Like his mother (and unlike his father), Isaac is very fair-skinned. When he was born, there was absolutely nothing interrupting his pale skin -- no moles, freckles, or birthmarks. This isn't the case with his mother and father. Neither of us has freckles, but we have perhaps more than our fair share of moles, and Craig was even born with one on his forehead.
When Isaac was six weeks old, I asked his pediatrician when moles would appear, and the doctor said at two years of age. Well, now Isaac is two and a half, and I think he has his first mole. It's on the back of his left hand, almost on the wrist. It is a tiny, flat, light-brown freckle. It's pretty cute.
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Apparently moles are present at birth in only about one in 100 people. Did you know that most moles develop by the time you're 20 years old, although more may appear during pregnancy, and that they last about 50 years before vanishing? Did you know that most people have between ten and 40 moles, and that having more than 50 moles means you're at greater risk of developing melanoma? Without even getting up off the couch to count, I can see that I have 36 moles on my arms alone! Yikes.
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