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Does everyone think their kids are beautiful?

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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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doobiev · 17/01/2020 14:29

I used to do modelling as a baby/toddler & later as a teen/young adult. Modelling as a child is less about how beautiful you are & more about being compliant & even tempered. Plenty of very average child models on magazines/adverts. Even as an adult it's more about how good you look in photos as opposed to real life, although some people are stunning in life & print, I wasn't one of those!

doobiev · 17/01/2020 14:35

@olivehater I think you're missing the point. It's more the assumption that blue eyed & blonde automatically = beautiful. Imo hair & eye colour has little to do with how beautiful a face is. After all Katie Hopkins is blonde & blue eyed!

MurrayTheMonk · 17/01/2020 14:53

One of my DD's was a beautiful baby. And one was Breathtakingly ugly and stayed that way until she was about 3 when she started to look better.
One is now objectively a real stunner and the other one is pretty but not in the head turning (this literally happens) way the other is.
I can see that one is more conventionally attractive than the other. But it obviously makes no difference to me-I love them both the same obvs-they are both lovely girls. I have a lot of sympathy for the one that gets less attention of the 'oh isn't she stunning' sort, and I certainly never comment on either of their looks except to say the both look nice if we are going out somewhere.

haverhill · 17/01/2020 15:02

Yes, they generally do, whether the child really is or not. But that's love for you.
I'm a teacher and most kids are about average looking, as that's what average means. But they are also charming and attractive in their individual ways.

Fredy45 · 17/01/2020 15:03

I mentioned dd2s blondness not because being blonde makes her prettier but because the vividness of it is her best feature. It's what makes her stand out. Otherwise she's just average. She looks exactly like her dad and her nan and they are normal average too.

thaegumathteth · 17/01/2020 15:12

I'm pretty sure most people do.

With ds I was sure he was the most gorgeous baby ever - he wasn't he was like every other baby.

When ds and dd were little though we'd get a lot of comments about them being gorgeous and cute but I think most people do and I also think it was amplified a bit because ds is vv blonde and blue eyed and pale and dd is olive skinned, honey coloured hair and brown almost black eyes. Three times I've had random people ask to take their photo which is....odd.

Lucylivesinamushroomhouse · 17/01/2020 15:19

Ha ha this thread is amazing! I might have to rethink how beautiful my children are though..... as (up until now) I have been absolutely convinced they are objectibely stunning. All the people saying they felt sorry for other mums whose babies weren’t as cute - that’s me!!

Obviously people tell me they’re gorgeous but I do think you have to take that with a pinch of salt - unless you are regularly getting stopped by strangers to ask if you’ve signed them up for modelling. No one has ever asked me that but one of my friends’ little boys is mixed race with incredible tight blonde curls and green eyes and looks very striking and she does actually get asked if he models all the time (to which she replies no thanks - he’s already obsessed with his reflection, I don’t want to make it worse!). So deep down I guess I knew my kids aren’t the world’s most beautiful. I still think they’re incredible though.

mistermagpie · 17/01/2020 15:21

One of my sons was a really ugly baby. People said he was lovely but I knew he wasn't. He's nearly three now and I think he's beautiful in a way, he's really interesting looking - the massive eyes that made him look like a baby alien are more in proportion and are the most amazing colour - sort of a greeny beige. He has lovely skin too and a permanent smile, which helps.

My other son is more conventionally attractive but less striking than his brother.

My daughter is only 8 weeks old and I think she's lovely, but she looks just like her dad and he isn't conventionally attractive at all!

Looks aren't important, I'm no oil painting myself, but I adore my children and love their faces.

Lweji · 17/01/2020 15:34

My DS's blue eyes are only noticed here (not UK) because they're fairly rare and stand out. They weren't mentioned in the UK.

He has long eyelashes, and brown hair, but very fair skin, so his eye colour does stand out more than if he was blonde.

I think he could be considered good looking if he was more confident and friendly, and combed his hair.

raskolnikova · 17/01/2020 15:35

Like most other people, I think my baby is the most beautiful there is (I'm right though, dammit). I actually think her brown hair makes her all the more beautiful, blonde wouldn't suit her, and 90% of the babies around here in Yorkshire are either blonde or bald anyway.

She was born in Spain, and as a newborn she had quite dark olive skin and dark brown hair. I thought she looked more Spanish than any of the other babies I saw there, which is ironic as both of her parents are British.

FenellaMaxwell · 17/01/2020 15:42

DS gets quite a lot of attention from strangers, and I’m regularly told he’s beautiful. He was, to me, lovely as a baby but objectively not conventionally remarkably attractive. At 2, however, he’s a very beautiful toddler - rosy cheeks, huge blue eyes, a riot of red gold curls, a frequent, cheerful smile..... but I also don’t expect that to last! BO and acne will catch him soon enough. And he’s always been beautiful to me, even before he grew into the looks he now has.

wildthingsinthenight · 17/01/2020 15:44

Yes I do
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My son is the most beautiful baby to have ever been born

Mama1980 · 17/01/2020 15:56

All my children are absolutely beautiful but objectively I know 3 are average in terms of appearance. My ds1 is stunning, he's nearly a teen now and has piercing blue eyes, blond curls done to his waist, full lips and is very slender. He regularly turns heads and was asked to work as a model.
He also has no idea that he is so physically beautiful.....which is kinda of fun when all the girls in his dance class are clamouring to catch his attention and he's totally oblivious.

Vintagevixen · 17/01/2020 15:59

My DD looked like a potato as a baby 😂 honestly I'm not joking, even I saw it!

12 years later she is pleasant looking if I'm being totally objective, but she is beautiful to me 😁

Didiplanthis · 17/01/2020 16:17

DD was cute as baby properly stunning as a toddler and is now working her features out as a pre teen 🤣. But shes perfect ..

CassidyStone · 17/01/2020 16:55

My DS was born by ventouse extraction at 42 weeks. He had a purple pointed head and yellow skin from jaundice and baby acne. I was so glad I was his mother, because I didn't think anyone else would love him. He didn't pretty up until he was about six weeks old, then he turned into a proper little beauty with a massive smile, and now he's an adult he is a handsome young man. But those first few weeks, bloody hell, he was ugly.

Spied · 17/01/2020 17:10

DS was such a beautiful baby. Conventionally beautiful. Often stopped by people commenting on his looks.
He has grown I to a very handsome pre-teen.
DD was quite average looking. Nothing at all like her brother. I remember actually feeling a little sad for the future her growing up with such a good looking brother . She however got to 4/5 yo and really blossomed.
She's now a very pretty 9yo (and knows it).

Cookit · 17/01/2020 17:14

One thing I’ve noticed is that a LOT of babies have super long eyelashes but that you hear a lot of parents commenting on them as if theirs is the only one to have long eyelashes.

I do think most toddlers and young kids are cute. Thinking about DC’s pre-school, about 70% are pretty adorable.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 17/01/2020 17:42

All three of mine went through a very noticeable Potato stage. Dd was bald and round until her curls appeared at about 9 months old (from which point on she was so beautiful people would stop me in the street to tell me), Ds 1 was born hairy all over and did go quite thuggish looking for a while, but is now very serious and handsome looking. Ds2 was quite unattractive for his first few weeks: bald, red, spotty- although he is now beautiful like the others.

So yes, all mine are beautiful (but they haven't always been!)

EmmiJay · 17/01/2020 17:51

Let the gushing commence: DD is stunning. She is constantly stared at. I know shes going to be a problem when shes older because I was (read: still am!) Ha!

dimsum123 · 17/01/2020 18:20

DS was gorgeous as a baby, would have everyone stopping in the street and cooing over him. He's 14 now and is obviously going to be a very good looking boy and is super bright as well. Very kind and caring too.

DD is the most beautiful person I know but not conventionally good looking, her personality means she has a huge circle of friends, everyone that meets her seems to love her.

Cloudyyy · 17/01/2020 18:23

Mine are absolutley gorgeous, for sure! All tall (for their age), very slender, slight and sweet little faces. Very big, bright blue eyes and curly white blonde hair. The big curls that bounce and frame the dace perfectly. They’re like little angel.

Yahboosnubsme · 17/01/2020 18:23

@Sugarfreejelly

I thought that too. Every other poster says "My DC is beautiful, they have long blonde hair and big blue or green eyes".

Cloudyyy · 17/01/2020 18:26

@Yahboosnubsme why are people not allowed to think their children are beautiful if they’re blonde?

Yahboosnubsme · 17/01/2020 18:37

@Cloudy If you read my post again, I never said they weren't allowed to think that. What an odd conclusion for you to come to.

I was agreeing with a pp observation that every other person who claims their child is beautiful, also mentions that said child has blonde hair and blue eyes.

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