Who's the fairest of them all?
A new study says that moms may love pretty babies more than others.
During the study, done by Mclean Hospital, 27 volunteers looked at images of babies on a computer screen—some were healthy and some had abnormal facial features. The volunteers could keep the image on the screen longer than the scheduled four seconds, or remove it early.
Both men and women kept the attractive babies on the screen, but women tended to shorten the viewing time of abnormal babies. While there are many reasons the women may have avoided the less attractive babies (feelings of empathy, sensitivity to the images, etc.) the researchers concluded that women are less inclined to gravitate toward a child with physical abnormalities.
All I know is that my daughter is gorgeous (aren't all babies?) and I love her to death.
Does a mother love a baby no matter what it looks like? Or do you think pretty babies get special treatment?
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Its funny, My grandmother was talking about this just the other day. She said she thought her son William (my uncle) was the most beautiful baby in the world and it wasn't until years later that she looked a pictures that she realized he looked like a cross between a downed rat and a baby bird (her words not mine)
I think that people in general may not like the not so pretty babies as much (Another reason to keep them out of daycare!) But for Moms who breastfeed, they get a high not unlike orgasm that bonds them closer and closer to baby in an almost euphoric love.
Plus, in truth, you'd love you kids. You are That shallow!
I had to admit that when I first saw my DD she wasn't pretty she looks like Mister T lol. I dint want family to take pics of her when she was a newborn but then at 2 months she start to have more hair and her face start to look good and she turn into an amazingly beautiful baby girl. But I love her always.
I think no matter how ugly a baby might be to other people, the mother of that baby only sees pure beauty. When you first look into the eyes of your newborn baby, all you see is what your heart feels, love and beauty. I've seen a few ugly babies before, but the mom's eyes just sparkle as she gazes at her "beautiful" baby. All the while the mom is saying how cute her baby is, your thinking to yourself, wow, that's one ugly baby!! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the mom.
no babys are ugly, how could anybody think that there own baby is ugly, beauty is only skin deep, baby cuddle and attach themselfs to you ,they are warm , they are wonderful.
Most babies are born unsightly. My son had a major conehead and scared the hell out of my SO. He said he looked like an alien! But not for a second did we love him any less. He was the most beautiful baby our eyes had ever laid on from the second we held him. The conehead went away, and he was flawless until the infant acne broke out... his hair fell out (he had a large head so that made him look a little odd) but he was always my shining star. Now, he is the cutest one-year-old in the universe. Love a ugly baby any less? No! I cannot imagine that. However, if that baby did not belong to the mother, she may avoid or pay less attention to it. (To me, all babies are cute in their own way... I haven't yet seen a baby that I'd consider truly ugly.)
I think mother are blinded by love lol. Not to be mean but ive seen some pretty ugly babies with very confident mothers saying they think they would put their lil one in contests and stuff. I on the other hand think the ones that are not perfect are still just as adorable who doesnt just get all mushy when they see a little baby :)
It shouldn't matter what a child/baby looks like. They are all beautiful!!! No matter how big the ears are, or how bald the head is, that is what makes them special... And who are you to judge some one elses miracle? I could never bring myself to say that another womans child is "imperfect". But that's just me... And as a matter of fact, even my child had big ears or no hair or whatever the case may be, she would still be beautiful to me, because she is MY child, and MY Heaven sent angel. I don't see how any mother could say their child is "ugly".....
I think it's MUCH different when it's your own baby as opposed to just a randome baby. "A face only a mother could love" is true. I think my nephew was a really ugly baby, but my SIL thinks he was the cutest baby out there. That's just how it works.
I have to admit, which I am ashamed to say, that when I was pregnant I used to be so worried that my baby was going to be ugly. I knew that she was (and is) going to be beautiful no matter what, but I could not help to think about it. And of course she is beautiful. But just the other day I was sending pics to family ( my husband and I live so far away) and I noticed how pictures truly do not capture her beauty. You think one thing when you see a picture, but when you see that child in person they just melt your heart. I just wish we were closer to family.
I don't think every mom thinks their baby is cute at birth. I sure didn't. I didn't see DD for a few days after she was born (because she was in the NICU and I wasn't allowed out of bed for a few days) but when I saw her, I thought she was the most amazing and beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
When my son was born, although he was a healthy cute baby like any other, he just didn't seem as cute as she did. He looked a lot like my cousin, who I don't find aesthetically pleasing, and he was all squished up! There really wasn't much cute to him other than his size and bubble blowing.
Although now, DD is 2, and DS is 9 months, and he's much cuter than she was at this age. I think as mothers we're all hard wired to love our babies, but not to think they're cute.