Do your kids look like you or your SO?

[nuggetrn]

What's with babies always looking so much like dad... We carried them for 9 months!!

Does this hold true for you guys? How much have the older kids looks changed?

Bonus points for photos as always 😊

[nuggetrn]

I think DD looks a lot like DH, but I think we decided she has my nose more than his. They look similar when they are sleeping, and I think some of the faces she makes look soooo much like him.

His newborn picture, and mine... And then her. Bonus picture of me a little older. We should have done a better job getting a straight on picture like this. Clearly we weren't planning for later comparisons. Lol.

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[polson]

the girls are pretty much 100% me although i haven’t seen baby baby pics of h...so i guess we’ll have to wait a little longer to see if it changes...not sure how to spoiler so sorry if this is huge...me and dd1 around 6wks

[nuggetrn]

polson, adorable!! Definitely you!

[yianna]

When I got to see my first my initial reaction was:

Omfg he looks like my FIL. He now favors me/Greek side of the family.

My second looked like his dad (still does)

The third (girl) looked like me (still does)

Guess we will see what this one looks like! By sono she favors my second - but it’s hard to tell until she’s here

[polson]

i love seeing old pics! my mom was definitely into the huge bonnets and frills
nuggetrn i can see both yh and you! i agree though that is def your nose

[alwayscheese]

Yep everyone says DH.

Well MIL is not convinced she sees that side of the family.Lol. I say you can't really tell till they have a normal amount of hair.

[ArielMermaid]

My DD is a tiny girl clone of her father. She has my toddler body type and eye color. But when she was a baby she was her dad’s absolute double.
If DD2 looks anything like me it will be so weird. I’m expecting another tiny DH. He makes them super adorable so I’m kind of hoping.

[mrsmonogrammed]

As a newborn DD was an exact replica of H. As she gets older she’s totally me when I was a little girl! The jury is still out on O....DH did a side by side of the babes both on their 1st days and they look kind of similar but I’m not ready to commit to which one he looks like most😉

O on the left, DD on the right

[yianna]

There’s an old wives tale that says baby always looks like dad at first so he knows it’s his...

[snowmoon]

Nah, both my kids favour me. Sometimes DS makes faces that remind me of SO. Like when he's tired or the sun is in his eyes.
As brand new newborns, like days old, they both looked like my maternal grandfather and family.

E looks a lot like me so far. Just bigger. DS really looked like me around 4-5 months and from 18 months-about 2 looked just like my brother. It was a little weird.

[alwayscheese]

Apr 14, 2018 11:12:16 GMT -6 yianna said:

There’s an old wives tale that says baby always looks like dad at first so he knows it’s his...

Ha. That's good lol.

[alwayscheese]

Apr 14, 2018 11:18:27 GMT -6 snowmoon said:

Nah, both my kids favour me. Sometimes DS makes faces that remind me of SO. Like when he's tired or the sun is in his eyes.
As brand new newborns, like days old, they both looked like my maternal grandfather and family.

E looks a lot like me so far. Just bigger. DS really looked like me around 4-5 months and from 18 months-about 2 looked just like my brother. It was a little weird.

My 18mo niece looks way more like me than either of her parents. And she has my temperament. Her poor parents lol.

[Rama]

Lyra has most of my features with her father's structure. She's such a good combo of us that when my family came to visit her, they said she looked just like MrRama and when his family visited, they all said she looks just like me.

[ArielMermaid]

Apr 14, 2018 11:12:16 GMT -6 yianna said:

There’s an old wives tale that says baby always looks like dad at first so he knows it’s his...

This is hilarious because there was no denying she was his. It was like I gave birth to him.

[cornpop]

I feel like people always say the baby looks like whomever they're closer to. My H's family says Em looks like him, my family says she looks like me.

Em has my H's hair color and texture. But honestly she looks like my brother more than anyone else.

N has my hair color and texture. And pretty much is Em's clone.

This is a comparison of me and Em. I can't find the one I did of her and my brother.

Poof

[tinyjoys]

It changes a lot & sometimes just based on expressions/life stages.

For a while, my oldest looked like my BIL & now he’s my brother’s mini. But he’s looked like H & I, too.

The (now) middle is my sister made over.

[cornpop]

Found the comparison of my brother and Em.

Poof

[calendula]

Apr 14, 2018 11:12:16 GMT -6 yianna said:

There’s an old wives tale that says baby always looks like dad at first so he knows it’s his...

Ive heard that before too! I think it's biology though. It makes sense that a newborn could resemble the father more at first to encourage bonding and, you know, keep him around for awhile.

As for us. DH and I look alike (lol) so it's hard to tell who our kids resemble. Everyone says DS is a mini me of DH. I see it the most when they both are asleep.

DD still looks mostly like a red, wrinkly old man so it's hard to tell yet. Lol.

[sweetc129]

I read somewhere that biologically babies are suppose to look more like dad right out of the womb. This is because if baby comes out of mom she is 100% it’s her baby, but the only way a father knows is because the baby looks like him.

With that my oldest is 100% DH with long blonde hair, and my middle looks more like me as a toddler. J seems to have both, so time will tell.

[sweetc129]

Apr 14, 2018 11:12:16 GMT -6 yianna said:

There’s an old wives tale that says baby always looks like dad at first so he knows it’s his...

I should have read the posts first. I heard this too.

[woodenshoes]

DS1 is my husband’s mini me. He does have my eyes and thick hair. DS2 has more of my features than DS1 did. There are tunes where I look at DS2 and see my brother or his oldest son’s looks. The OB said that DS2 looked like me when she delivered him. I don’t have any of my baby pictures to do a comparison. I need grab some when I go to my parents this week.

[smilesp]

Well, DS1 looks just like me and DS2 looks like him so far. DS2 does have dark hair like DH and DS1 has auburn hair like me.

[mintyblueair]

DS has several of my husband's features but the shape of his face is more like mine. People usually comment that he has his dad's eyelashes and lips. No one has ever told me he looks like me.

Naomi seems to favour me so far, but her face has already changed so much. I'm starting to see a resemblance between her and her dad now, I think it's the lips again.

[nevertoomanyshoes]

DS1 is my mini me, but with MH’s eyes. He has my build, facial features and hair. I see MH in his mannerisms at times though and his expressions.

DS2 is only newborn but is the spitting image of H as a newborn. He is much longer and has chubby cheeks and the beginnings of baby rolls that DS1 did not ever have. I am looking forward to seeing how similar/different my kids are when DS2 has a more “kid” face as DS1 changed so much in his first few months.

[babybean]

Both babies have been like mood rings, they’re faces change and they look like both of us, mood depending.

[cp3]

Everyone says the baby looks like D1 who looks like Mh. But they both have my nose and my family's eyes. It depends, sometimes the baby really looks like D1 and sometimes not. But random strangers will comment how much they look alike.

[whatsit]

I just saw this but had sent this pic to a friend this morning. I think there’s a little of me there.



And just because. Here’s G and me.