To be proud of my ds for being beautiful?

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This is troubling me. Two strangers have actually stopped me in the street recently to tell me how beautiful my 18 mo ds is. I think it is the first time I have known what it is like to 'burst with pride' but when I thought about it I think maybe this is wrong? There are things in my life, degree, successes at work etc, that actually have required effort that could be classed as achievements to be proud of, but the fact that average looking dh and I have managed to produce a heart stoppingly beautiful boy is just an accident really isn't it? So why do I feel prouder of this than stuff that requires effort? Disclaimer: I know all children are beautiful etc

ooohhhhh my son is sooooooo beautiful! I have two lovely daughters who are cuties, but my son is unusually handsome. He makes me go weak at the knees every time I look at him with his huge brown puppy dog eyes. He's an irritable little bugger though, so modelling's out of the question. Not remotely unreasonable to be stupidly proud of your beautiful boy OP!

YA absolutely NBU, but YABU for not having pictures we can coo over .

Catgirl and Scarlet, your DCs are beautiful!

My little girl is lovely and we get stopped in the street as well. I may have put some pictures of her on my profile to show her off .

I think she's plotting world domination...she's too clever for her own good.

I'm biased obviously!

I'll shut up now...I could talk about her all day

Peahen I can't click on your profile! I need to coo..........

Scarlet - I am the same

The way it should be

Is you profile public Peahen? I can't access it.

Ds1 always had people commenting when a baby and toddler on how beautiful he was, as does ds3. Poor ds2 never did

Sorry, I was too busy watching Usain Bolt win to make my profile public. Pictures of my Flossie Pot should be visible now .

Ohhhhhhhh lovely

That one of her wrapped in a towel.......edible!

Thanks. I don't know where she got her looks from!

I can never decide whether or not DS1 is particularly good-looking.

He was a daft, froggy-looking newborn but a very cute older baby. He is now 3 and does a fine line in looking angelic and innocent which I think is what attracts the "ooh, isn't he gorgeous" comments. That and fairly unusual colouring - very blonde hair, olive skin and dark eyes. I think it is actually his colouring that people look at, rather than him being particularly beautiful.

People constantly comment that DS2 is beautiful but I think that is mainly because he smiles constantly at anyone who will pay him any attention and there is something incredibly appealing about a smiling baby.

only two? meh if I had a penny for every time I've been told how beautiful my ds' are.

Which ever one is on your profile is scrumptious kungfu :)

Aw bless her

Bless they're all lovely looking

ooh, kungfupanda - he's cute as a little button!

I'll have to leave this thread because all these beautiful babies are making me so broody!

He does a good line in cute at the moment. I wonder if he is going to have the manky, spotty, bald phase his brother had.....

kungfu I think ds3 is the same. He's always smiling and babbled away at anyone who talks to him

Maybe it's a survival thing.

MUST LOOK CUTE! Then parent-things will carry on feeding me and not abandon me for the dinosaurs when I wake them up at 2am.

I'm sure all your dc are heart-stoppingly beautiful.

However... I remember when my ds was just born and in NICU being able to simultaneously think how he reminded me of my FIL on his deathbed (same hairline, skinniness and hospital wires) AND wonder how on earth dh and I had managed to produce the most beautiful baby ever to grace the planet. I don't know how this is possible, but I suspect some kind of hormone.

I feel proud of my kids for a variety of reasons (one of which is the comments I get about their looks). I find it almost impossible to accept compliments about myself but can with them.

Pics temporarily on profile.

I had real issues when DS was really little - I couldn't find any other baby even vaguely attractive. In fact I thought they were all ugly. People would say "your baby is very cute" and I'd return the compliment by saying "your son has a lovely t-shirt" or "wow, what a lot of hair your one has." This was definitely caused by mad baby hormones!

Gorgeous JollyHockeyStick - what big beautiful eyes

I think it does wear off though. People used to comment how pretty DS was (they still do) btu now seem to be pre-occupied that he looks like a girl especially with his hair

Oh yes, the "only beautiful baby in the world" hormones. I remember thinking pityingly that everyone thought their bald, wrinkly babies were so beautiful and that it was clearly hormones, whereas I was somehow immune and actually had an incredibly beautiful baby. I look back on the photos now and realise that he really did look like Kermit the Frog.

liege I have a pic on my profile of ds3 in nicu, dp took it and bought it to show me while I was in recovery. I remember thinking the same. I thought he was beautiful but he was really quite ill and born with jaundice, so not the greatest colour