1,294 grams and 1,385 grams.

That’s how much our boys weighed when they were born, prematurely, on December 14 last year.

We knew they weren’t identical, but just how unidentical they were caught me off guard. There was Vir, born a minute earlier and the “bigger” of the two, who barely cried despite spending a month and a half in the neonatal ICU, and Kabir, whose wails would wake up a dozen other newborns at the slightest inconvenience.

And as we counted days in the hospital, waiting for health updates twice a day, I unthinkingly began doing something I had promised myself I wouldn’t as a parent — comparing how they were doing.

Looking back, I believe this came from two places. One, as expectant parents, my wife and I would save articles and Instagram reels with tips........

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