Still, you probably will find that you can't keep your hands or your eyes off your new baby, whether he or she fits your preconceived image or not. Here is some information on what you can expect your newborn to look and act like. What to Expect Head Your baby's head will look large in proportion to the rest of the body. As your child grows, the head will come into an appropriate size relationship with the rest of the body. This results from the compression of the relatively large head through the narrow space of the birth canal and will correct itself over the next few days.
Babies born by cesarean section usually have more normally shaped heads.
All babies are different. This first hair will fall out sometime during the first six months and be replaced by hair that may have a totally different color and texture. A newborn's eyes may look puffy, red, and squinty at first. The swelling is from the pressure of passing through the birth canal and will subside in a few days. The eyes may be irritated from the medication that was applied right after birth to prevent eye infections.