My baby was no beauty?

When I first saw our baby, it was an inexplicable joy! But when I looked closer, she was no beauty. Her skin was discoloured, bluish, wrinkled and loose like little old man. The head was not the most attractive in the world. It was elongated and swollen at the top, molded like melon with a point at the back. The eyes were puffy and the eyelids swollen. I started worrying about the effects of medication my wife took during her pregnancy. I even had the silly doubt whether the baby was really ours.

All my worries and concerns were however disappeared after a very reassuring explanation from the doctor attending to her. She was alright.. wheww..

The baby’s head gradually rounded itself and in about aweek it looked perfectly normal with a soft spot at the very top toward the front. Her wrinkled skin started to smooth out as she put on baby fat. She was so adorable…

Those little hands and feet, that wrinkled nose.. no one can ever prepare you for the immense joy you experience when you hold your little one close to you. However, it may take a while before your baby starts looking like the angel or fairy you thought he or she would look like.

If you’d like to know more about infant appearence at birth, Your Newborn: Head to Toe: Everything You Want to Know About Your Baby’s Health through The First Yearis one-of-a-kind primer that explains to new parents, in a clear and comforting tone, precisely what is happening inside their new baby’s body, the reasons behind various standard post-delivery hospital procedures, and, once baby is at home, what parents can and should do before they call the doctor.

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