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lol I've heard this before. One lady had a baby one year and the same month the next year she had baby number 2 (ex. nov. 2010 and nov. 2011). lol She got pregnant while she was breast feeding.
Definitely a common phrase in my family :) It does mean if you have children within a year of each other or so. I think its great, and all the siblings in my family that are "twins" really seem to get along well and have a great bond.
Nearly-- My kids are 17 months 1 day apart! On failed different bc for each! LOL!
Never heard of this but I guess my sis and I would be considered "Irish Twins" we're 1 year 11mth and a couple weeks apart.. both May babies. tehe.
DS is 7 and I'm just now preggers with #2 so no Irish twins at this point! lol
I have several friends that have had two babies within a year of each other. One Girl had both her babies on canada day one year apart... crazy!. All I am say is that it is a lot to take in in a span of less than two years.
I've always heard that "Irish Twins" are siblings that are less than a year apart in age.
I'm Irish Catholic, so I've heard that phrase a lot...and know quite a few sets of Irish twins. My mom was born in July and her older sister in August of the previous year. They are the same age for about two weeks per year.
A friend of mine was born in October and her sister was born in August of the following year. Because of how their birthdays fell, they ended up being in the same grade in school. They looked a lot alike (though obviously, weren't identical) and were often assumed to be twins. They ALWAYS corrected anyone who assumed incorrectly that they were twins by saying "No, we're Irish twins."
I have another friend who came from a double set (three babies born within two years -- all in the month of June). I can't think of anyone I know who is my age or younger that has had Irish twins.
My sister and I are five days less than a year apart. So for five days in December we are the same age. :) We love our twin week. Never heard of that though, but my mom had me, my sister, and our baby brother so close that people thought we were triplets.
@trugem:Thats convenient for birthday parties. Lol
@sunshine_kar:I'm thinking the same. They shld be really close friends since they will be very close in age. Either that or worst enemies. Hahaha.
@creativeplannertobee:That's still super close. I'd say Irish Twins!!
@amnystik:Neither had I!!! 7 years is a pretty good gap. I know it's gonna be a crazy ride w them so close in age!!!
@Genuine513:Wow. All on Canada Day!!! Yes, it's gonna be quite a ride!! But sometimes it happens!!
I don't have them (pregnant with my first right now), but my husband wants them desperately. He tells me all the time.
My cousin has that going right now! She announced over the holidays she is due in the spring and her first baby is still under a year old.
I think people don't take the whole, you can breast-feed and not get pregnant thing with a grain of salt!
I come from an Irish catholic background so I've definitely heard this before. My mom comes from a family of six kids that are now between the ages of 50 and 57.
Maybe it's a regional thing, I've only heard "Mexican Twins"
I'm 6 years older than my brother, but the majority of people I know are about 2 years apart from their sibling. So me and my brother are good friends now, but for a long time that age gap made it harder to relate to each other. I think it would have been cool if we were closer to the same age.
My little bros are 16 months apart and people would call them Irish Twins. I think around here people generally refer to kids born 18 months apart or less as Irish Twins. We're far from kiddos yet, but I'm hoping to time them out 24 months apart or so...having them every other grade apart would be nice, and give my body a little rest in between.
My hubby wanted them, too. He and his sister are 13 months apart. We're set to have them 18 months apart as long as this one is fully cooked.
I have heard the phrase. Pregnant with my first and DH and I decided today we would be cool with whatever happens happens after baby #1 so we are actually getting a baby jogger stroller that is meant for 2 babies.
I've heard the term before. I've worked with a few ladies that have enlightened me. One mother of Irish twins told me that when she informed her mom that she was pregnant with the 2nd child her mom exclaimed, "Geeze, couldn't you and (her DH's name) even wait until you got out of the hospital parking lot?" lol!
I've always thought Irish twins were siblings born on the same day, exactly one year apart. My cousins are true Irish twins (both born Jan 10, 1987 and 1988), my good friend and her younger sister are Irish twins AND I know another set of sisters that are too!
I cannot imagine that!
@PitBulLover: That's what I thought, too!
DH is only 16 months youger than his sister, which is odd since his mom was 43 at the time.
There is a girl I work with who had her two younger babies 11 months apart. BOTH were born in 2011! How crazy is that? lol. She had her son at the end of January and she just had her daughter about a week ago. I can't imagine doing that but my mom and her sister are the same age for about 2 weeks. When they were growing up my mom used to get so excited about being the same age as her older sister and then my aunt would laugh because she was older...now my aunt laughs when they are the same age and my mom laughs because my aunt's older. lol
My cousins are Irish twins and on top of it fraternal twins. My aunt had her 2nd son and then shortly after he was born found out she was pregnant again with twins!
I'm not having Irish twins (yet!) but I was one!! My sister and I are very close in age and my mom was pretty proud of that fact lol! It was amazing growingi up with a built-in best friend and sidekick so CONGRATS!
Dear God, no.LOL I got an IUD placed JUST for this reason.LOL My LO is 3months old. She will not have a sibling til she's at the LEAST two!
My best friend comes from a family of 4 children. All 4 of them were born in the same week in november with a year between each one.
Does that mean they are Irish Quads?
I'm not having irish twins, but i am an irish twin! My brother will turn 25 in April and i wont be 26 until the very end of may. we are 10.5 months apart.
I saw this picture on pinterest a while back and had to send it to my mom since this is pretty much what she looked like - she said she was so embarrased and cried when she found out haha.
Yeah, my cousins are Irish twins- both born in May one year apart.
@totheislnds: I may have just said "Wooooooow" out loud at that picture. I would estatic if that happened to me (we wont start trying until we're 29, I refuse to try after 35, and we want 4-6 kids so it needs to happen in rapid succession.)
@Caizn: haha! just dont wait the 6 weeks you are supposed to and more than likely you will be blessed with irish twins! my husband and I also want to have them quickly and back to back - i think 5 is our limit...i come from a family of 5 kids and he comes from a family of 13 kids. so we both want a big family..just not as big as his haha.
I have heard of irish twins and I do know a few people who have less than 12 month gap in age with their sibling
I've heard of this, too! I'd been told it was when the children are less than 1 year apart. If you have the first one early in the year, you can have the second one later in the year and they can be in the same grade!
Haha, I don't know if that would be a good thing or not. :)
@totheislnds: Awww, your poor mum being embarrassed and crying is so cute!
hahahah lmao. I heard this term very recently and it's sooo funny. I'm Irish so I just like it lol. But my very best friend has Irish Twins. hahaha the term just always makes me laugh for some reason. Her first boy was born Oct 7 2009 then Oct 21 2010 for the next one. Someone was busy ;)
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Ha!! I'm African American and was told I'm having "Irish Twins" by a lady in the mall. Ha!! She was admiring my belly and asked me how far along I was. I told her I was 5 months. She then noticed my stroller and asked how old the baby was. She literally squealed with excitement when I told her the baby is 6 months old!!! Tee hee hee. She then enlightened me with the knowledge that I was having "Irish Twins". Do what now?? I had never ever ever heard that phrase before and she explained to me that's a phrase used when your children will be 11, 9,...a short amount of time/less than a a year apart!!! Lol. Wait...Well, kinda. The baby in the stroller with me is not my biological child. We were asked to take custody of her when she was born and have had her all her life, but still.
Are any of you having "Irish Twins"??!!