12 strange (but completely normal) things newborn babies do
Tiny babies are a law unto themselves, exhibiting some weird tricks that’d seem more suited to a B grade horror movie than your cosy, bunny-adorned nursery. Fear not! Weird is the new normal when it comes to fresh babies and is totally a-okay.
Here’s a bunch of potentially alarming newborn behaviours that are nothing to worry about – and 100 percent routine.
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5. They get pimples
It is thought that maternal hormones are the cause of the prolific infant acne breakouts many newborns sport.
These pimples usually clear up in the first weeks and months of newborn life. (Then they MAY helpfully come back in the teen years. Good grief!)