Woman wants to show her 13-month-old daughter with rare birthmark that she is beautiful
One mother is dedicated to reaffirming that her daughter is beyond beautiful.
All of us are born uniquely special and irrefutably beautiful in our own way. One of the most breathtakingly fabulous things about being human is that no two of us are exactly the same, and as the years roll on we’re becoming far better as a species when it comes to accepting and celebrating our differences.
Mother Nicole Lucas Hallson, who works as a teacher, is raising two beautiful kids (her son Asher and daughter Winry). But she’s also on a bigger mission, to prove the idea that we’re perfect due to our imperfections, and aims to reaffirm that her baby daughter, who was born with a rare birthmark, is beautiful just the way she is.
According to Good Morning America, little Winry Hall was born with an extremely rare birthmark known as ᴄᴏɴɢᴇɴɪᴛᴀʟ ᴍᴇʟᴀɴᴏᴄʏᴛɪᴄ ɴᴇᴠɪ, or CMN.
As a result, Winry, at 13 months old, doesn’t look like the children around her – the rare birthmark that covers a fourth of her face.
Nicole was really concerned and sh0cked when the nurses handed Winry over to her after the delivery in February 2021.
She had a pretty normal pregnancy and didn’t expect her daughter to have a skin condition.
”I was lucky to have a pretty average pregnancy! I had morning sickness from about weeks 8-14, but as soon as that let up I felt great until the tiredness kicked in the last month,” Nicole writes on her blog.
Nicole said it was probably the doctors and nurses who first spotted the CMN. However, nothing came out of their mouths besides cheering and congratulations for such a fast and smooth delivery.¨
They also assured Nicole that all of Winry’s vitals looked good.
After Nicole had nursed her newborn daughter for a while, she started to look at Winry. First, the mother thought the big mark on Winrys head was just a bruise.
“It was then quickly apparent to my husband and I that it was not a bruise. And like the name, I thought it looked a lot like a mole,” says Nicole .
”Some of the excitement of labor had passed, and I would say worry was the main emotion I felt – I recognized that it resembled a mole, but I had never seen anything like it, and I was worried it might be harmful to her. None of the nurses had said anything about it at this point, but I wasn’t sure what to ask so I just held her tight and loved on her.”, Nicole has described her feelings in her blog.
According to a report by the ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғᴏʀ ʀᴀʀᴇ ᴅɪsᴇᴀsᴇs, CMN can take the form of light brown or black patches, and can reach almost any size on any part of the body.
Nicole and her husband now want to highlight their daughter’s uniqueness, in a bid to encourage others that being slightly different isn’t something to be ashamed of, but rather proud of.
“For a lot of people, this is the first time seeing a birthmark like hers and that’s part of why I enjoy sharing,” Hall said.
“This is a good conversation for parents with their children to see kids have differences, or for those parents who do have a kid that looks like Winry or has any kind of a birthmark to see their child represented.”
Given that Winry’s birthmark could put her at an increased risk of developing ᴍᴇʟᴀɴᴏᴍᴀ (sᴋɪɴ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ), her parents take precautions to protect her skin. Yet, Nicole said that she’s more worried that her daughter will encounter вυℓℓуιиg when she grows older.
“Her health and happiness are our top priority. We have to monitor her with sunscreen. I’m careful with hats and that sort of thing,” Hall explained to Good Morning America.
“I know our regular dermatology appointment is probably going to be our best friend growing up.”
Winry is a happy, energetic little girl without a care in the world. In short, she’s everything a baby should be.
“She just radiates joy. She’s almost always laughing or shrieking,” Hall said. “She is just the happiest baby I have ever seen.
“She’s a big talker already. We haven’t got a whole lot of words out, but she tells you like it is and she’s already getting a little bit of sassiness, so I think we’re gonna have a lot on our hands.”
We here agree that differences should be celebrated, and never mocked or looked down upon. We think Winry is a truly special little girl, and a beautiful soul to boot
