Glad it wasn't as you feared, and your sister still shouldn't worry. My brother was mistaken for a girl many times as a baby, now you can easily tell he's a boy. I'd say it's pretty normal.

Sorry to be "that person," but it might be a good idea for your family to keep an eye out for symptoms of Post-Partum Depression. I mean, I hope that it isn't the case, and she gets back to normal soon, but better safe than sorry and all that.

everyone says my son looks just like me when I was a baby but he looks like a boy to me so I must have looked like a boy lol. anyway I hope her hormones settle out soon it definitely is hard the first month

Most babies don't really look like girls or boys unless you dress them in certain clothing/colors anyway...

My older son was often mistaken for a girl until he was three, but now that he is almost six, while he still has a soft face, he definitely looks like a boy. My younger son, who is three now, is still sometimes mistaken for a girl. I'm sure he'll grow out of it. #52 And that's exactly why we tend to colour-code babies. With very few exceptions, you can't really tell just from the face of a baby. Also, a lot of baby boys have extremely long lashes. I heard it's because of testosterone. At about age three to four you start to be able to tell boys from girls by their stature. That's when boys' shoulders start to grow wider while girls' don't #47 Post partum depression is something that every close friend or relative of a new mother should be aware of and have in the back of their minds. It's important to know it exists and what typical symptoms are. On the other hand, a short bout of the baby blues is very common because of the rapid hormonal changes during and after birth and not every new mum that easily cries is having ppd. If it lasts longer than two weeks though, watch closely.

I don't see the need to "color code" babies. They're just babies. They're basically genderless until they're toddlers. If I was a mom I don't think I would mind if somebody mistook my infant for the wrong sex.

I was expecting a comment on hormones being the cause. I just had twins and the most random things make me cry! for the first month, ANY baby crying made me cry! XD

I do think babies tend to look feminine. Soft features, petite, most babies I see have full lashes. Though that's going off babies I've seen in my life.

Congratulations on your little girl! Go look up a nursing and lactation consultant in your area, either IBCLC certified and/or member of the La Leche League. They can help you with nursing your baby and give you advice on how to get her enough milk to counter jaundice. Also, try to get your daughter's skin exposed to sunlight if possible, that helps too! And you are certainly not a bad mother! You care for your daughter. And you are her ONLY mother, the only mother she'll ever know, and there is no one better suited for that job than you!

I love seeing comments like this, instead of sarcastic tear-down ones. +1 respect for you.

I always thought they look like a miniature version of Winston Churchill.