Ugly babies.

mainemommy

Most newborns are sweet, but not always adorable. Some babies are downright homely and they tend to take a while to grow into their looks, if they ever do.

Do you lie if you dont think a newborn/baby/toddler are cute? Do you try to find something else to compliment? Do you avoid the praise all together?

I usually lie say baby is so cute & then pick something that is cute like the cheeks or thighs or hair to ooh & aah over because I dont want to be rude.

 

LnR70707

I just avoid the topic.

abrazz

My parents talk about what an ugly baby my brother was lol.  Isn't that terrible!  I don't remember him looking weird or anything but I was only 5 when he came along so my memory is a little cloudy. 

Jay_Cee

I say the baby is soooo precious when I think the baby isn't all that cute. All babies are precious even if all babies are not cute.

MuseumMaven

I usually say something like "How sweet!" And ooh and ahh over tiny fingers, toes, ears, etc.

12bailey18

I usually say the baby is cute or say the very safe and cliche one- "Precious". LOL

dairygirl19

There's a lot of babies that are ugly. I can't deny that.

However, I just smile and say, "Oh how precious" when I come across an ugly baby. It's the truth that way at least.

And also, I'm not going to be too honest or forthright about that. That's not something anyone wants to hear about their kids even if it is the truth. Afterall, all babies are beautiful in their own way.

KleanFreak

I tend to use the word "sweet" as my alternate.

If the baby is cute, I will say so.

mainemommy

dairygirl19:

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And also, I'm not going to be too honest or forthright about that. That's not something anyone wants to hear about their kids even if it is the truth. Afterall, all babies are beautiful in their own way.

Id never tell a parent their kid was ugly. Camden got his ears from his sperm donors family. Theyre crooked & stick out. It took him a long time to grow into them. Im sure lots of people gave me the old fake cute but I dont mind, I know he's adorable. & now that he's grown into his ears he's a very handsome little man.

chocoholicchick

I lie and call all babies cute. 

damabo80

Do I lie? Absol-fvcking-utely.

No parents wants to be told that their child is ugly as sin.

 

The ugliest baby I ever saw was my cousin's baby. She just looked weird. Now, she's 15 and looks like a freaking model. Just goes to show you that pretty babies don't always stay pretty, and the opposite is true as well

curlygirl124

I just plain lie.

FyshWyfe

I think there's a difference b/w cute and pretty/handsome.  I've never met a baby I didn't think was cute, what with the chubby cheeks and disproportionately big eyes.  So I don't think I'm lying when I call a baby cute.  But I don't call every baby pretty or beautiful.  

FWIW, I didn't think DD was a very pretty newborn.  She looked like a grumpy old man, with jowls and male pattern baldness (bald on top, hair around the sides) and she looked miserable.  She turned into a very pretty baby, but at the start I'm sure a lot of people were exaggerating her cuteness.  

MFAinNYC

mainemommy:

I usually lie say baby is so cute & then pick something that is cute like the cheeks or thighs or hair to ooh & aah over because I dont want to be rude.

 

This.

katie4253

Reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where the pediatrician describes both Elaine and the ugly baby as breathtaking. 

Haha!

Yes, I lie.

duhdaisy86

mainemommy:

Do you lie if you dont think a newborn/baby/toddler are cute? Do you try to find something else to compliment? Do you avoid the praise all together?

I usually lie say baby is so cute & then pick something that is cute like the cheeks or thighs or hair to ooh & aah over because I dont want to be rude.

 

This..usually I say how look how cute LO is no matter what.

COMomma81

Word. Some babies are NOT cute. I never lie, just can't do it. I do say they're "precious" or "so sweet"...because they are.

AsOctoberFalls

mainemommy:

Do you try to find something else to compliment?

This is what I do.  I won't say a baby is cute if it's not, and I certainly don't think all (or even most) babies are cute.

Mrs.Leah.Maria

AsOctoberFalls:

mainemommy:

Do you try to find something else to compliment?

This is what I do.  I won't say a baby is cute if it's not, and I certainly don't think all (or even most) babies are cute.

This. I also usually repeatedly say, "Oh aren't you just a little sweetheart!"

amoramoure

katie4253:

Reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where the pediatrician describes both Elaine and the ugly baby as breathtaking. 

Haha!

Yes, I lie.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. "Breathtaking".

soon2beMrs.H

MuseumMaven:

I usually say something like "How sweet!" And ooh and ahh over tiny fingers, toes, ears, etc.

I do the same

Tikat

"Those are the cutest little shoes- where did you get them?"

 

MrsBreezer80

DD was definately not a cute baby. We joke that she looked like Benjamin Button - she really, really did. For months and months. DH & I never really talked about it then, but we say now that we were both really worried that she wouln't turn out to be a very cute kid, despite what everyone in the world told us - that she was adorable, blah blah. But we knew better. She just was not a cute baby. It wasn't until she was about 6 months that she started to get cute -- and then cuter, and cuter, and cuter, and now (not to brag or anything, lol) she is kind of the cutest kid in the whole world. Just saying. She really truly is.

So, having been the mom of a not-so-cute baby who grew into her looks, yes, please, lie. Because if anyone had actually said to me that she wasn't exactly cute, I probably would have broken down. It's just the right thing to do - chances are very, very good that the kiddo will grow into his/her looks.

tjmtjm

damabo80:

Do I lie? Absol-fvcking-utely.

No parents wants to be told that their child is ugly as sin.

 

The ugliest baby I ever saw was my cousin's baby. She just looked weird. Now, she's 15 and looks like a freaking model. Just goes to show you that pretty babies don't always stay pretty, and the opposite is true as well

I really, really like you.    lol

This made me laugh so hard.  And agreed.  100 percent!

sarahanderic2009

LMFAO, I love that one!