selma has on her forehead what's called a hemangioma. our pediatrician noticed it at her 2 week check up. he mentioned it nonchalantly, and we thought nothing of it. i mentioned to him that i had one when i was a child as well, and dr. bird let us know that often they show up a few weeks after birth (which selma's did) and often fade away or break up by the time the child is 8 or 9. turns out, hemangioma's come in ALL SORTS of shapes and sizes, so we really have no idea how big selma's will get. so far it's stayed about the same size (about the size of a fingernail) and has gotten really red and raised. it's completely benign and doesn't cause any pain or harm....it's simply a birthmark. greta likes to kiss it, and it's so funny to see other children's reactions to it when they see selma for the first time. kids will often ask if she has a boo-boo or will simply point and say, "what is that?" and while i hope that it stays small, i think it actually is sort of sweet (is that weird) and i now can't imagine her beautiful little face without it.
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I don't know if you remember this or not, but Robert had a large hemangioma on his belly. He hears the same thing from other kids about it being a booboo. One day I told him God put it there. About a month later he was looking at it and asked me "why God paint my belly". His was rather large by the second month and has gotten much, much smaller.
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