vanity, vanity
is it vain to be secretly flattered when your child who looks like you is complimented on his beauty?
how about to think your child who looks like you is just damn pretty? hopelessly vain of me?
when milo was born, he looked 100% like justin. he looked so much like justin and not at all like me that justin joked about wanting maternity tests to confirm i was the mother. but when milo finally started to pork up, his likeness to me started to show up. now that he's completely baby-porky, he looks incredibly like my baby pictures. and when he cries - definitely my child.
fat and crying. that's my side of the family, all right.
the thing is, he got the best of both of us. and he is one pretty baby. people stop us to tell us so all the time. we agree. i know to a certain extent almost every parent thinks their kid is gorgeous, but is there something more? are we genetically programmed to find our own likeness likeable? it just feels weird, the more he grows to look like me, to get compliments on his appearance. poor kid should enjoy it now, i suppose; between my genes and justin's, the poor boy is going to have serious peter gallagher-ish brows when he hits puberty.
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don't let my ravings distract you from having a merry, merry christmas. love, joy, peace and fertility to all, and to all a good night.
how about to think your child who looks like you is just damn pretty? hopelessly vain of me?
when milo was born, he looked 100% like justin. he looked so much like justin and not at all like me that justin joked about wanting maternity tests to confirm i was the mother. but when milo finally started to pork up, his likeness to me started to show up. now that he's completely baby-porky, he looks incredibly like my baby pictures. and when he cries - definitely my child.
fat and crying. that's my side of the family, all right.
the thing is, he got the best of both of us. and he is one pretty baby. people stop us to tell us so all the time. we agree. i know to a certain extent almost every parent thinks their kid is gorgeous, but is there something more? are we genetically programmed to find our own likeness likeable? it just feels weird, the more he grows to look like me, to get compliments on his appearance. poor kid should enjoy it now, i suppose; between my genes and justin's, the poor boy is going to have serious peter gallagher-ish brows when he hits puberty.
*****
don't let my ravings distract you from having a merry, merry christmas. love, joy, peace and fertility to all, and to all a good night.
posted by laura at 12:31 AM
6 Comments:
Merry Christmas!
There is nothing wrong with that type of vanity at all!
People always stop me and say the same about little R. Then,they proceed to tell me she looks just like me. Not only am I flattered, but it sometimes shocks me that she can be so gorgeous and look so much like me. But the truth is, she has the best parts of both of us. I'm truly thankful she got her daddy's long eyelashes and my smile.
Just enjoy it and know that you have the perfect little one in your arms.
Merry Christmas to you both...and your beautiful baby! :o)
wishinh you 3 a wonderful new year full of joy and adventures.
xClare
Not wierd or vain. When people say that about my kids I just pray puberty will be kinder to them than it was to me lol:)
Speaking of wierd,
i've tagged you over on my blog to share six weird things about yourselves. The rules are there too:)
You aren't alone on this one. Son looks dead-on like me; baby pictures are tough to differentiate until you look at my early 70s attire.
Sure, I suppose that there is a bit of vanity there-who doesn't like to hear good things about themselves? I have to admit that I smile when the old lady says how cute Son is, how little kids even comment. He's part of me, just like Milo is of you.
I vote to just enjoy it, and him. God knows that braces and puberty will be here soon enough!
Sure, there's a little vanity, and perhaps a little biology thrown in there, too. I guess we're supposed to find our offspring who look like ourselves and our partners attractive so that we'll want to go make more. Shyeah, right. I don't see that happening anytime soon. In the meantime, I hope Natalie inherits her father's thin gene! Anyway, our babies, of course, are nothing less than perfect. Happy new year to you.
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