute. Mine are too big to get away with it anymore, although they have similar tatses. When they were litle not only did I dress them alike, on father's day everyone would get new shirts that were either identical or very similar and I would trot them all out, husband included, like ducks in a row. My husband would complain and say he thought thy all looked silly, but I just insisted they all looked delightful and somehow got away with it.

Mine are 2 years apart too, I dress them alike sometimes. Relatives will get them matching outfits for christmas or something so I will wear them on them at the same time. I don't think its too bad within reason..and once the older one who is 4 now gets her own sense of style I'm sure she'll tell me to knock it off.

My 3 youngest boys are 6 months, 2 years and 4 years old. I LOVE dressing them alike. The little one has just grown out of the standard newborn style clothes so I can now get things that are identical with the older two boys' clothes. I have been dressing both of them alike since they were big enough too. So far we have three completely identical outfits for them but shopping for summer has just started so I plan to have many more. My oldest son is almost 9 so he's a little big to get included in it much since they don't carry te same clothes in his size but I will get him some of the more basic styles as I find them. I also have two daughters that are 4 1/2 years apart in age. I liked dressing them alike but had a hard time finding clothes in both their sizes that also fit both of their body types. They had a few matching things but not many. I think dressing kids alike is cute and I often get compliments on it. Also it helps at laundry time if the kids have been wearing matching or at least similar colors. You have oe large load instead of several small ones. The biggest benefit I see with dressing kids alike is when going out with several of them for the day. Thankfully I've never had this happen but if one of my children ever got seperated from me, lost or taken, I wouldn't have to worry about trying to remember what clothes they were wearing or how to describe it to the police if necessary. I think if my child went missing the last thing on my mind would be their clothes so if they are all dressed alike it would be hard to forget...it also makes them easier to spot if they do get seperated so it's unlikely they would get too far.

Hi,lillake!!your sons are cute:) I have a cousin and she is my aunty's daughter.Well,when we were young,my mama and my aunty always dress up us alike.And when we went out,people would said "Oh,twins!" or "You are so cute!" I like it!

I do not dress them alike. But they themselves chose the same outfit. They want to dress the same outfits. Thus, I have no choice that I have to buy a pair all times.

Well I think it's cute especially on special occasions but I'm not sure I would do it all the time. And more so if they were twins actually because I would want to treat them as two separate individuals as much as possible.

Oh wow, how adorable! What cute little boys you have, and I think they look great dressed alike! =) I think it's cute in moderation. If I saw kids dressed alike every single day, whether they were twins or not, I would wonder why. But if the kids like it and you like it, then that's all that matters, ultimately! I only have one kid, so I don't get this option. =p

I find it a little tacky. My mom used to do this to my sister and I when we were little. Even though my sister and I are 2 1/2 years apart (my sister being the eldest) she'd still dress us alike when we were little. This all started when I was about 5 years old after a stranger came up to my mom and asked if my sister and I were twins, due to us not only looking similar, but being close to the same height. After that my mom started dressing us alike. :P Okay, so the outfits were cute, but did my mom really have to dress us like twins sometimes? LOL This 'twins' thing lasted about 2 years... Now as a mom I sometimes buy the same clothing for my boys, though not to dress them up as twins, but because that particular clothing is too darn cute (and on sale) that I just have to buy it for both boys. Like one shirt that had the words "Parental supervision needed". I just had to get this for both my boys as it suited them both! :P LOL They only wore it a few times at the same time, though at those times the kids were at home where no one else saw them. LOL

I guess everyone is different in this sense because if i had a 1 yr old & a 3 year old, i think i'd like to 3 year old to be in normal clothes but the one yr old is still a baby so i prefer cute baby clothes on them - which would look a little silly on a 3 year old. I have twin nieces & i don't ever buy them matching outfits either - they're 2 very different people so why dress them the same, if they're really not. If you're happy for them to be dressed the same then it's all good, my Mum used to dress my sister & i alike but never exactly the same!

My sons are about 2 years apart. I will dress them in similar outfits for professional photos. I also dress my daughter in something that will match so that their photos will go well together. I also dress my children alike when we are going to a large gathering. I dress them in bright colors so that they are easy to spot and no one will get lost. I allow them to pick out what they wear on a daily basis. Very seldom do they were anything exactly them same because my older boy will throw a fit. He doesn't want his brother wearing the same outfit as him. Their each their own individuals so I allow them to decide what they want to do.

When my younger brother and I were little, my mom would get us matching outfits for holidays, like Christmas and Easter. She kept it up for a little while when our younger two sisters were born, but eventually had to give up on it. I am nine years older than my youngest sister, so I think my mom knew she wouldn't get away with dressing us similarly when I was a teenager. I think for some special occasions it can be cute, but if I have more than one kid some day, I wouldn't dress them the same very often.

I do this to my girls on occasion they are 4 4 and 6. I agree that it is very cute to do this and although my hubby dont really say much some of my friends do. But here is the thing i have twin neices and i get all the hand me downs so it easy to dress them alike my girls are different sizes but the younger on wears the cloths big on her and she is tall for her age so i find i have to wear belts on her anyway so she isnt wearing floods all the time. But the last bag of cloths i got there werent as many matching cloths my neices are 8 and will be 9 next month so they dress too much alike anymore.

I have a 14 year old and a 17 year old son who do dress a like at school but that is because they wear a unifrom, at home however they do dress similar but never like the exact same thing.

i grew up with 3 siblings - i was the youngest of 4 (girl, boy, girl, girl) my sister and i were the only ones who could be dressed the same or similar because we were close in age (2years apart), and we were of the same gender. i grew up where my parents bought us some clothes that were either the same or similar (same style, different color)....i didn't complain because i thought it was pretty cool that i had the same stuff that my older sister got for the most part... i couldn't do that to my kids because of the age spread (15, 7 and 1), and because my oldest is a boy, the middle is a girl, and the youngest a boy....i think if i had two children closer in age and of the same gender, i'd probably dress them alike, too...nothing wrong with that...i think it's kinda cute...

we never dress our two alike, they are sisters but two years between them makes so much difference. My eldest daughter is very keen that she is growing up now and would not enjoy being dressed the same as her five year old sister blessed be

I have only one baby. But me and my sister are at 2 years age gap and my mummy was dressing us alike.

Hand in the air! I am so guilty. Most of the time if I buy one of them an outfit I buy the same for their brother. If it is comfy they dont care if they match each other! Im with you I think it is VERY cute!

There are 18 months between my younger sister and I and as a young child Idid not mind being dressed the same as my sister but as I got older I wanted my own identity as it annoyed me that everyone thought we were twins and always referrreed to us as the girls rather than as by our names. My mom insisted we wore the same clothes and this caused conflict and with this and among other things I did leave hoem at 14. SO in answer from the point of a child being in teh position I think it is ok but I feel that once the childre are uncomfortable with this I think they shoudl be a loowed to dress as they wish (within reason of course)

MY mother used to dress me and my sister up like that. We are seven years apart so the age difference is very obvious but she still insisted on buying or even making the same clothes for us. After a while we began to like it because it sort of made me feel grown.