Newborn lips, is this normal?

[SassyPants87]

Hi all

I'm that mum that is panicking over everything! Little one is 3 weeks old and pretty much since birth it's looked like she has dry lips but with what look like blisters that turn wet after a feed. Attaching pics so you can see

Is this normal!?

She's EBF

Mine had lots and lots of flaky skin on her lips that went white esp after a feed. I think it’s normal

She’d gorgeous btw, congrats

It went away after a few weeks btw and is just one of those things that changed and I totally forgot ever existed!

Totally normal. The babies from our NCT group all had them!

They are called sucking callouses and are normal.
Congratulations, she looks very contented.

Looks like sucking blisters. DD was born with a big one in the middle of her top lip because she sucked her thumb in the womb. They'll clear up after a couple of months, you might find they start to go and then come back, midwife and health visitor told me not to put anything on and just leave them.

They can be a sign of tongue tie because the baby has to work so hard to stay latched so it might be worth seeing a specialist if feeding is problematic

Yes sucking blisters are normal in newborns. This is a quote from Dr Ghaheri -
Lip blisters - When an easy, classic breastfeeding latch isn't attainable because of anatomy, some very determined babies will do anything they can to hold on to the nipple. This includes using both lips, like a sucker fish. The most common manifestation of inappropriate reliance on the lips to hold on is a central upper lip blister. While common in the first few weeks of life because of the delicate upper lip skin, I feel that the persistence of blisters beyond the first few months of life is indicative of an upper lip tie. When examining children, it's important to analyze both lips for swelling. Any degree of swelling of the lower lip is cause for suspicion of underlying tongue-tie or lip-tie. Swelling along the sides of the upper lip (outside of the central blisters) is also cause for concern. Rarely, as pictured here, lip blistering can be extremely severe. Why the insurance company should care: trauma to the baby's lips can prevent the baby from continuing to breastfeed. It can be painful for the baby and can occur in the setting of severe trauma to the nipples.

Beautiful baby! All five of mine had the same, I had totally forgotten too.

I had forgotten as well but all of mine had them too.

Mine had this. He had one big one in the centre of his lip and it made him look like he had a beak! It went away in the end.

She is beautiful btw. Congrats.

Thanks so much everyone you've really reassured me! :)

She’s beautiful 😍 congratulations
(& as above all my EBF babies had them too)