The perfect offspring

[ummthatguy@lemmy.world]

Adipose.

[entwine413@lemm.ee]

Sometimes I feel like my wife and I are the only ones who think that most infants are ugly.

[toynbee@lemmy.world]

[rodneyck@lemm.ee]

No, lots of us. Who wants to be the first to confront them and tell them the truth? One of our family members just had one, sent out photos. I swear, it looked like a 97 year old man. It got lots of likes. ‍️ I made the comment to my partner that it must of been over-baked.

[carbonicedragon@pawb.social]

I think they're more creepy in a eerie rather than actually scary sort of way, kids tend to give me "uncanny valley" to an increasing degree the younger they are. I don't hold it against the kids themselves mind, they can't exactly help it, but I prefer not to be around young kids if I can help it just because they make me uncomfortable and on edge.

[crazi_man@lemm.ee]

When I look back at pictures of my kids when they were newborn, they look like little rats. Still were genuinely cute at the time. They just don't photograph well.

[herbsolo@lemmy.world]

Friend of mine hadn't ever seen a newborn baby before she gave birth. She was quite shocked when her newborn daughter "looked like an old man"

[cynar@lemmy.world]

I remember when my first was born. 2 different parts of my brain had opposing thoughts.

1 part was thinking "This is the cutest, most beautiful thing ever. I must protect and nurture them at all costs."

The other part was thinking "My god newborn babies are ugly!"

I can easily see cognitive dissonance pushes most people to the first thought. It's you being hacked by hormones, an effect that is disturbingly powerful.

I was also caught out by how much my (male) hormones were affected, even pre birth. It both disturbed and amused my wife.

[pyre@lemmy.world]

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Newborns are either papier mache aliens or middle aged men who work in sales. There is no other.