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Are your children the most beautiful little people you have ever seen?

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lollalaughs · 16/12/2013 12:36

Do you think your children are the most beautiful things in the world. I mean genuinely?

I have only ever known one person say their child is not cute. I have heard oh he has big ears or a big head etc

Reason I am asking because more than one person I know said before they got pregnant that if their child is ugly they would know, they wouldnt just say they are good looking for the sake of it etc etc.

They have their child and guess what they say the child is beautiful. They KNOW their child is and they would definately say if they wasn't. But the said children are not beautiful...

So question what is it that makes people think their kids are gawjusss even if they are clearly not?

SN: I am ready to be slated but this is a genuine question and relates to people pre pregnancy who slag of children for not being stereotypical cute.

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Spinkle · 16/12/2013 21:06

My DS is lovely to look at. People do comment (presumably because I am such a gargoyle?)

He attracts a lot of little girls and old ladies. He is 9.

He is also autistic do does not notice the adulation.

You always love your own and yes, no mum is impartial.

SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking · 16/12/2013 21:10

My sons alright looking. He has big ears and a big head.

My mum admits that my younger sister was an ugly baby. She really was but she looks like me now so lucky her Grin

KittyOSullivanKrauss · 16/12/2013 21:11

Mine are the most beautiful children I have ever seen.

This stops me trying to sell them on eBay because I haven't slept properly since 2008.

GimmeDaBoobehz · 16/12/2013 21:15

As sad as it sounds I honestly don't think any baby is 'ugly' and think anyone who views children and people like that are pretty pathetic individuals, to be honest with you.

Oh aren't I glad I am VI, it seems to make me a less image orientated individual.

If anyone calls my daughter ugly I'll soon show them what ugly looks like, that's for sure. But then nobody has/will, because she isn't ugly like every other baby.

MyMILisfromHELL · 16/12/2013 21:16

My dc are beautiful/good looking children. No ifs or buts. They better looking than the majority IMO

MyMILisfromHELL · 16/12/2013 21:20

I've had loads of people (esp old ladies) comment when out & about with my younger ds, about how angelic. and gorgeous he is. So he must be beautiful to others too.

carvedpumpkin · 16/12/2013 21:21

DD is genuinely a beautiful baby. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, and does not look very much like me at all, so I am able to be entirely objective when I say that she is gorgeous Smile

KrabbyPatty · 16/12/2013 21:28

My eldest was quite alarming looking when he was born. He was big and his face was all squashed and cross. I definitely did not look at him and think he was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen.

My cousin had 4 babies that would make you inwardly yelp when you looked at them. It became a family joke (started by him and his wife) that they made very ugly babies.

They are now 10, 12, 14 & 16 and the most gorgeous looking kids ever.

Earthymama · 16/12/2013 21:34

May I point out that not only were my son and daughter the best looking babies of there generation, my grandchildren all are too!
It's amazing, must be the genes!

(Sadly,it's true. DP spend lots of time gazing in awe at their wonder. . Then handing them back to their parents and going for a lie down!)

SolomanDaisy · 16/12/2013 21:39

I have to giggle at people using comments from people in supermarkets etc. as objective evidence their DC are beautiful. People say that about everyone's kids, it is polite and most children are attractive.

CaterpillarCara · 16/12/2013 21:39

What is beauty?

In a static picture, my DD looks like nothing much - mousy hair, gappy teeth. But she is so lively and animated and cheeky and beguiling, that people who know her in real life find her very appealing. Her Vivienne Westwood style of personal fashion choices probably helps. I often have old ladies at church say they get huge enjoyment just from looking at her and watching her and seeing what mischief / fashion statement she is up to each week.

DS is probably most classically beautiful, I think, if caught at the right moment. Blonde, blue-eyed, lovely shaped face and head. Usually found slouching with his coat falling off his shoulders, and a bit of a pre-teen scowl though... But he has the kindest heart, and gives the biggest cuddles (when no-one is looking!).

I love them. I find a different beauty in each.

busylizzie76 · 16/12/2013 21:44

I think my kids are attractive but not amazingly so..I love them dearly though Grin

PansOnFire · 16/12/2013 21:47

I always thought newborns were really ugly, I thought they were cute but the scrunched up look was never really appealing to me. Because of this I thought karma was going to give me ugly children and was fully prepared for that. As it happens, my DS is the most gorgeous baby ever, even as a scrunched up little newborn. It's funny how nature works!

The thing is, my DS gets so much attention when were out its ridiculous, old ladies kiss him and he charms every shop assistant and waitress we see. It confirms that everyone else sees what I see :).

lisad123everybodydancenow · 16/12/2013 21:47

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Athrawes · 16/12/2013 21:47

My son IS the most handsome 3 year old ever. EVER. There are other astonishingly lovely looking children out there but mine is by far the most lovely.

Still I am terrified of him not making friends at school and being lonely as an only child. I'd rather know, be certain, that he will be happy in his life, and have him just ordinary looking.

pictish · 16/12/2013 21:47

I'm also having a wee Grin at those who think compliments from strangers are proof of their child's beauty.

Folks - every child gets compliments from strangers and their mum or dad told they're beautiful/handsome/a wee smasher/gorgous etc etc.
It's just what people do.

I know, I know...your kid gets more compliments, given with more sincerity than everyone else's.
I know.
We all know.

Grin
Fakebook · 16/12/2013 21:47

My DS has a funny face. Two massive teeth, big ears, hairy eyebrowsq but the biggest and brownest eyes with long eyelashes. LlluuuuuuZzzzzzzzzz
Immioiooi ssdtff

Thisisaghostlyeuphemism · 16/12/2013 22:11

people chase after us in the supermarket, wanting to take our photos, autographs, etc etc.

Whistleblower0 · 16/12/2013 22:12

Pictish it's really quite amusing that all these posters think their children are beauties. No average looking or heaven forbid ordinary looking kids here.Smile
Oh, and the strangers telling you that your kids are beautiful. I'm sure they do, but you know what it really is just something to say. I have said it myself on occassion, when i have been cornered by new mummies. In reality i have almost always thought exactly the oppositeWink

persimmon · 16/12/2013 22:18

I don't think all babies are beautiful - some are plain as hell - but they are all very appealing, of that makes sense. The majority of young kids are also hugely appealing because of their innocence and freshness, but I can see already those of DS' classmates who are going to be 'pretty' and 'handsome' and those who are just ordinary looking. Makes bugger all difference anyway; one of the 'prettiest' people I know suffers from depression and has never been really happy.

Dogsmom · 16/12/2013 22:18

I thought everyone could see beauty in their own babies too until I had my dd in March and on the ward I could hear the woman in the cubicle next to me on the phone saying her newborn son was ugly then when visitors turned up she was saying the same to them.

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 16/12/2013 22:19

My DD is beautiful, although i wonder how due to me being average and her dad is butt ugly.

SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking · 16/12/2013 22:21

Babies look like old potatoes or old men most of the time imo

HumphreyCobbler · 16/12/2013 22:23

I have proof of the transformative power of affection. I used to think that my class were better looking than any of the other classes we used to meet on trips etc Grin

takingthathometomomma · 16/12/2013 22:23

Tbh children are beautiful in all forms. However, it does make me cringe when people talk about how beautiful their own children are. I can understand it with newborns, "oh he/she's perfect" etc., - that doesn't bother me - but when I hear people talk about how "gawjusss" their older children are I feel really awkward. It's almost on par with calling yourself "pretty".