I definitely think we see our own kids in a totally different light, not just in looks but also personality, skills etc. Where someone may just see a baby we see a beautiful little boy/girl who is funny/outgoing/strongwilled/insert adjective here. But just as far as looks though I think my boy is so handsome but also has a lot of charm. But there are some kids at my mums group who are just sooooo cute that you notice straight away. I am far more likely to notice if a girl is cute than a boy.
One of the midwives at the hospital told me that we think our babies are the cutest for their survival - if we didnt we may neglect them or do something nasty when they are screaming in the middle of the night. So every mother IS going to think their bub is the cutest ect!!
Haha! We do it with our OWN kids! We say surely #1 wasn't this cute at this age? And then we look at pics the same age and go...oohhh yeah he was! So fun.
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bilby doesn't have grandparents around to fuss over her, and when complete strangers say to me (in shops) "she's so gorgeous, i bet you get told that all the time", i just dont' know what to say. Ever since she started growing more hair, i'm amazed at the amount of people that NOW can see she's a girl. We always copped "what a lovely little boy" before.
i can look at her objectively and know she wouldn't win "beautiful baby" competitions, but there are so many aspects to her, that make me feel so proud and i feel she is lovely, regardless of imperfections. i don't need a perfect looking child, the fact that she is not an affectionate child, and cannot hold a conversation with me (speech delay) is much more on my mind, that what she looks like. Except for height, i cannot lie, i am disappointed that she is short like me.
i find myself comparing her with other children though, because other kids her age speak much more (no contest) and i see them being cuddly with their mums.
To make myself feel a bit better, i also note that she is one of the few kids in her childcare room to be tt-d and without a dummy. Got to look for the positives - although i wouldn't say this out loud, i wouldn't want to offend the mums whose kids are not tt-d and still using dummies (but speak really well, eat really well, are cuddly etc).
Work put on a morning tea for me and two other new mums and both my mother and I thought DS was far cuter than my colleagues' bubs. That was until I saw the pictures taken on the day and my DS looked like he had a head the shape of a full moon... Terrible photo!! :P
Yeah, of course. I'm always going to Shel "that baby wasn't as cute as Jazz" hehe.
But then, look at her, I haven't seen a baby that can compare to my little miss Jazz. She's the cutest around
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