Key Differences

People ask me all the time how I tell Liam and Dash apart. Well it's easy, they look completely different! But not everyone thinks so. When I think about it, there are a few key differences that I think this picture highlights:

Liam: Left, Dash: Right

Headshape

Liam has a much more rounded head. If you ran your hand all around his hair, it'd feel like one continuous curve. Dash has a more angled head. You can see how the top of his head is almost squared off. Because of this head shape, I think it gives Dash a slightly taller forehead.

Cheeks

Liam has soft, squishy cheeks that hang lower than Dash's, who's cheeks are a bit leaner (though both are fantastically kissable). This makes Liam more likely to sport a cute double chin.

Eyebrows

I haven't determined yet if there is a true anatomical difference, but Liam's eyebrows often look closer together than Dash's. Maybe he just furrows his brow more.

Lips

Jut as with the eyebrows, this might be more of a behavioral thing, but Dash's bottom lip is usually thinner/less pronounced than Liam's.

Hair

Their hair's pretty much the same except back bottom edge. Dash's hair bends to his left along the whole edge, while Liam's comes to a point on the left side. You can see it in this picture.

Eyes

People often think Dash looks sleepy because the bags under his eyes are a little fuller.

Birthmark

Liam still has the little strawberry mark on his forehead, though it's faded a bit. This is most people's fallback. However, as each child is almost guaranteed to model a bump or two atop their heads these days, it's a rather unreliable differential.

There, easy peasy! You can always tell the difference now, right? Totally!

(But in case you can't, I always label which child is which in the Flickr description. So you just click on a picture if you're wondering and you can find out!)