my son who is 6 motnhs old now is very dark...neither me nor my husbadn are so dark..why? he looks just like me...but the colour is not as me ..i feel very bad....is it coz of the very spicy food i ate during pregnancy . i just wonder how can i work on his complexion..pls suggest...thanks
2007-10-19 05:23:02 · 30 answers · asked by lakshmi r 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
What you eat cannot cause your son to be darker. I know this may seem freaky and you say he looks like you, but is it possible that he could have been switched at the hospital? If not, then don't worry about it and enjoy him. All kids look different. My brother is blonde haired and blue eyed--my parents both have brown hair and so do I. He's 19 now and is still blonde and has blue eyes. It's just recessive genes coming through.
2007-10-19 05:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sit'nTeach'nNanny 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I know that a lot of people have already mentioned this to you, but they all have a very good point. Even though you and your husband are both fair skinned, that doesn't mean that you do not have the gene for a darker skinned baby. What ethnic backgrounds are in both your families? Do either of you have Hispanic, Latino, Indian, or Native American, in your families? If so that could explain his completion. Genetics can be very confusing, but here is the best way that I can explain it. For eye color brown is dominate, and blue is the most recessive eye color. If two parents that have brown for their eye color have a baby with blue eyes, it just means that both parents carry the recessive gene for blue eyes and passed that gene on to the baby. For the physical trait to be that of a recessive gene, you have to have received that gene from both your parents.
2007-10-20 14:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 8 separate genes that affect skin color, 4 come from the mother and 4 come from the father. There was one case I read about where there was a set of twins that were born to parents that were both mixed race - both mother and father were half black, half white. One twin came out black, much darker than either of the parents, and one twin was white, much fairer than either parent. Though very rare, it is quite possible for it to happen and has nothing to do with the food that was eaten, it just so happened that a sperm with 4 genes for white skin fused with an egg that also had 4 genes for white skin, and another sperm containing 4 genes for black skin fused with an egg that had 4 genes for black skin. Long story short, it's like everyone else here is saying, it's in your genes. You and the father probably each have some darker skinned relatives and each carry the genes, though you might not exhibit the traits, just as the mixed race couple with the twins.
2007-10-19 05:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't let the world pressure you into seeing your baby boy through their eyes. It is a mad world indeed to make you think that fair skin is somehow better than dark skin.
Your son has the skin colour that can someday make him a very handsome man. If you want to follow the popular hype... just think about ASH... If she thought like you.. would she have married a really DARK man? I don't think Jaya is worried about her son's very dark complexion!
Good Luck to you and your beautiful/handsome kids.
2007-10-19 06:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not from the spicy food... no food can make a baby's complexion light or darker. Is anyone in your family dark complected possibly your father or grandfather... or your husbands? He must take after a relative. Be happy that you have a healthy and happy baby boy... does it really matter that his complexion is a little darker?
2007-10-19 06:19:59 · answer #5 · answered by Cupid 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Accept things as they are. Your child is an innocent precious gift from god. If you are so obsessed with his looks, then why do you go to the temple and pray to lord shiva, vishnu, krishna. These gods are dark....but you do not stop loving god so stop this stupid nonsense and never ever think about the colour of your son again.
It is parents like you who differentiate colour between your children and cause them lifelong misery.
It is still not to late. Accept and love your child. At least he was born normal , without any deformity.
2007-10-20 01:09:00 · answer #6 · answered by decemberbaby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with what type of food you ate while you were pregnant. Prehaps your son just takes more after a grandparent who is a little more darker skin than you or your husband. I wouldn't be worried about the color of your sons skin unless you think there is some sort of problem. If you are still concerned about it, possibly you could take him to his doctor and talk about it. But as long as he is healthy and happy, don't worry about it.
2007-10-19 05:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by angelwithadvice 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no spicy food did not make him dark.. somewhere in the family tree there is a relative that has a dark complexion and your baby has that too. No two kids are alike in looks or personality.
2007-10-19 06:02:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am sure your son is just as beauitful as your daughter, my daughter is also dark and my husband and I are fair. Your childs colouring cannot be determined by what you ate in pregnancy so don't be so hard on yourself, its due to genetics. The darkness could have come from your babies grandparents or even great grandparents.
2007-10-19 05:30:19 · answer #9 · answered by lily-maes mum 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Spicy food has nothing to do with skin color.
Either you or your husband must have a recessive
gene that contains darker pigment. Research the
family line and find out.
2007-10-20 14:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by Precious Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋