A nurse tells about caring for a couple’s newborn son after his cesarean birth. Since the mother was asleep under general anesthesia the nurse took the tiny child directly to the newborn nursery to introduce him to his daddy. While cuddling his son for the first time, the new father noticed something disturbing about his newborn son’s ears. They were rather large and seemed to stand out conspicuously from his head. He expressed his concern that some kids might call his son names like “Dumbo.”

The pediatrician reassured the new dad that his son was healthy, the ears could be easily corrected later during childhood. The father still worried about his wife’s reaction to those large protruding ears. “She doesn’t take things as easily as I do,” he said.

By this time, the new mother was ready …