Does every parent really think their kid is the most beautiful?

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This was a conversation bought up in the staff room regarding parents and their kids. What's the mumsnet opinion?

My oldest DD is quite stunning and I have been told that many times over the years (she's now almost 19). She has such grace and elegance. She was a pig ugly baby though - but of course I was totally deluded at the time

DD2 is very pretty with the most perfect of noses; she gets a lot of attention from the boys (almost 18).

DS, well he's popular with the girls (as my DDs tell me), tall, blond, piercing blue eyes. He is turning in to a very handsome young man for sure.

DD3 is very like DD1 in many ways. She wasn't the prettiest of babies until about 8/9 months. She's now 3½ and I think she is beautiful. She has a real camera presence and has the most amazing smile. Never a bad shot of her.

I'll put some pictures on my profile when I work out how to do it...

Now I've reread the thread in light of what I wrote. Are any of you my friend from the maternity hospital?

Before the birth we prepared ourselves for a screwed up, red-faced garden gnome baby (having read that at birth babies are pretty ugly/odd-looking).

Dh's first thought was "oh, but he's beautiful" and he really was. Not at all scrunched up looking, just like an older baby but tiny.

I think objectively that DS (11 months) is cute. We get told that by many strangers, and his main "attraction" is his eyes which really are beautiful. They're a gorgeous deep blue, but it's not just the colour but more the intensity with which he looks at things/people and how expressive they are.

I think DS is gorgeous but I don't expect everyone else to think that and to be quite honest, I really don't care. DH thinks DS is gorgeous and prays he doesn't inherit DH's nose

When anyone says he's beautiful we just reply "we think so but we're totally biaised"

OK so now that we've gotten through the yawnfest of everyone describing their universally stunning kids in the minutest of detail , can I just say that personality is far, far, far, far, far more important, and I couldn't even begin to list the many examples of that I've seen during my life.

So my kids definitely wouldn't turn milk sour, but to me, they're the most special (obviously) and I really only see their personalities. I know many children who would be judged beauties by any international yardstick, and they are already spoiled, self-entitled PITAs. Conversely, I know many children who would be considered plain by any international yardstick, and they are just so nice that it doesn't even figure.

Daintynuts -

Oh - and if your dd was William Hague (pmsl btw) mine was Robbie Coltrane.

You're right Hell - but this thread was asking about aesthetics.

It would be every bit as croony on the 'does your child have a nice personality' thread.

Everyone's child is an angel. To them.

frankwippery so basically all your children are beautiful, let's all look at the pictures and admire them

Why are some people using this as an excuse to show off their kids?

Oh yes the title of the thread...

Everyone's child is an angel. To them.

My kids didn't get that memo.

Well I think they are! I think my oldest daughter is more beautiful than my other two daughters, for sure.

Get out of the wrong side of the bed did you?

Oh don't fall out. This is a nice thread.

I'm not falling out with anyone! I thought the whole point was to show off our children. Just a shame that there is always one who two who want to piss on other people's parade.

Oh that was mean

I don't know what you mean by 'my kids didn't get that memo'.
I wasn't dissing anyone when I said that everyone's child is an angel, to them.
I was just saying we all like our kids.

I was joking pictish. My kids are most certainly not angels.

Dainty - I think you have got the wrong end of the stick. At least from my perspective.

Oh right - got you. Doh.

No. But my son (for some unknown reason) is and does the occasional modelling job.

Rhumour has it that when my dad was a baby his mum used to cover him over with a blanket due to him being a rather scrunched up ugly little thing

Did you actually read the OP?

It was about whether all parents think their children are the most beautiful (even when some are clearly not!). The OP was interested in people's opinions.

I find the subject interesting and the thread was funny.

I just didn't understand why someone has to come on to a thread and say

DC 1 is beautiful, DC2 is beautiful, DC3 is beautiful, DC4 is beautiful - pictures on profile.

I guess I'm just allergic to competitive parenting and stealth boasting.

Have taken piriton so business as usual

Frank - your children are beautiful, - I love those photos too, did you take them?

Dainty you're a grumpy parade pisser.

Actually I said that DD1 is and that I think DD3 is. I didn't say they are all beautiful at all. Still if you want to be grumpy bollocks and have nasty sly digs that's your call. I'm certainly not a competitive parent and I am not stealth boasting. What an unpleasant person.

Thank you Fenton, that's kind. I did indeed take them.

I can assure you I'm not grumpy. in fact I'm positively high on life.
You however, are the one who has thrown nasty insults. Disproportionate to what's been said.

Nobody likes being caught showing off, I guess.

This is when we need SillyBeardyDaddyMan's raspberry emoticon.

Have one of these instead, and one of these