The Baby Has Strawberry ᴍᴀʀᴋs – Strangers Had ᴛʀᴏʟʟs And The Rection’s Mother To Protect Her
In September last year, 29-year-old Lucy Tapley and her fiancé Tom welcomed their first child – a baby girl they named Lola. The tot was born with faint ᴍᴀʀᴋs on her cheek, which were initially thought to have been caused by labour, but when the infant was a few days old, more distinguishable ᴍᴀʀᴋs began to appear across her face and body.

Lucy, who works as a part-time primary school teacher and beautician, recalls: “Sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀs have sent ʜᴏʀʀɪʙʟᴇ comments and I was ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ by the ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ we received.
“People would ask ‘what’s that on her face?’ but others would say ‘what on ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ has happened to her? Poor baby must have been ʜɪᴛ ᴏʀ ᴀʙᴜsᴇᴅ. Because the ᴍᴀʀᴋs are red, people ᴡʀᴏɴɢʟʏ ᴀssᴜᴍᴇ she is bleeding from her mouth. People have said that it’s ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ on her face, that I should be ᴀʀʀᴇsᴛᴇᴅ because she has obviously been ʜɪᴛ.

Speaking about her daughter’s condition, the mum shared more information on what she’d learned so far, saying: “We were ᴛᴇʀʀɪFɪᴇᴅ when parts of her face became extremely red at just a couple of weeks old. The ᴍᴀʀᴋs became bigger and darker, developing from pink to crimson red. At six weeks old she developed a ʜᴜɢᴇ ʟᴜᴍᴘ.
