Remember all that crap about a mother's unconditional love? Yeah, not so much if you were an ugly baby. Chances are, if you (like some of us) were born with any combination of wall-eyes, eczema, jaundice, creepy infant teeth, etc., your mother may have had a hard time just looking you square in your ugly little face.According to new research, men are much less likely to look away from babies with facial abnormalities than women are, though women are more likely to rate average-looking babies as more attractive. It's thought this stems from ye olden days before rash ointment, when it made more sense for women to invest their time in raising healthy-looking babies who would live to overcome infections and, uh, disfigurements.
So the next time you find yourself struggling to tell your friend what a "beautiful" baby she has, remember, she's probably thinking the same thing you are.
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Sunday 12 July
By noname
This is absolutely ridiculous!!!!! You should be ashamed to write something so awful. Babies are innocent and a Mother never looks at her child and thinks they are ugly. NOT POSSIBLE!!! I have two of my own and all a mother feels is the need to care for their precious new gift from God. It is just mean and rude to say babies are ugly just as you would not want someone to call you an asshole, right? Or would it be right to ridicule an overweight person? This is the most insensitive crap I have read. BTW MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!!
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Sunday 12 July
By Me
God, you must have an awful life. It is perfectly fine to ridicule an obese person, because nine of ten times, it's their own damn fault. Insensitive or not, maybe you are just sheltered, because, reality check, the world is not nice. I'm surprised people like you have the internet, must be a new and shocking thing for you. Fact is, some babies are helllllla ugly, and there is no helping that. If I had a child and it was a monster, I'd probably think, 'Damn, this nasty little thing came out of me' I'd still love it all the same, but that doesn't mean it's not ugly.
Friday 17 July
By balfor
just because somebody is innocent, doesn't change the fact that the person/baby can be ugly. just because you don't think that YOUR kids are ugly doesn't mean you probably haven't looked at somebody else's baby and thought they were ugly(though going by your post you probably lied and said "oh what a cute baby!").
personally, i don't care if somebody calls me an asshole. it is not an offensive term to me.
i don't care about being politically correct. if i want to call a fatass a fatass, then i'll do so. if they didn't want to be a fatass they should have stopped eating mcdonalds.
Monday 27 July
By Nate
It's obvoius that noname is both ugly and fat. And usually, fat, ugly people procreate more fat, LITTLE, ugly people.
I have a 3 month old son. He came out...less than cute. Not as bad as I was expecting (newborns in the first few hours are scary to me), but his nose was crooked and he had a cone head.
Over the next 2 months, he got SUPER cute. Now, he's getting chubby cheeks and the cuteness is waning away again. This happens, GET OVER IT!
Tuesday 29 September
By anti
To "noname":
Yes, it would be perfectly alright yo ridicule a overweight person. Maybe then he/she would stop chomping on those burgers and donuts finally.
As for babies - it's not a gift from God, dear. They are consequences of, sometimes quite dirty and nasty, sex.
Saturday 18 July
By Chelsea
I've seen my newborn pictures, I was cute :o
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Monday 20 July
By fertileearth
i didn't think the Olson Twins where very pretty babies, but look at them now.
beautiful baby's can grow up ugly, ugly baby's beautiful
only a face a mother can love lol
eighter way enjoy the magic of watching your child learn and grow. :)
I am jealous of you --
:)
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Monday 20 July
By Jilly Roberts
To say that no one with heart would say a baby is a little ugly is just not true. when my best friend had her son he had a rough birth. His ears were flat, his face was flat looking, he was ugly. He grew out of it and became a handsome young man. There are ugly babies, where do you think ugly people come from?
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Monday 20 July
By Luz
There is nothing wrong with being honest about a baby being ugly. I myself had an ugly little baby and i admitted it. I look back at her pictures and think "man what happend". but now my baby girl BEAUTIFUL! It took her about 5 months to get cute and now she's awsome! I am very honest and tell my friends the truth about their kids. There are ugly babies out there just like there are cute ones and there is nothing wrong with being honest. :)
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Thursday 23 July
By Ugly Baby
My mother not only thought I was ugly, she spent 40 years telling me and everyone who would listen "when the doctor asked me how I like my new baby I told him 'she looks like an ugly red-faced monkey.'" I see baby pics and they look okay to me. My point is that it's okay to have an opinion of your own child, but if you love that kid, keep your opinion to yourself.
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Monday 10 August
By S....
I'm sorry to say but I can't stand when people swear their baby is cute when it's not. Not all babies are cute. I do hope that mine are cute. I mean cute, ugly or not. It's an opinion. We can accept the truth and whatever but we still have to love our child. Looks matter to a certain point. Newborns are not as cute until they get about 3-6 months. I think this is normal and some babies stay not so cute as time goes on but whatever. Looks only matter to a certain point in life.
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Monday 10 August
By S....
Also, people shouldn't go around saying that other people's babies are ugly. Those comments should be kept to ourselves. If we think our own baby is ugly then whatever. That's how we feel.
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Monday 10 August
By Angela
Some people are so shallow man every baby is precious and a gift from god!
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Wednesday 12 August
By Shannon
People need to RELAX!!! The kid doesn't know they are ugly and it shouldn't matter to the parents - maybe their ugly too
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Thursday 13 August
By Allison
I don't know if mothers look at their kids and think "Wow, that's one ugly kid." I do know however, that I in FACT have that response to many children. Sorry ... but they are not all cute - let alone beautiful. One can only hope that their bundle of mutant flesh and slobber will one day grow up to be bouncing (mildly) cute 3 year old.
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Friday 14 August
By CactusHeart
Well, while this issue DOES reek of vanity...It also goes to show just how selfish and vain some mothers are themselves. If a woman decides to have a child, she should know full well that whatever develops in her is quite literally as random as a crap shoot...and that she's obligated to care for and love whatever comes out of her no matter what. Whether the kid comes out ugly, disabled, deformed OR healthy...The mother is obligated by her very decision to HAVE the child, by her very decision to BRING the child into our world for HER OWN emotional, psychological and biological gratification (and you people say parenthood ISN'T selfish. HA!) she is bound to love the child in whatever form it grows out to become. But yeah....for the REST of us who're put under the spot to compliment a parent's kid...yeah sometimes that can be awkward when they look like a biological mess *lol* And I think it's pretty retarded to say there are no such thing as ugly babies:http://sofajockey.com/uglybabies/ If it's got a face, it's subject to that kind of judgement. Society's harsh. I guess that'll be junior's 1st life lesson
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Tuesday 18 August
By beccaeliz
I'm sorry, but what's everyone getting so fired up about? These are JOKES. Have a glass of wine...or even better a little doob and light(en) up. Thanks lemondrop for the clever comic relief you give me each and every day. :-)
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Wednesday 07 October
By Kel
Honestly I do not think it is alright to ridicule obese people or "ugly babies". But to be honest in most peoples minds you can't help it. I have seen som less attractive babies, I don't walk up to it, point and laugh but I just have thoughts in my mind. If my friend had an "ugly" baby I would still hold it and cuddle it the same as any other. If I saw an obese person I would treat them like any other. Thats me! Of course at the same time I do not think that noname is wrong. I accept the fact that I am judgmental, slightly shallow, and occasionally unfair.
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Wednesday 07 October
By Kel
I mispelled "some" sorry
Wednesday 07 October
By im2blame4that
There are ugly babies out there. Face it.
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