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Does everyone think their kids are beautiful?

223 replies

Hoolajerry · 16/01/2020 22:47

Looking at my dd tonight and wondering how I produced something so lovely. She's 12 with long nearly black hair, very pale skin with a few freckles and grey/blue eyes. She's slim and toned and just lovely really.
Whenever you read about dc on here they are always gorgeous according to parents. Do all parents think their kids are gorgeous?

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Torchlightt · 17/01/2020 00:03

I don't think I'm biased at all.

BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 17/01/2020 00:08

Mine were both shockers when they were younger, but they have both grown in to their looks and now are stunning.

I'm not sure if that makes me biased or not?

Monst3ra · 17/01/2020 00:11

When DS1 was a baby I would keep him in his car seat facing away from all of the other mothers at bab clinic as I thought he was so beautiful it would make them feel bad about their ugly babies. I was convinced he was the most beautiful little thing. Looking back on his baby pictures I think he looked like Churchill. He is very angelic looking at 7 though, he's always been bright blonde and blue eyed with full lips.

DS2 looked like Popeye as a baby but became the most beautiful toddler and he is still gorgeous at 6.

DS3 looks just like the other two.

They're all beautiful to me!

ParkheadParadise · 17/01/2020 00:20

I do
Both my Dd's were born with a full head of black hair. Everyone stopped to have a look at them (because they were beautiful).
Looking back at pictures they both looked like old ladies😆😆😆

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 17/01/2020 00:35

Mine are both very cute but nothing unusual or amazing or breathtaking! Just a normal amount of cute, blonde hair blue eyes huge smiles.

Besidesthepoint · 17/01/2020 00:49

Gosh I hope so, my ex his daughter looks like an ugly little toad and my ex never had any respect for women that he thought were ugly, so for her sake I hope he's nice to her.

LocalHobo · 17/01/2020 01:00

DS is almost 1 now and we're constantly told how good looking he is. Some people just say this because they think it is an appropriate and nice thing to say, it isn’t always true.

IJumpedAboardAPirateShip · 17/01/2020 01:09

Yes mine are beautiful too, obviously. I did actually have a woman pull her car over on the other side once when I was walking holding baby DD to scream at me “your baby looks like a doll!” - this is american where that’s a good thing btw! DS has the longest thickest eyelashes in the world but also refuses to cut his mane of curly hair so it now covers those lovely eyes.

Neither of them are as photogenically beautiful as they are in real life though - and we’re mere years away from awakened gangly spotty teens

IJumpedAboardAPirateShip · 17/01/2020 01:09

Awakened?! Awkward!!

Kinsters · 17/01/2020 02:54

Not all parents do, my dad told me when I was a child that I wasn't beautiful (he'd been going on about how pretty his friend's daughter was and I asked if I was pretty too...)

I think my daughter is a gorgeously cute little baby and can't wait to see what she looks like when she's older. Even if I didn't think she was beautiful I'd never say it to anyone.

citychick · 17/01/2020 04:50

My young teenage DS is very handsome. But he's skinny and will need braces very soon. He's tall and blond with big blue eyes and is very photogenic.

We live in Asia so he gets a lot of attention.

DH's side of the family are a good looking bunch so he got lucky.

I'm not completely delusional. He can be a total PITA most some of the time...love him to bit tho.

amazedmummy · 17/01/2020 05:16

I'm still in the newborn my baby is the cutest thing ever phase. But I genuinely think he is, I don't really like babies but this boy could melt anyone's heart.

PenguinsOnParade · 17/01/2020 05:47

I think mine are but my "D"M certainly didn't think that about me. My wedding day is the only time she told me I looked "nice".

ToftheB · 17/01/2020 05:53

Both of mine are beautiful... but DH and I are both fairly funny looking so I am aware that their beauty might be because I love them so much. Certainly nobody who isn't directly related to them comments on their looks!

I think a naturally sunny outlook is a greater gift than any physical beauty though, and they're both cheerful little souls so far. I'm far keener for them to be happy than beautiful.

TwiceAsNice22 · 17/01/2020 05:54

I think my DD’s are gorgeous. They are very petite, have very long blonde hair, blue eyes with the longest eyelashes. People try to photograph them a lot - although that is down to the fact that they are identical twins. They are also lovely girls who are kind and thoughtful, and I think personality makes a huge difference in attractiveness.

I did think they were the cutest babies, although looking at baby photos now, they just look so scrawny. They were prem and just over 4 pounds each. They never went through the chubby baby phase.

astrorosa · 17/01/2020 06:01

I think DD (4) is beautiful. She has gorgeous soft ringlets growing out of her head and shes not just physically beautiful if that makes sense?. She's very inquisitive and the funniest human I know, which adds to her beauty.

Mens' attention starts gearing up to young girls from around 12, 13 years of age onwards

Fucking hell. I worry about this too

RiddleyW · 17/01/2020 06:01

I think it’s just that most children are attractive. I feel like I can’t believe how beautiful my 5 year is. I honestly find him the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I’d be a tad naive to think this isn’t somewhat biased!

blibblibs · 17/01/2020 06:01

Well I don't think I've had the deluded pill Hmm
DS looks like my DM and DD needs to grow into her teeth and both are very average looking. You wouldn't turn away from them but neither would they stand out in a crowded room.
But they are both beautiful human beings and I hope they live their lives being judged on more than just their looks.

SimonJT · 17/01/2020 06:12

I think my son is gorgeous (on the inside as well), he looks just like me at that age apart from his eye colour, despite me technically being his uncle. He has long black hair, caramel skin, green eyes and really long black eyelashes. He has finally learned how to smile for pictures as well, so no more gurning!

Bluntness100 · 17/01/2020 06:35

I watched a program once about this, effectively we are mentally programmed to find our children beautiful, something in the brain, it's to stop us killing our young.

Seriously.

Tiredmumssquad · 17/01/2020 06:37

My DS 1 is beautiful but he is a right character! Always get attention when we are out but mostly because of his personality not his looks

JustaScratch · 17/01/2020 06:39

My DD was definitely not the most beautiful baby, but now she is six she is literally the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/01/2020 06:48

Anyone who thinks they have the most beautiful child is, I’m afraid, mistaken. My DD is the most beautiful. Grin

As a baby, she had like the perfect face. All her features were symmetrical and in proportion. She didn’t have much hair for ages but that just made her look small and cute for ages. Now she’s 5, she has auburn ringlets and her face is still perfect. She also has the most enormous blue eyes. Everyone says she’s my Mini-Me because of her hair but she her eyes are from DH.

1forAll74 · 17/01/2020 06:51

Yes, I think that every Mother will think that their children are beautiful.Some babies may well look a little odd at birth, but it's the beauty of birth that makes it all special,and then the wonderment of seeing them change over the years.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say, but to see your children grow,and so much resemble you and your partner is the best ever. This is how I see beauty really.

MiniTheMinx · 17/01/2020 06:55

When I had DS1 the midwives ran off with him. i needed rest apparently, whilst all the other mums were frazzled caring for baby. when I questioned this I was told "he is the most beautiful baby" thankfully they gave him back but only after I really reassured them I was ready to go home.

He is now 19 with very thick long dark hair, pale skin, and very almond shaped grey eyes, and a very square masculine jaw. Hes tall and athletic looking. He is stated at in the street, but he has no interest in having a girlfriend.

DS2 is blond and blue eyed with the long black eyelashes and at 14 he is still looking cute, but objectively I don't think he has the sort of striking unusual features of his older brother.

I could be biased, I think everyone thinks their DC are beautiful.