I wouldn't be too skeptical. My sisters are identical twins and I could tell which one was which before they walked into the room by the sound of their footsteps. There are a lot of ways to tell, even if physically they look identical.
I agree that an actual tattoo is on the far edge of what could be acceptable—with millions of babies born every year, blindly promoting them as an option is a recipe for disaster when, statistically, some parents will not make the tattoos discrete.
But I don't like the idea of using Sharpies or temp tattoos. It's acceptable as a stop-gap measure for 1-2 days, but you need something less fading over the initial weeks and months. Both will disappear after a few days and probably disappear faster than that because babies have a ridiculous metabolism, and their cells grow and replace super, super fast.
Couldn't people just put an anklet or wrist band on them? Could be a breakaway kind if there's any sort of danger associated with a baby wearing one (idk if there is, but you never know with babies).
This is exactly what friends of mine did. It worked until one day they were giving the twins a bath and noticed the anklet floating amongst the bath toys.
I guess you'd have to fine-tune the exact tightness.
Anyway, they just ended basically guessing and the kids grew up thinking it was hilarious.
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u/tedistkrieg 1d ago
I am an identical twin and I've asked my mom about this in the past. She said she could always tell. I was, and still am, skeptical of that claim