Before their arrival, people would often ask me if I was going to dress the twinlets in identical clothes.
And while I hadn’t thought that much about it prior to their birth, I did end up being one of those twinnie mums that LOVED buying 2 of everything.
In fact, I was such the wardrobe manager and stylist of my teeny weeny boys that there were nights when I couldn’t sleep from the excitement. I couldn’t wait for the new day to begin so that I could dress my boys in “matchy matchy outfits”
Geez, Grace. They’re human babies, not your dress up dolls.
After much protest from Mr Surfer we started to dress them completely differently. Fair enough. After all, the twinlets are two individuals with distinguishing personalities.
And to be completely honest, a mismatched existence has proven to be a far less stressful. The reformed perfectionist in me has surrendered to the imbalance and the well, imperfections.
I mean, when your laundry pile gets to these unbearable levels of disarray, who’s got time to worry about precise twin coordination?
Especially when it comes to socks. Can’t figure out which twin is which? Just look down and I invite you to survey…
I will pay you a handsome amount of chocolate if you can find a matching pair in this bottomless basket.
Better yet…I will be giving away a lucky reader 2 packs of Cold Power Sensitive Touch Laundry Detergent.
Where I’ve let priority go on immaculate dressing, it’s now all about being pragmatic.
Proving twins have their own identities and separate DNA make up, it’s K-Bear who has the egg and nut allergies as well as being more prone to eczema and asthma.
Cold Power Sensitive Touch is ideal for our home. It’s hypoallergenic and determatologically tested and is free from perfumes to ensure sensitive skin remains free from irritation.
It’s even a proud partner of the Eczema Association of Australasia.
Without worrying about complicated routines, you can just use the recommended dosage in your laundry load and let it find your socks for you…just kidding. It will give your clothes a thorough clean, though.
And what I love best about Cold Power? The fact that you’re guaranteed of fresh clean clothes and still save money and energy by using cold water.
Available in powder and liquid form, top loader and front loader (2kg, 2L) for $14.99 (RRP) in all supermarkets.
To be in the running to win 2 packets of Cold Power Sensitive Touch all you have to do is:
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- Leave a comment on the blog and tell Mama G: “What’s the craziest mismatched outfit your little one has worn in public?”
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- This giveaway is only open to Australian residents
- Closing date for entries is Sunday, 14th of July.
- The winners will be contacted via email on the following Monday.
- If the winner does not reply to my email within 24 hours, another winner will be chosen.
- Entries will be judged on merit and decision of the winner will be final
***This is a sponsored post for Cold Power and Digital Parents Collective. Cold Power Sensitive Touch provided compliementary samples for this post, however the opinions and content expressed within are completely my own. ***
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Update 15/07/2013:
Winner of the Cold Power Sensitive Touch Giveaway is: Luisa from Motherhood Herald
Congrats, Luisa!
Oh Grace – Thanks for this. Aston (my eldest) has eczema and whilst I have it controlled I am always looking for something better. Never knew this particular brand was associated with the Eczema Association of Australasia! Nice.
My most recent fail mismatched outfit was a recent drop off to daycare. I was so sick a couple of weeks back and when I dropped the kids to daycare I realised the not only did I put the kids in the wrong size clothing (one too small the other too big) I realised my eldest was wearing one sneaker and one slipper and missing a sock. That’s how stocked up on Pseudo ephedrine I was. Talk about parenting fail!
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The socks and thongs have decided to come out this year – really cant say I would ever do this.
PS Just wanted to comment not win 🙂 (My hubby is allergic to everything and we ONLY use one washing powder – will keep this one in mind though.
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After one disaster after the other this week, my Sharing & Caring Sunday blog link up is on hold. I’ve suggested everyone pop over here and link up. I will pop back tomorrow, when I’ve hopefully mastered the new laptop and windows 8 and will share some social media love.
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Thank you for sharing, lovely! Hope you’ll be on track soon! x
People put matching socks on their kids???
WHO KNEW???
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My son decided to come shopping with me with a sneaker on one foot with sock and a sandal on the other foot (no sock), he was adament that that was what he HAD to wear, I can’t even remember what the rest of the ensamble was, I tried to forget. I figured that I should encourage his wanting to be an individual (it helped that we hadn’t long moved to a new town and only knew a handful of people. We were LUCKY enough to run into my aunty and uncle, who tried very hard to be quite polite about his outfit! The joy!
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My middle daughter, aged 5, always mismatches her clothes.
Every day after school, he will put on something utterly ridiculous.
Examples: A pyjama top with a tutu, and spotted tights, then she puts her school shoes back on!
Another favourite: A t-shirt (even when its cold!), jegging shorts, knee high socks, sandals, and her robe on top for good meausre!!
With 6 young kids in the house – who matches clothing?!
My kids are a wardrobe disaster! Usually they are out and about with no undies, (always discovered too late)! Trousers on back the front, T-shirts in the wrong size… There are school mornings where one boy puts on the wrong uniform (somehow failing to notice the pants only reach his knees). The ‘worn’ uniform then becomes ‘poisonous’ – once discovered, the wronged child will no longer wear that uniform until I wash it again! (I kid you not)!
I could weep!
If I were to try to ‘control’ the situation, we would never get out the door! Besides, it’s a good lesson in independence I say! ;D
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She’s not so little now, but my eldest daughter always wore odd socks, the whole way through high school, despite the uniform being plain white socks. In the end the teachers gave up on her socks and the one time she wore matching white socks, they wanted to know if she was ok!
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I will look into this product as I think it’s hard to get a product that works well in cold water, and works with our top loader high efficiency!
Thanks for the chance to share the FB love 🙂 xx
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Funny you should ask – this is the theme of my post for Wordless Wednesday this week! Ashleigh has taken to matching patterns. Stripes, spots, florals. No matter the colours. No matter the direction of the pattern. No matter ANYTHING. If clothes have spots, they match. Period. She’s looked quite interesting some days!
(P.S. I’ll find a matching pair in the basket! I’m sure I can! I want the chocolate!!)
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We always end up with mismatched socks!!
not just one or two but LOTS how does that happen 🙂 XX
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It didn’t last long or come with parental sanctions, but the birthday suit teamed with a tiara dashing across the park was as mismatched as any princess would wear!
Naww they look cute in their baby pic in matchy matchy outfits … but good idea, let them develop their own personalities clothing wise! You never know they may end up CHOOSING to dress alike?!
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Hi Mama Grace – the craziest mismatched outfit … when my daughter was about 18 months i wanted to take her for a bike ride. I tried to dress her in cargo pants and a T however she had other ideas. I fought for about 10 mins trying to get her into the pants – about 40 mins later she was on the back of the bike riding around Centennial Park in Sydney wearing a ballgown and a fur – the outfit totally didn’t go with the cycling … she was after high noon tea?
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It may not be mismatched in the style stakes but it is certainly mismatched for the level of temperature when the two boys wear shorts and t-shirts mid winter!
The most mismatched outfits my 3 year old wears are put together by her Daddy! Let’s see… tops on backwards or layered over dresses, ugg boots instead of shoes, buttons down the front instead of the back, and sometimes squeezed into the 1 year old’s singlets 😉
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I love doing the matchy, matchy thing, for my triplets. bBut the reality is there are just too many hand me downs to ignore, so they only really match (or where co-ordinating colours) when we go out, even then not all the time. With BBG triplets, the biggest faux pas they do in public is when the boys where their sisters clothes in public. Yes, it has happened multiple times. For instance, yesterday one of the boys was loving riding the motorbike with Daddy, and the other two were terrified, so we ended up putting his sister’s beautiful pink puffer jacket (Complete with pink bows) on him because it was the warmest clothing. Meanwhile, she was already dressed in boys clothes because I had forgotten to pack her a spare set. Charming!
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You know, I confess that I sometimes dress my guys in matching outfits – they’re just too preoccupied to even notice. They also put on their clothes backwards and inside out…that says a lot, too.
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