Monster baby

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My baby has always affectionately been called a monster, by almost everyone who's met him. Even my husband calls him "Monster Munch." I think I see why, but it's bothering me as he gets a bit older (he's 19 months now.) I think I'm just worried that they might all be right - he looks just like a monster.

He's got the most chilled, happy character in the world, but he's fat, he eats a lot, and he's got a shock of ginger, curly hair. He laughs and smiles all the time, and because he's a pudding, he loves his cuddles. Strangers stop to talk to him in the supermarket and the street - he has this humorous ability to attract people, because he is a funny, sunny baby. People laugh at him in surprise. He doesn't look anything like me. Or my DH.

But he's impossible to keep clean. He acts a bit like a monster in that he's always a state to look at. He's always got mud or dribble, or some muck on him. He's motivated by food, and his HAIR, it's just so wild and well, ORANGE!

I thought he'd be a bit more presentable when his teeth came through but there's big gaps in between the front ones, so if anything, it's made him look even more monstery than before. He's such a happy chappy, I don't want him to be teased but I know people are saying it from a place of love and affection.

AIBU to ask people to stop calling him a monster? It's literally the first thing people say when they see him. He was a big baby when he came out, so he's always been cuddly.

What do you mean? Why is it a really awful OP? I’m sorry it made you cringe.

Well you're the one who has made your baby a trending topic on an international forum talking about how he looks like a monster. Absolutely awful 'parenting'. Serious question, what do you think his reaction would be if he ever found out? Poor kid.

he eats a lot
He's not going into the cupboards and getting himself food, is he?

But he's impossible to keep clean. He acts a bit like a monster in that he's always a state to look at. He's always got mud or dribble, or some muck on him.

Whose fault is it that he's got mud on him? Is he running around in a field, constantly eating?

He's motivated by food, and his HAIR, it's just so wild and well, ORANGE

Why would a mother talk like this about their child on an international forum? What's wrong with 'orange' hair?

I thought he'd be a bit more presentable when his teeth came through but there's big gaps in between the front ones, so if anything, it's made him look even more monstery than before.

Mental story all round

I think I know you OP 😬

As the OP has said it was meant to be light-hearted and had not translated well. As such I think more than enough op bashing has been done.

My little boy had big gaps in his teeth when they came through from aged nine months. I thought he took after my (very gappy) grandma. He's three now and the gaps are all gone.
My little girl is a very pretty 6-month-old with very sticky out ears... I adore them.

This can't be real?

Ah the casual piss taking of / negative comments about having red / orange / ginger hair that means kids still get bullied today.

Good job perpetuating that by mentioning your own child's hair colour as a negative, OP. Have a little think about that attitude towards it if / when he is teased at school for it.

Because you'll be one of the people continuing that particular cycle your entire life, then responding with disingenous wide eyed naivety when it's your child on the receiving end.

Ffs. He's a baby. You've stayed a thread about his flaws. On a parenting site. And you're shocked people think that's pretty horrible if you? Catch yourself on.

He sounds like a lovely, happy, engaging kid. Stop projecting what you wanted him to be like (which is what... all of that but not red headed and chubby?!) and embrace all his amazing attributes without lamenting the ones you feel he's missed out on (presumably what... brown or blonde hair).

This is the sort of thread kids with low self esteem would dread finding as adults. And their low self esteem may well be due in large part to their parents attitude towards them being more apparent than those parents thought.

He sounds fab

So his bright orange, ginger hair adds to his monstrous looks.
Love the way it's okay to dis ginger, but if you had slammed his black afro hair you would have been ripped to bits.
AND cant believe you could come on line and list all your darling babies 'faults' How utterly cruel .

My DS had huge gaps between baby teeth, he was a terrible teether as a young baby but later on no problems, I think he had so much room in his mouth adult teeth didn't cause him any issues. He's now 18, 6'4" and got all his wisdom teeth. If he's a big eater too (mine was/is) it could well be a sign he's going to be a tall one.

Oh and he had 16 teeth before he was one and the last four before he turned 2.

*He is like a big slobbery Labrador
*

I think he sounds gorgeous. All anyone ever says about my baby is look at his hair. Tbf he has masses of hair that he was born with but I sometimes wish someone would say how cute he is or something like that
I sometimes call my children monsters but it's affectionate and it hasn't affected my two teenagers.

I hope this isn't a real post. Your son sounds lovely but you're very nasty to a little baby. He's going to encounter people being nasty about his hair colour so the least you can do is be a champion of it.

I know a child with ginger hair and he's called "ginger ninja" by his mum which is a perfect name as he's very sporty.