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<\/p>\nThe Hasselquist triplets were welcomed into the world in January 2021. Knowing how difficult it can be to differentiate identical multiples, their family prevented any potential baby mix-ups by implementing a trick they\u2019d learned from the staff at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU.) While in the hospital, Multiple Mom Crystal Hasselquist \u201ctalked to the nurses a lot and they [had] shared a lot of the different ways [that] other multiple moms have kind of color-coded their children to make sure they know who is who.\u201d This simple, partial rainbow strategy proved incredibly useful, and the triplets were always dressed in \u201ctheir colors\u201d for easy identification. Thomas was red, Henrik was blue, and James was green. Having assigned the babies their own trademark color, the family figured they had solved the problem of how to tell their strikingly similar babies apart from one another. However, identical newborns confuse even their parents.<\/p>\n
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Especially when the three babies first arrived, it was hard to keep the colors apart. Having spent three months in the NICU, the newborns were greeted by a flood of well-wishers once they were finally discharged from the hospital. Once the baby boys got back home to Wisconsin, their Auntie Amy Jo Hasselquist recalled how there were \u201clots of friends and family in and out of the house\u2026passing babies around.\u201d While in the nursery, \u201ceverything has been color-coded \u2013 clothes, sleep sacks, cribs, blankets, coats,\u201d there was a chance that in the constant shuffle of dirty diapers and spit-up that the system would get lost. Thankfully, the Hasselquist women added an extra trick in addition to the red-green-blue onesies to ensure that the boys would always be able to be identified.<\/p>\n
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Multiple Mama Crystal \u201chad a fear of mixing the babies up when they were young,\u201d so she enlisted the help of the nursing staff. After hearing \u201ca few different options [the nurses] shared with her,\u201d she \u201clanded on just painting one big toe\u201d with nail polish. By coordinating the nail color with the red-green-blue system, she made differentiating the babies a breeze.<\/p>\n
Seeing the success of the simple nail polish trick, Auntie Hasselquist, who describes herself as the \u201cworld\u2019s okayest aunt,\u201d shared the life (with multiples) hack via her TikTok to the delight of triplets and their families everywhere. On striking a chord with such an unexpected audience, Auntie Hasselquist said, \u201cso many people [are] sharing the same stories about how they were color-coded\u201d or \u201chow they color-coded their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
The task of differentiating the babies also got easier as they grew. Older now, \u201cthey have personalities and they have small differences.\u201d Hasselquist explained how Henrik has emerged as \u201cthe leader\u201d and the \u201cgoofball.\u201d Meanwhile, James became the \u201csweetheart\u201d who is \u201calways smiling.\u201d And Thomas developed into \u201cthe thinker,\u201d who \u201cwill look at you and wonder what you\u2019re up to.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, one member of the family that never needed nail polish or anything to tell the babies apart is their older brother, Peter, who is three. Auntie Hasselquist relayed how the toddler seemed to instinctively be able to identify his siblings. \u201cHe was probably the first one to be able to know who was who without ever having to second guess,\u201d she explained \u201cEven if we change the colors of their clothes and toes, [Peter] would still know.\u201d<\/p>\n
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