Sunday, August 8, 2010

stork bites and angel kisses???

when xavier was born we noticed he had red marks one on each of his eyelids and a pretty big one on the back of the neck. there are other couple of small ones - on his forehead and there is actually one sort of shaped like a heart on the back of the neck.

people would mention that they were just "stork bites" and that they would go away after a couple of months. we were curious about them so today i looked online to see what they were and they said that they are vascular birth marks - where blood vessels accumulate under the base of the skin. the ones on his eyelids are "angel kisses" and the ones on the back of his neck are "stork bites". the "angel kisses" should be gone by the time he is 2 and the "stork bites" he might have for a long time. we aren't bothered by them because he is just so stinkin adorable, we dont really even notice them anymore. just curious. =)

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