Hello, World! 20 Brand-New Babies Making Some Seriously Funny Faces
Let's be frank: Newborn babies can make the most hilarious faces! Which is understandable -- being out in the world is a lot to take in. To highlight the full range of funny faces a baby might pull, check out these photos of babies taken mere minutes after they're born.
Some of these infants look downright grumpy, others thrilled to be in mama's arms. Some can't stop sticking their tongues out, while others seem to be all but preening for the camera. While it's impossible to know what they're really thinking, the photographers who shot these pics took their best stabs at a guess ... and we'd say they're probably pretty on target!
Doesn't the newborn in #12 look like the spitting image of Dr. Evil?
Image via Amore Em Foco
Not Modest At All
"This baby was born 10 minutes earlier," says photographer Christiane Pereira. "She was all alert in her father's arms. She is thinking, 'Take another shot, I know I am cute.'"
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Nice Pad!
"It doesn't matter how gentle the birth, and this one was incredible, but babies with water in their eyes are too funny!" says photographer Tammy Schmit. "This little guy looks like he's inspecting his new home and thinking, 'the high ceilings are nice, but the light fixtures are little out dated, no?'"
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Such a Grump!
"After being checked over by the pediatrician, the doctor posed this wise old guy for the camera," says Freund. "And everyone in the room had a laugh."
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Eat, Burp, Sleep
"This baby had just been fed and was being burped," says photographer Haley Lent. "All I can think of when I see her face was that she ate a little too much and was ready for a nap!"
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Who You Lookin' At?
"In this photo, Grandma was holding and talking to baby for the first time," says Lent. "She made comments about how baby kept sticking her little tongue out at everyone ... maybe a future troublemaker?"
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