Dominant Twin?

[aydee]

I'm curious after some recent discussions. Is one of your twins clearly dominant? In what ways?

How old are they, identical or fraternal, and same sex or opposite?

[pascal]

I don't think either of them has shown to be dominant yet. Too soon to tell probably. Sometimes I think one of them is a bit more demanding or "needy". But then they change it up on me.

[coffeandnaps]

I don’t think one is necessarily more dominant than the other, but more differences in personality and what they feel strongly about. DD is a lot more sensitive to keeping the peace with her brothers and is more likely to give in however that’s not to say she doesn’t have strong opinions about things. DS is a lot more stubborn and is used to DD deferring to him but I don’t feel like he’s more dominant. He isn’t bossing her around and if she really doesn’t want to do what he wants her to, he just goes and does his own thing.

Socially, DS doesn’t give a flip about social conventions and is happy tagging along with DD or doing his own thing. DD is the more social one and tends to seek out other friends but again, I don’t see this as dominant behavior. She’s not forcing her friends in DS. Some days she plays with other kids and some days she plays with DS.

At this point (6.5 years old) I feel they are a fairly equally matched pair. However the competition is fierce between them. They are constantly trying to out do the other.

[macic]

I have 2-year old boy/girl twins. My girl has always reached milestones before my boy and she better than him at this point. She also seems to demand more attention than him most of the time. But I’m not sure that I would say she is more dominate.

[fosterlove]

My boys are fraternal and almost 4. One is definitely more vocal than the other. He speaks for his brother- and corrects pretty much everyone. We are really working on it.

They really just have two different personalities. The more vocal one prefers to be reading and is like a sponge of information. The other loves to cuddle and talk about emotions and just be close and let’s his brother take control easily.

[CeeBug]

Dd is more dominant at home, but ds is more dominant in social settings.