Some parents can even admit that their precious bundles of joy weren’t exactly stunning when they were first born. Jody Allen wrote a piece for Stay At Home Mum detailing how her baby definitely had a face only a mother could love at first sight.
“He really did look like a smashed crab,” Jody writes. “His ears were folded over, his head was shaped like a cone, and he was really swollen. He was purple and bruised and looked like he’d had a hard night out on the piss. I’ve got eyes, he was [dang] ugly— my baby was really ugly!”
“It often takes a few months for them to stop looking like squished-up little goblins and more like cute, smiley little buttons. You can probably blame Hollywood for our expectations of a newborn baby,” Jody continues. But just because a baby comes out looking more like an alien than a human doesn’t mean their parents love them any less. “I adored him,” the mother added.
If you’re a parent, these photos might not be surprising at all to you. But if you don’t have any kiddos and have never been in a delivery room before, you might be terrified to ever see a newborn in real life! Regardless of where you fall, we hope you’re getting a kick out of these photos, pandas. Keep upvoting the ones you find particularly hilarious, and then if you’re interested in checking out even more funny baby photos from Bored Panda, look no further than right here!
