Talk to me about cleft chins on babies

[susannah14]

I didn't see anyone say it was a defect, not sure why it was mentioned earlier in the thread actually. She just asked about it. It's kind of like a child having blue eyes when both parents have brown, just different and very rare but not bad!

I live in northern Delaware (Wilmington), about 5 minutes away from Pennsylvania. A lot different than the southern portion! I used to live in Newark on the border of Elkton MD though. I wish I lived closer to the beach, but Delaware is so tiny that it only takes an hour and a half or so anyway I suppose.

Oh that's funny, you used to live so close to me. I live in the Bel Air MD area. Yes you are much closer to the beach than I am so don't complain!

 

[Leids]

I didn't see anyone say it was a defect, not sure why it was mentioned earlier in the thread actually. She just asked about it. It's kind of like a child having blue eyes when both parents have brown, just different and very rare but not bad!

I live in northern Delaware (Wilmington), about 5 minutes away from Pennsylvania. A lot different than the southern portion! I used to live in Newark on the border of Elkton MD though. I wish I lived closer to the beach, but Delaware is so tiny that it only takes an hour and a half or so anyway I suppose.

Oh that's funny, you used to live so close to me. I live in the Bel Air MD area. Yes you are much closer to the beach than I am so don't complain!

One of my good friends is from Bel Air. I like that area! We were considering moving to Havre de Grace which is an in-between point I believe.

I should stop derailing your thread.

 

[susannah14]

haha that's ok I think I started it. SMALL. WORLD.

 

[AllieCat]

Oh my. I just noticed my child had one too. My husband has one but I honestly never noticed my daughter's its almost unnoticeable. I would assume since most peoples baby's seem to have them that it could be just a part of chubby baby face. Maybe a true cleft chin didn't show till they get much older. Just my theory

 

[Baby Bell]

My wee boy has a ' bum chin' he gets it from his daddy andi LOVE it, def his cutest feature!

 

[Larkspur]

I didn't see anyone say it was a defect, not sure why it was mentioned earlier in the thread actually. She just asked about it. It's kind of like a child having blue eyes when both parents have brown, just different and very rare but not bad!

Ah, I think that was me getting the wrong end of the stick. A couple of people asked if their babies would grow out of them, and someone compared it to flat feet, so I thought they found it undesirable. My bad!

 

[susannah14]

I didn't see anyone say it was a defect, not sure why it was mentioned earlier in the thread actually. She just asked about it. It's kind of like a child having blue eyes when both parents have brown, just different and very rare but not bad!

Ah, I think that was me getting the wrong end of the stick. A couple of people asked if their babies would grow out of them, and someone compared it to flat feet, so I thought they found it undesirable. My bad!

I compared it to flat feet, but what I meant was, is it just a baby thing? Many babies have flat feet because they are babies, but that doesn't mean they are actually going to have flat feet.

Now, my husband has flat feet, and I believe you just called my husband's feet undesirable!!!

(Totally kidding, of course. The drama that gets stirred up on innocent threads here sometimes astounds me ).

 

[libbylou]

Nope they are permanent. And typically one parent MUST have one, does anyone in your family or dhs family have a cleft chin?

Nope, nobody!

How about the mailman?

(I hope that was as funny as I meant it to be! We always joke that our mailman is DS1 real dad because he looks NOTHING like DH. )

Well all I know for sure are cleft chins are downright adorable- but that could be because both of my boys have them, too!

When LO was born, DH goes "who has the dimple in their chin?" which I took as somewhat accusatory (it took us 3.5 years to conceive and he joked about her being the mailman's)...so I said "Um...You do!! At least she's not mocha"...in front of about 10 OR staff In my defense I was pretty drugged up