WILTIMS #357: Aww, you have such a cute little nevus flammeus nuchae!

Newborn medicine has a bunch of cute names for benign medical findings on babies. The idea is that if we have a cutesy name for it, then it must not be scary and the parents can relax (a little). Here's a few:

• Stork's bite: a birthmark on the face or back of the neck that is often temporary
• Angel's kisses: reddish blotches around the eyes or on the eyelids that are temporary
• Epstein's pearls: small whitish cysts in the mouth that resolve spontaneously

TIL: You can eyeball a baby's bilirubin level by seeing how far down the body the yellow skin color of jaundice goes.